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The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</b></p> <p>Makes continuing appropriations for FY 2004.</p> <p>Appropriates amounts for continuing, at the current rate of operations, projects or activities which were conducted in FY 2003 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority was made available in the: (1) Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (2) Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (3) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003; (4) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003; (5) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2003; (6) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (7) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (8) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2003; (9) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (10) Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2003; and (11) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.</p> <p>(Sec. 106) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 to: (1) increase the amount of funds made available from July 1, 2003, until September 30, 2004, for a program of education for the disabled; and (2) decrease by a corresponding amount funds made available from October 1, 2003, until September 30, 2004, for such program.</p> <p>(Sec. 107) Provides funding under this resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) October 31, 2003.</p> <p>(Sec. 113) Continues, until the date specified in section 107: (1) increases in military imminent danger special pay and the family separation allowance; (2) specified franchise fund pilot programs; (3) international development investment authority under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (4) the development company debenture and small business investment company programs under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; and (5) the collection and use of maintenance fees authorized by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (while continuing through such date the prohibition against the collection of other fees under such Act).</p> <p>(Sec. 121) Provides a $3.8 billion limit on new loan guarantee commitments of the Federal Housing Administration, General and Special Risk Insurance Fund, for the period covered by this joint resolution.</p> <p>(Sec. 122) Continues for the period covered by this joint resolution funds made available in accordance with the Compacts of Free Association between the U.S. Government and the Governments of the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.</p> <p>(Sec. 123) Earmarks funds made available herein to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for: (1) a Virgin River water rights and habitat acquisition program; and (2) the Shivwits Band Trust Fund.</p> <p>(Sec. 125) Makes amounts provided in this joint resolution and prior appropriations Acts from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund available for FY 2004 for expenditures to meet Fund obligations.</p> <p>(Sec. 126) Continues the availability of funding for administrative expenses of the: (1) Federal Highway Administration; (2) Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (3) Federal Transit Administration; (4) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and (5) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.</p> <p>(Sec. 131) Requires amounts to continue to be appropriated or credited to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and the Highway Trust Fund after the date of any expenditure pursuant to this Act.</p> <p>(Sec. 132) States that provisions of this Act that would change direct spending or receipts under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) were they included in an Act other than an appropriations Act shall be treated as direct spending or receipts (and therefore not as emergency expenditures) under such Act.</p> <p>(Sec. 133) Authorizes during FY 2004 direct loans under the Arms Export Control Act to be made available to the Czech Republic, with a gross obligation limit of $550 million.</p> <p>(Sec. 134) Continues in effect through the date specified in section 107 certain provisions of the: (1) Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; and (2) Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987.</p> <p>(Sec. 135) Amends the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2003 to extend through October 31, 2003, the waiver, after a specified certification from the President, of certain conditions on the planning, design, or construction of a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia.</p>", "update_date": "2003-10-17T18:29:35Z", "version_code": "82" }, { "action_date": "2003-09-30", "action_desc": "Public Law", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 25, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Makes continuing appropriations for FY 2004.</p> <p>Appropriates amounts for continuing, at the current rate of operations, projects or activities which were conducted in FY 2003 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority was made available in the: (1) Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (2) Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (3) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2003; (4) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003; (5) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2003; (6) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (7) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (8) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2003; (9) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003; (10) Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2003; and (11) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.</p> <p>(Sec. 106) Amends the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 to: (1) increase the amount of funds made available from July 1, 2003, until September 30, 2004, for a program of education for the disabled; and (2) decrease by a corresponding amount funds made available from October 1, 2003, until September 30, 2004, for such program.</p> <p>(Sec. 107) Provides funding under this resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) October 31, 2003.</p> <p>(Sec. 113) Continues, until the date specified in section 107: (1) increases in military imminent danger special pay and the family separation allowance; (2) specified franchise fund pilot programs; (3) international development investment authority under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (4) the development company debenture and small business investment company programs under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; and (5) the collection and use of maintenance fees authorized by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (while continuing through such date the prohibition against the collection of other fees under such Act).</p> <p>(Sec. 121) Provides a $3.8 billion limit on new loan guarantee commitments of the Federal Housing Administration, General and Special Risk Insurance Fund, for the period covered by this joint resolution.</p> <p>(Sec. 122) Continues for the period covered by this joint resolution funds made available in accordance with the Compacts of Free Association between the U.S. Government and the Governments of the Marshall Islands and Micronesia.</p> <p>(Sec. 123) Earmarks funds made available herein to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for: (1) a Virgin River water rights and habitat acquisition program; and (2) the Shivwits Band Trust Fund.</p> <p>(Sec. 125) Makes amounts provided in this joint resolution and prior appropriations Acts from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund available for FY 2004 for expenditures to meet Fund obligations.</p> <p>(Sec. 126) Continues the availability of funding for administrative expenses of the: (1) Federal Highway Administration; (2) Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (3) Federal Transit Administration; (4) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and (5) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.</p> <p>(Sec. 131) Requires amounts to continue to be appropriated or credited to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and the Highway Trust Fund after the date of any expenditure pursuant to this Act.</p> <p>(Sec. 132) States that provisions of this Act that would change direct spending or receipts under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) were they included in an Act other than an appropriations Act shall be treated as direct spending or receipts (and therefore not as emergency expenditures) under such Act.</p> <p>(Sec. 133) Authorizes during FY 2004 direct loans under the Arms Export Control Act to be made available to the Czech Republic, with a gross obligation limit of $550 million.</p> <p>(Sec. 134) Continues in effect through the date specified in section 107 certain provisions of the: (1) Richard B. 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[ "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "Economics and Public Finance", "Federal employees", "Fraud", "Government Operations and Politics", "Inspectors general", "Law", "Misconduct in office", "Productivity in government", "Waste in government spending" ]

[ { "action_date": "2003-09-29", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " <p>Recognizes Inspectors General for, and commends their role in, preventing and detecting waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement and promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in Federal programs and operations. </p>", "update_date": "2003-10-10T20:05:28Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2003-10-15", "action_desc": "Passed House without amendment", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Recognizes Inspectors General for, and commends their role in, preventing and detecting waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement and promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in Federal programs and operations. </p>", "update_date": "2003-10-29T15:34:01Z", "version_code": "81" } ]

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[ "Advice and consent of the Senate", "Congress", "Congressional veto", "Congressional voting", "Congressional-executive relations", "Constitutional amendments", "Diplomats", "Federal officials", "International Affairs", "Judges", "Law", "Presidential appointments" ]

[ { "action_date": "2003-10-01", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " <p>Constitutional Amendment - Requires any judge, ambassador, or other officer nominated by the President under the Constitution to be appointed at the time of nomination subject to disapproval by a majority vote of Senators serving at the time of the nomination, except that such disapproval shall be effective only if it occurs during the 120-day period (excluding days on which the Senate is not in session) which begins on the date the Senate receives such nomination.</p>", "update_date": "2003-11-17T20:14:36Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ { "links": [ { "name": "H.R. 2673", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2673" }, { "name": "H.R. 2765", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2765" }, { "name": "H.R. 2799", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2799" }, { "name": "H.R. 2800", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2800" }, { "name": "H.R. 2861", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2861" }, { "name": "H.R. 2989", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2989" } ], "text": "Continuing appropriations through 11/7/2003. Also incorporated by reference the provisions of FY 2004 appropriations bills as passed House: H.R. 2673 - Agriculture; H.R. 2799 - Commerce-Justice-State; H.R. 2765 - District of Columbia; H.R. 2800 - Foreign Operations; H.R. 2989 - Transportation-Treasury; and H.R. 2861 - VA-HUD. For further action on the appropriations bills, see H.R. 2673." } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2003-11-19", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " <p>Constitutional Amendment - Requires an individual, who is elected to serve as a Member of the House of Representatives for a Congress, before taking the oath of office, to present to the chief executive of the State from which the individual is elected a list of at least two qualified nominees to take the individual's place in the event the individual dies or becomes incapacitated before the individual's term of office expires. Allows the individual, after such oath, to revise the list at any time during a Congress.</p> <p>Provides that if at any time a majority of the whole membership of the House is unable to carry out its duties because of death or incapacity, or if at any time the House adopts a resolution declaring that extraordinary circumstances exist which threaten the ability of the House to represent the interests of the people of the United States, the chief executive of any State represented by a member who is dead or incapacitated at that time shall appoint, from the most recent list, an individual to take the Member's place. Requires: (1) the individual to be appointed as soon as practicable (but in no event later than seven days) after the Member's death or incapacity has been certified; (2) the individual to serve until the Member regains capacity or until another Member is elected to the vacancy; and (3) the State to provide for an election to fill the vacancy. Allows the appointed individual to be a candidate in the election. States that these provisions do not apply to any Member of the House who dies or becomes incapacitated before the seven-day period which ends on the date on which the event requiring such appointments occurs.</p> <p>Provides that if the appointed individual is unable to carry out a Member's duties, the chief executive of the State involved shall appoint another individual from the same list of nominees.</p>", "update_date": "2004-02-10T21:03:35Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2003-12-08", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " <p>Constitutional Amendment - Requires an individual, who is elected to serve as a Member of the House of Representatives for a Congress, before taking the oath of office, to present to the chief executive of the State from which the individual is elected a list of at least two qualified nominees to take the individual's place in the event he or she dies or becomes incapacitated before the individual's term of office expires. Allows the individual, after such oath, to revise the list at any time during a Congress.</p> <p>Provides that if at any time a majority of the whole membership of the House is unable to carry out its duties because of death or incapacity, or if any time the House adopts a resolution declaring that extraordinary circumstances exist which threaten the ability of the House to represent the interests of the people of the United States, the chief executive of any State represented by a Member who is dead or incapacitated at that time shall appoint, from the most recent list, an individual to take the Member's place. Requires: (1) the individual to be appointed as soon as practicable (but in no event later than seven days) after the Member's death or incapacity has been certified; (2) the individual to serve until the Member regains capacity or until another Member is elected to the vacancy; and (3) the State to provide for an election. Allows the appointed individual to be a candidate in the election. States that these provisions do not apply to any Member of the House who dies or becomes incapacitated before the seven-day period which ends on the date on which the event requiring such appointments occurs.</p> <p>Provides that if the appointed individual is unable to carry out a Member's duties, the chief executive of the State involved shall appoint another individual from the same list of nominees.</p> <p>Declares that Congress may by law establish the criteria for determining whether a Member of the House or Senate is dead or incapacitated, and shall have the power to enforce this Amendment through appropriate legislation.</p>", "update_date": "2004-02-12T22:12:55Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2004-05-19", "action_desc": "Reported to House without amendment", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Constitutional Amendment - Requires an individual, who is elected to serve as a Member of the House of Representatives for a Congress, before taking the oath of office, to present to the chief executive of the State from which the individual is elected a list of at least two qualified nominees to take the individual's place in the event he or she dies or becomes incapacitated before the individual's term of office expires. Allows the individual, after such oath, to revise the list at any time during a Congress.</p> <p>Provides that if at any time a majority of the whole membership of the House is unable to carry out its duties because of death or incapacity, or if any time the House adopts a resolution declaring that extraordinary circumstances exist which threaten the ability of the House to represent the interests of the people of the United States, the chief executive of any State represented by a Member who is dead or incapacitated at that time shall appoint, from the most recent list, an individual to take the Member's place. Requires: (1) the individual to be appointed as soon as practicable (but in no event later than seven days) after the Member's death or incapacity has been certified; (2) the individual to serve until the Member regains capacity or until another Member is elected to the vacancy; and (3) the State to provide for an election. Allows the appointed individual to be a candidate in the election. States that these provisions do not apply to any Member of the House who dies or becomes incapacitated before the seven-day period which ends on the date on which the event requiring such appointments occurs.</p> <p>Provides that if the appointed individual is unable to carry out a Member's duties, the chief executive of the State involved shall appoint another individual from the same list of nominees.</p> <p>Declares that Congress may by law establish the criteria for determining whether a Member of the House or Senate is dead or incapacitated, and shall have the power to enforce this Amendment through appropriate legislation.</p>", "update_date": "2004-05-28T19:04:47Z", "version_code": "79" } ]

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[ "Bank accounts", "Congress", "Constitutional amendments", "Earnings", "Economics and Public Finance", "Finance and Financial Sector", "Government trust funds", "Inflation", "Labor and Employment", "Law", "Legislation", "Old age, survivors and disability insurance", "Privatization", "Social security finance" ]

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[ "Balanced budgets", "Budget deficits", "Congress", "Congressional voting", "Constitutional amendments", "Federal budgets", "Government Operations and Politics", "Law", "Record votes" ]

[ { "action_date": "2004-01-21", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits Federal expenditures (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding revenues (except those derived from borrowing) for any fiscal year unless three-fifths of the whole number of each House of Congress provides for a specific excess of expenditures over revenues by a rollcall vote.<p>Authorizes Congress to waive such prohibition when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict.", "update_date": "2004-02-26T21:22:05Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ "Anniversaries", "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "Government Operations and Politics", "History", "Roosevelt Administration" ]

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[ { "action_date": "2004-03-11", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " <p>Constitutional Amendment - Declares that a smaller number than the majority of the House of Representatives may resolve that a vacancy exists in the majority of the number of seats of the House provided by law.</p> <p>Provides that, after the adoption of a resolution with respect to the vacancy, the State legislature in which a vacancy in the membership of the House exists shall convene a special session to appoint an individual to fill the vacancy.</p> <p>Requires the chief executive of the State to appoint an individual to fill the vacancy if: (1) the State legislature does not convene a special session during the five-calendar day period which begins on the day after the House adopts the resolution; or (2) the legislature convenes a special session during such period but does not appoint an individual to fill a vacancy in a seat during the three-calendar day period which begins on the date the legislature convenes the special session.</p> <p>Declares that an individual appointed under this article shall meet the qualifications for service as a Member of the House and shall serve as a Member until an election is held to fill the original vacancy. Requires that the State provide for such an election at such time and in accordance with such procedures as may be provided by law, except that the individual appointed may not be a candidate in the next election for the House. Provides that such individual shall be a member of the same political party as the Member of the House who previously held the seat.</p> <p></p> <p>Grants Congress the power by law to: (1) specify circumstances constituting when a vacancy happens in the Representation from any State in the House; and (2) to address the incapacity of Members of the House.</p>", "update_date": "2004-03-16T17:24:19Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2004-03-11", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " <p>Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes Congress by law to provide for the appointment of temporary members of the House of Representatives to serve during any period in which 30 percent or more of the seats of the House are vacant due to death or resignation.</p> <p>Requires the temporary member to serve until a member is elected to fill the vacancy in accordance with the applicable laws regarding special elections in the State involved or until the expiration of the six-month period which begins on the first day of the temporary member's service, whichever occurs earlier.</p>", "update_date": "2004-03-16T17:25:40Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2004-03-25", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " <p>Declares that Congress: (1) supports the recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, and (2) requests the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe such anniversary with appropriate ceremonies and activities.</p>", "update_date": "2004-05-11T19:47:01Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2004-05-13", "action_desc": "Passed House without amendment", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Declares that Congress: (1) supports the recognition of the 60th anniversary of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944; and (2) requests the President to issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe such anniversary with appropriate ceremonies and activities.</p>", "update_date": "2004-08-24T20:18:00Z", "version_code": "81" } ]

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[ { "links": [ { "name": "S.J.Res. 28", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/28" } ], "text": "For further action, see S.J.Res. 28, which became Public Law 108-236 on 6/15/2004." } ]

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[ "Alliances", "Amphibious operations", "Anniversaries", "Armed Forces and National Security", "Europe", "France", "History", "International Affairs", "Military history", "Military operations", "World War II" ]

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[ "Arts, Culture, Religion", "District of Columbia", "Federal officials", "Law", "Museums", "Smithsonian Institution", "Trusts and trustees" ]

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[ "Anniversaries", "Automobile industry", "Automobiles", "Commerce", "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "Economics and Public Finance", "Environmental Protection", "Sustainable development", "Transportation and Public Works" ]

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[ "Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues", "Constitutional amendments", "Federal-territorial relations", "Law", "Presidential elections", "Territories (U.S.)", "Voting rights" ]

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[ "Anniversaries", "Armed Forces and National Security", "Historic sites", "History", "International Affairs", "Military parks", "Oceania", "Palau Islands", "Public Lands and Natural Resources", "World War II" ]

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[ "Constitutional amendments", "Death", "Election candidates", "Electoral college", "Law", "Presidential elections", "Presidential succession", "Vice Presidents" ]

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[ "Citizenship", "Constitutional amendments", "Immigrants", "Immigration", "Law" ]

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[ "Age", "Constitutional amendments", "House of Representatives", "Law", "Members of Congress", "Senate" ]

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The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Makes continuing appropriations for FY 2005.</p> <p>(Sec. 101) Appropriates amounts for continuing, at the current rate of operations, projects or activities conducted in FY 2004 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (2) Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (3) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004; (4) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004; (5) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004; (6) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004; (7) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (8) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (9) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004; (10) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004; (11) Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; and (12) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004.</p> <p>(Sec. 106) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 activities authorized for 2004 in title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to requirements that a State plan provide for making medical assistance available (but only for premiums payable for January 1998 through September 2004) for Medicare cost-sharing for certain qualified Medicare beneficiaries whose income exceeds the threshold level. Deems such activities to be direct spending.</p> <p>(Sec. 107) Provides funding under this resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 20, 2004.</p> <p>(Sec. 112) Continues until the date specified in Sec. 107: (1) specified Franchise Fund pilot programs, including the Treasury Franchise Fund, under the Federal Financial Management Act of 1994; and (2) the Secretary of Defense's temporary limited authority to use operation and maintenance funds for construction projects outside the United States.</p> <p>(Sec. 114) Makes amounts available for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). Prohibits SNS funds from being made available to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under this joint resolution. Reduces DHS funds made available under this joint resolution by the amount otherwise attributable to SNS funding. </p> <p>(Sec. 115) Continues, until the date specified in Sec. 107, the development company debenture and small business investment company programs under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.</p> <p>(Sec. 116) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 or the enactment into law of a defense authorization Act for FY 2005, whichever is earlier, the authority of the Secretary or the Secretary concerned to: (1) provide, wherever practicable, prepaid phone cards, or an equivalent telecommunications benefit which includes access to telephone service to certain members of the armed forces stationed outside the United States; (2) use Department of Defense (DOD) funds for a unified counterdrug and counterterrorism campaign in Colombia; (3) temporarily waive the limitation on funding for a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia; (4) provide travel allowances for family members of a member of the armed forces who is ill or injured as a result of service on active duty in support of Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, without regard to whether there is a determination that the presence of the family member may contribute to the member's health and welfare; (5) provide for procurement of civilian attire for a member of the armed forces medically evacuated for treatment in a medical facility, or for travel to a medical facility or the member's home station, by reason of an illness or injury incurred or aggravated on such active duty; and (6) provide an accession bonus for certain pharmacy officers of the uniformed service.</p> <p>(Sec. 117) Extends through the date specified in Sec. 107 the authority of the President to waive certain sanctions imposed on foreign persons in Pakistan before January 1, 2001, for violation of prohibitions of the Arms Export Control Act or the Export Administration Act of 1979 against the transfer of items on the Missile Technology Control Regime.</p> <p>Provides that the prohibitions on the use of funds appropriated under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 to provide assistance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree, or to furnish assistance to any country in default in excess of a year on payments on a U.S. loan, shall not apply with respect to Pakistan through the date specified in Sec. 107.</p> <p>(Sec. 118) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 programs, activities, eligibility requirements, and advisory committees authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965.</p> <p>(Sec. 119) Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 to apply a specified earmark of funds for assistance to certain candidate countries under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to funds made available by this joint resolution. </p> <p>(Sec. 120) Amends the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 to extend through the date specified in Sec. 107 the authority of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia with respect to personnel, procurement, and the preparation of fiscal impact statements during a control period.</p> <p>(Sec. 121) Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to terminate the Panama Canal Commission and the Office of Transition Administration on October 1, 2004.</p> <p>Transfers, upon such termination, the Panama Canal Revolving Fund to the General Services Administration. Specifies the use of such Fund.</p> <p> (Sec. 122) Makes funding available for administrative expenses of the: (1) Federal Highway Administration; (2) Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (3) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (4) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; and (5) Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in accordance with authorized FTA programs.</p> <p>Makes funding available for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to make grants to and enter into contracts with States for personnel costs for implementation of commercial motor carrier safety improvement grants and contracts, commercial driver's license program improvements, border enforcement operations, and new motor carrier entrant requirements.</p> <p>Deems the availability of funding with regard to contract authority to be direct spending.</p> <p>Continues amounts appropriated or credited to the Highway Trust Fund after the date of any expenditure pursuant to this joint resolution.</p> <p>(Sec. 123) Authorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to undertake any program authorized by title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, through the date specified in Sec. 107.</p> <p>(Sec. 124) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make $14.61 million available from amounts appropriated in FY 2004 under the heading &quot;Housing for Persons With Disabilities&quot; in title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 for amendments to existing tenant-based assistance contracts entered into before FY 2004 pursuant to the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (with only one amendment authorized for any such contract). </p> <p>(Sec. 125) Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to extend the deadline for the payment of reclamation fees by operators of coal mining operations through the date specified in Sec. 107.</p> <p>(Sec. 126) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 certain activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY 2004, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Declares that, notwithstanding such date, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about November 1 and December 1, 2004, may continue to be made.<br> </p> <p>(Sec. 127) Provides a maximum of: (1) $5.087 billion for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and (2) $7.8 million for the Election Assistance Commission &quot;Salaries and Expenses.&quot;</p> <p>(Sec. 129) Makes funds available under this joint resolution for &quot;Bureau of Indian Affairs - Indian Land and Water Claims Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians&quot; available for payments by the United States pursuant to the settlement of Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of New York.</p> <p>(Sec. 130) Deems that amounts made available under this joint resolution to carry out assistance in State workers' compensation proceedings in Public Law 106-398 include transfers of funds from other accounts made during FY 2004 to carry out such purposes.</p> <p>(Sec. 131) States that in the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 the terms &quot;expended&quot; and &quot;payment&quot; shall mean &quot;delivered orders-obligations unpaid&quot; as defined in the United States Standard General Ledger Accounts and Definitions.</p> <p>(Sec. 132) Provides $2.5 million for expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.</p> <p>(Sec. 133) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 under the heading &quot;Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund&quot; to: (1) increase funding for security and law enforcement from $3.243 billion to $5.090 billion; (2) increase funding for justice, public safety infrastructure, and civil society from $1.318 billion to $1.960 billion; (3) decrease funding for the electric sector from $5.560 billion to $4.455 billion; (4) decrease funding for oil infrastructure from $1.890 billion to $1.723 billion; (5) decrease funding for water resources and sanitation from $4.332 billion to $2.361 billion; (6) increase funding for private sector development from $153 million to $845 million; and (7) increase funding for education, refugees, human rights and governance from $280 billion to $342 billion.</p> <p>(Sec. 134) Amends the Act to increase from $29 million to $119 million funds made available for administrative expenses of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for support of the reconstruction activities in Iraq.</p> <p>Prohibits such funds from being made available to: (1) the USAID (currently, the Coalition Provisional Authority) for administrative expenses; and (2) fully pay for a Federal agency's administrative expenses regarding the funds.</p> <p>(Sec. 135) Enacts into law provisions of H.R. 4818 as passed by the House of Representatives on July 15, 2004, that provide for: (1) the availability of certain funds for debt restructuring for Iraq; and (2) a shift from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Secretary of State of responsibility for a report to Congress on the proposed uses, on a project-by-project basis over a certain three-month period, of appropriations for oversight of Iraq reconstruction.</p> <p>Limits to $360 billion the funds available for Iraq debt restructuring.</p> <p>(Sec. 136) Requires the Corps of Engineers, during the portion of FY 2005 covered by this joint resolution, to continue work on all uncompleted projects underway in FY 2004, notwithstanding budget proposals to withhold funding for shore protection and certain construction projects. Prohibits the Corps from diverting funds into any reserve fund not specifically authorized by an Act of Congress.</p>", "update_date": "2005-01-06T20:28:18Z", "version_code": "82" }, { "action_date": "2004-09-29", "action_desc": "Passed House without amendment", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</b></p> <p>Makes continuing appropriations for FY 2005.</p> <p>(Sec. 101) Appropriates amounts for continuing, at the current rate of operations, projects or activities conducted in FY 2004 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (2) Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (3) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004; (4) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004; (5) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004; (6) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004; (7) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (8) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (9) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004; (10) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004; (11) Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; and (12) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004.</p> <p>(Sec. 106) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 activities authorized for 2004 in title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to requirements that a State plan provide for making medical assistance available (but only for premiums payable for January 1998 through September 2004) for Medicare cost-sharing for certain qualified Medicare beneficiaries whose income exceeds the threshold level. Deems such activities to be direct spending.</p> <p>(Sec. 107) Provides funding under this resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 20, 2004.</p> <p>(Sec. 112) Continues until the date specified in Sec. 107: (1) specified Franchise Fund pilot programs, including the Treasury Franchise Fund, under the Federal Financial Management Act of 1994; and (2) the Secretary of Defense's temporary limited authority to use operation and maintenance funds for construction projects outside the United States.</p> <p>(Sec. 114) Makes amounts available for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). Prohibits SNS funds from being made available to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under this joint resolution. Reduces DHS funds made available under this joint resolution by the amount otherwise attributable to SNS funding. </p> <p>(Sec. 115) Continues, until the date specified in Sec. 107, the development company debenture and small business investment company programs under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.</p> <p>(Sec. 116) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 or the enactment into law of a defense authorization Act for FY 2005, whichever is earlier, the authority of the Secretary or the Secretary concerned to: (1) provide, wherever practicable, prepaid phone cards, or an equivalent telecommunications benefit which includes access to telephone service to certain members of the armed forces stationed outside the United States; (2) use Department of Defense (DOD) funds for a unified counterdrug and counterterrorism campaign in Colombia; (3) temporarily waive the limitation on funding for a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia; (4) provide travel allowances for family members of a member of the armed forces who is ill or injured as a result of service on active duty in support of Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, without regard to whether there is a determination that the presence of the family member may contribute to the member's health and welfare; (5) provide for procurement of civilian attire for a member of the armed forces medically evacuated for treatment in a medical facility, or for travel to a medical facility or the member's home station, by reason of an illness or injury incurred or aggravated on such active duty; and (6) provide an accession bonus for certain pharmacy officers of the uniformed service.</p> <p>(Sec. 117) Extends through the date specified in Sec. 107 the authority of the President to waive certain sanctions imposed on foreign persons in Pakistan before January 1, 2001, for violation of prohibitions of the Arms Export Control Act or the Export Administration Act of 1979 against the transfer of items on the Missile Technology Control Regime.</p> <p>Provides that the prohibitions on the use of funds appropriated under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 to provide assistance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree, or to furnish assistance to any country in default in excess of a year on payments on a U.S. loan, shall not apply with respect to Pakistan through the date specified in Sec. 107.</p> <p>(Sec. 118) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 programs, activities, eligibility requirements, and advisory committees authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965.</p> <p>(Sec. 119) Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 to apply a specified earmark of funds for assistance to certain candidate countries under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to funds made available by this joint resolution. </p> <p>(Sec. 120) Amends the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 to extend through the date specified in Sec. 107 the authority of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia with respect to personnel, procurement, and the preparation of fiscal impact statements during a control period.</p> <p>(Sec. 121) Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to terminate the Panama Canal Commission and the Office of Transition Administration on October 1, 2004.</p> <p>Transfers, upon such termination, the Panama Canal Revolving Fund to the General Services Administration. Specifies the use of such Fund.</p> <p> (Sec. 122) Makes funding available for administrative expenses of the: (1) Federal Highway Administration; (2) Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (3) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (4) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; and (5) Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in accordance with authorized FTA programs.</p> <p>Makes funding available for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to make grants to and enter into contracts with States for personnel costs for implementation of commercial motor carrier safety improvement grants and contracts, commercial driver's license program improvements, border enforcement operations, and new motor carrier entrant requirements.</p> <p>Deems the availability of funding with regard to contract authority to be direct spending.</p> <p>Continues amounts appropriated or credited to the Highway Trust Fund after the date of any expenditure pursuant to this joint resolution.</p> <p>(Sec. 123) Authorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to undertake any program authorized by title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, through the date specified in Sec. 107.</p> <p>(Sec. 124) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make $14.61 million available from amounts appropriated in FY 2004 under the heading &quot;Housing for Persons With Disabilities&quot; in title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 for amendments to existing tenant-based assistance contracts entered into before FY 2004 pursuant to the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (with only one amendment authorized for any such contract). </p> <p>(Sec. 125) Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to extend the deadline for the payment of reclamation fees by operators of coal mining operations through the date specified in Sec. 107.</p> <p>(Sec. 126) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 certain activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY 2004, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Declares that, notwithstanding such date, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about November 1 and December 1, 2004, may continue to be made.<br> </p> <p>(Sec. 127) Provides a maximum of: (1) $5.087 billion for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and (2) $7.8 million for the Election Assistance Commission &quot;Salaries and Expenses.&quot;</p> <p>(Sec. 129) Makes funds available under this joint resolution for &quot;Bureau of Indian Affairs - Indian Land and Water Claims Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians&quot; available for payments by the United States pursuant to the settlement of Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of New York.</p> <p>(Sec. 130) Deems that amounts made available under this joint resolution to carry out assistance in State workers' compensation proceedings in Public Law 106-398 include transfers of funds from other accounts made during FY 2004 to carry out such purposes.</p> <p>(Sec. 131) States that in the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 the terms &quot;expended&quot; and &quot;payment&quot; shall mean &quot;delivered orders-obligations unpaid&quot; as defined in the United States Standard General Ledger Accounts and Definitions.</p> <p>(Sec. 132) Provides $2.5 million for expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.</p> <p>(Sec. 133) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 under the heading &quot;Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund&quot; to: (1) increase funding for security and law enforcement from $3.243 billion to $5.090 billion; (2) increase funding for justice, public safety infrastructure, and civil society from $1.318 billion to $1.960 billion; (3) decrease funding for the electric sector from $5.560 billion to $4.455 billion; (4) decrease funding for oil infrastructure from $1.890 billion to $1.723 billion; (5) decrease funding for water resources and sanitation from $4.332 billion to $2.361 billion; (6) increase funding for private sector development from $153 million to $845 million; and (7) increase funding for education, refugees, human rights and governance from $280 billion to $342 billion.</p> <p>(Sec. 134) Amends the Act to increase from $29 million to $119 million funds made available for administrative expenses of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for support of the reconstruction activities in Iraq.</p> <p>Prohibits such funds from being made available to: (1) the USAID (currently, the Coalition Provisional Authority) for administrative expenses; and (2) fully pay for a Federal agency's administrative expenses regarding the funds.</p> <p>(Sec. 135) Enacts into law provisions of H.R. 4818 as passed by the House of Representatives on July 15, 2004, that provide for: (1) the availability of certain funds for debt restructuring for Iraq; and (2) a shift from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Secretary of State of responsibility for a report to Congress on the proposed uses, on a project-by-project basis over a certain three-month period, of appropriations for oversight of Iraq reconstruction.</p> <p>Limits to $360 billion the funds available for Iraq debt restructuring.</p> <p>(Sec. 136) Requires the Corps of Engineers, during the portion of FY 2005 covered by this joint resolution, to continue work on all uncompleted projects underway in FY 2004, notwithstanding budget proposals to withhold funding for shore protection and certain construction projects. Prohibits the Corps from diverting funds into any reserve fund not specifically authorized by an Act of Congress.</p>", "update_date": "2005-01-06T20:27:59Z", "version_code": "81" }, { "action_date": "2004-09-30", "action_desc": "Public Law", "text": " <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Makes continuing appropriations for FY 2005.</p> <p>(Sec. 101) Appropriates amounts for continuing, at the current rate of operations, projects or activities conducted in FY 2004 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in the: (1) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (2) Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (3) District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2004; (4) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004; (5) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004; (6) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004; (7) Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (8) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; (9) Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004; (10) Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004; (11) Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004; and (12) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004.</p> <p>(Sec. 106) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 activities authorized for 2004 in title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to requirements that a State plan provide for making medical assistance available (but only for premiums payable for January 1998 through September 2004) for Medicare cost-sharing for certain qualified Medicare beneficiaries whose income exceeds the threshold level. Deems such activities to be direct spending.</p> <p>(Sec. 107) Provides funding under this resolution until the earliest of: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) November 20, 2004.</p> <p>(Sec. 112) Continues until the date specified in Sec. 107: (1) specified Franchise Fund pilot programs, including the Treasury Franchise Fund, under the Federal Financial Management Act of 1994; and (2) the Secretary of Defense's temporary limited authority to use operation and maintenance funds for construction projects outside the United States.</p> <p>(Sec. 114) Makes amounts available for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). Prohibits SNS funds from being made available to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under this joint resolution. Reduces DHS funds made available under this joint resolution by the amount otherwise attributable to SNS funding. </p> <p>(Sec. 115) Continues, until the date specified in Sec. 107, the development company debenture and small business investment company programs under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.</p> <p>(Sec. 116) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 or the enactment into law of a defense authorization Act for FY 2005, whichever is earlier, the authority of the Secretary or the Secretary concerned to: (1) provide, wherever practicable, prepaid phone cards, or an equivalent telecommunications benefit which includes access to telephone service to certain members of the armed forces stationed outside the United States; (2) use Department of Defense (DOD) funds for a unified counterdrug and counterterrorism campaign in Colombia; (3) temporarily waive the limitation on funding for a chemical weapons destruction facility in Russia; (4) provide travel allowances for family members of a member of the armed forces who is ill or injured as a result of service on active duty in support of Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Enduring Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, without regard to whether there is a determination that the presence of the family member may contribute to the member's health and welfare; (5) provide for procurement of civilian attire for a member of the armed forces medically evacuated for treatment in a medical facility, or for travel to a medical facility or the member's home station, by reason of an illness or injury incurred or aggravated on such active duty; and (6) provide an accession bonus for certain pharmacy officers of the uniformed service.</p> <p>(Sec. 117) Extends through the date specified in Sec. 107 the authority of the President to waive certain sanctions imposed on foreign persons in Pakistan before January 1, 2001, for violation of prohibitions of the Arms Export Control Act or the Export Administration Act of 1979 against the transfer of items on the Missile Technology Control Regime.</p> <p>Provides that the prohibitions on the use of funds appropriated under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 to provide assistance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree, or to furnish assistance to any country in default in excess of a year on payments on a U.S. loan, shall not apply with respect to Pakistan through the date specified in Sec. 107.</p> <p>(Sec. 118) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 programs, activities, eligibility requirements, and advisory committees authorized under the Higher Education Act of 1965.</p> <p>(Sec. 119) Amends the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2004 to apply a specified earmark of funds for assistance to certain candidate countries under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 to funds made available by this joint resolution. </p> <p>(Sec. 120) Amends the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003 to extend through the date specified in Sec. 107 the authority of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia with respect to personnel, procurement, and the preparation of fiscal impact statements during a control period.</p> <p>(Sec. 121) Amends the Panama Canal Act of 1979 to terminate the Panama Canal Commission and the Office of Transition Administration on October 1, 2004.</p> <p>Transfers, upon such termination, the Panama Canal Revolving Fund to the General Services Administration. Specifies the use of such Fund.</p> <p> (Sec. 122) Makes funding available for administrative expenses of the: (1) Federal Highway Administration; (2) Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (3) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; (4) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; and (5) Federal Transit Administration (FTA), in accordance with authorized FTA programs.</p> <p>Makes funding available for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to make grants to and enter into contracts with States for personnel costs for implementation of commercial motor carrier safety improvement grants and contracts, commercial driver's license program improvements, border enforcement operations, and new motor carrier entrant requirements.</p> <p>Deems the availability of funding with regard to contract authority to be direct spending.</p> <p>Continues amounts appropriated or credited to the Highway Trust Fund after the date of any expenditure pursuant to this joint resolution.</p> <p>(Sec. 123) Authorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to undertake any program authorized by title IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in Iraq, subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, through the date specified in Sec. 107.</p> <p>(Sec. 124) Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make $14.61 million available from amounts appropriated in FY 2004 under the heading &quot;Housing for Persons With Disabilities&quot; in title II of the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 for amendments to existing tenant-based assistance contracts entered into before FY 2004 pursuant to the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (with only one amendment authorized for any such contract). </p> <p>(Sec. 125) Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to extend the deadline for the payment of reclamation fees by operators of coal mining operations through the date specified in Sec. 107.</p> <p>(Sec. 126) Continues through the date specified in Sec. 107 certain activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for FY 2004, and for activities under the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Declares that, notwithstanding such date, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about November 1 and December 1, 2004, may continue to be made.<br> </p> <p>(Sec. 127) Provides a maximum of: (1) $5.087 billion for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); and (2) $7.8 million for the Election Assistance Commission &quot;Salaries and Expenses.&quot;</p> <p>(Sec. 129) Makes funds available under this joint resolution for &quot;Bureau of Indian Affairs - Indian Land and Water Claims Settlements and Miscellaneous Payments to Indians&quot; available for payments by the United States pursuant to the settlement of Seneca Nation of Indians v. State of New York.</p> <p>(Sec. 130) Deems that amounts made available under this joint resolution to carry out assistance in State workers' compensation proceedings in Public Law 106-398 include transfers of funds from other accounts made during FY 2004 to carry out such purposes.</p> <p>(Sec. 131) States that in the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act of 1998 the terms &quot;expended&quot; and &quot;payment&quot; shall mean &quot;delivered orders-obligations unpaid&quot; as defined in the United States Standard General Ledger Accounts and Definitions.</p> <p>(Sec. 132) Provides $2.5 million for expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.</p> <p>(Sec. 133) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 under the heading &quot;Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund&quot; to: (1) increase funding for security and law enforcement from $3.243 billion to $5.090 billion; (2) increase funding for justice, public safety infrastructure, and civil society from $1.318 billion to $1.960 billion; (3) decrease funding for the electric sector from $5.560 billion to $4.455 billion; (4) decrease funding for oil infrastructure from $1.890 billion to $1.723 billion; (5) decrease funding for water resources and sanitation from $4.332 billion to $2.361 billion; (6) increase funding for private sector development from $153 million to $845 million; and (7) increase funding for education, refugees, human rights and governance from $280 billion to $342 billion.</p> <p>(Sec. 134) Amends the Act to increase from $29 million to $119 million funds made available for administrative expenses of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for support of the reconstruction activities in Iraq.</p> <p>Prohibits such funds from being made available to USAID (currently, the Coalition Provisional Authority) for administrative expenses or to pay for a Federal agency's administrative expenses regarding the funds.</p> <p>(Sec. 135) Enacts into law provisions of H.R. 4818 as passed by the House of Representatives on July 15, 2004, that provide for: (1) the availability of certain funds for debt restructuring for Iraq; and (2) a shift from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to the Secretary of State of responsibility for a report to Congress on the proposed uses, on a project-by-project basis over a certain three-month period, of appropriations for oversight of Iraq reconstruction.</p> <p>Limits to $360 billion the funds available for Iraq debt restructuring.</p> <p>(Sec. 136) Requires the Corps of Engineers, during the portion of FY 2005 covered by this joint resolution, to continue work on all uncompleted projects underway in FY 2004, notwithstanding budget proposals to withhold funding for shore protection and certain construction projects. Prohibits the Corps from diverting funds into any reserve fund not specifically authorized by an Act of Congress.</p>", "update_date": "2005-01-13T23:37:40Z", "version_code": "49" } ]

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[ "Anniversaries", "Armed Forces and National Security", "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "History", "Veterans' organizations" ]

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[ "Constitutional amendments", "Electoral college", "Law", "Presidential elections", "Residence requirements" ]

[ { "action_date": "2004-10-08", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " <p>Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and the Vice President. </p>", "update_date": "2004-10-15T15:10:00Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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[ "Anniversaries", "Armed Forces and National Security", "Belgium", "Commemorations", "Congress", "Congressional tributes", "Europe", "History", "Luxembourg", "Military history", "War casualties", "World War II" ]

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[ "Constitutional amendments", "Death", "Election candidates", "Electoral college", "Law", "Presidential elections", "Presidential succession", "Vice Presidents" ]

[ { "action_date": "2004-11-18", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " <p>Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the popular election of the President and Vice President under a new electoral system. (Abolishes the electoral college.)</p>", "update_date": "2004-12-06T20:48:51Z", "version_code": "00" } ]

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(consideration: CR H11009-11010)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-11-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the Cardoza motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Cardoza demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-11-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Cardoza motion to instruct conferees.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-11-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Cardoza moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H10528-10534; text: CR H10528)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-11-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 209 (Roll no. 615). (consideration: CR H10512)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-11-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the Capps motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Capps demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-11-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-11-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Capps motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-11-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mrs. Capps moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H10438-10443; text: CR H10438)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-10-30", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-30", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 195 - 217 (Roll no. 599). (consideration: CR 10/31/2003 H10210-10211)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-29", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTES - At the conclusion of debate on the Davis (FL) motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Davis (FL) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-10-29", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-29", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Davis (FL) motion to instruct conferees.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-29", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Davis (FL) moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H10106-10112; text: CR H10106)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-28", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion to instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 194 - 209 (Roll no. 573). (consideration: CR H9967)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-21", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the Brown (OH) motion to instruct conferees, the Speaker put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Brown demanded the yeas and nays and the Speaker postponed further proceedings on the adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-21", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Brown (OH) motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-21", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Brown (OH) moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9780-9784)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-10-15", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-15", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 190 - 218 (Roll no. 542). (consideration: CR H9441-9442)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the Schakowsky motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Schakowsky demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-10-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Schakowsky motion to instruct conferees which was noticed in the Congressional Record on Tuesday, October 7, 2003.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Ms. Schakowsky moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9349-9354; text: CR H9349)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-10-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 161 - 234 (Roll no. 534). (consideration: CR H9250)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-10-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 181 - 214 (Roll no. 533). (consideration: CR H9249)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion debate on the Flake motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Brown (OH) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Flake motion to instruct conferees.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Flake moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9180-9187)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED VOTE - At the conclusion debate on the Bishop (NY) motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Bishop (NY) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Bishop (NY) motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Bishop (NY) moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9171-9187; text: CR H9171)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-10-01", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-01", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 208 - 215 (Roll no. 528). (consideration: CR H9072)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-01", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At conclusion of debate on the Case motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Case demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on adoption of the motion until later in the legislative day.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-10-01", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-01", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Case motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-01", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Case moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9062-9067; text: CR H9062)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-09-30", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-09-30", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 202 - 205 (Roll no. 524). (consideration: CR H8989-8990)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-25", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Sandlin motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Sandlin demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H35000", "action_date": "2003-09-25", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-25", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Sandlin motion to instruct conferees.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-09-25", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Sandlin moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H8925-8930; text: CR H8925)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-09-25", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-09-25", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 199 - 220 (Roll no. 522).", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-24", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the Kind motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the yeas had prevailed. Mr. Kind demanded the Yeas and Nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-24", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Kind motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-09-24", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Kind moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H8880-8887; text: CR H8880)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-24", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "NOTICE OF INTENT TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT - Mr. Sandlin notified the House of his intent to offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-23", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "NOTICE OF INTENT TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT - Mr. Kind notified the House of his intent to offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-09-23", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-09-23", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 202 - 213 (Roll no. 510). (consideration: CR H8465-8466)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-17", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Stenholm motion to instruct, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Stenholm demanded the yeas and nays and pursuant to a previous order of the House, the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until Tuesday, September 23, 2003.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-17", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Stenholm motion to instruct conferees which was noticed in the Congressional Record on Tuesday, September 16, 2003.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-09-17", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Stenholm moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H8361-8366; text: CR H8361)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-16", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "NOTICE MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES - Mr. Stenholm notified the House of his intention to offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-09-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-09-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 189 - 220 (Roll no. 502). (consideration: CR 9/11/2003 H8182-8189, H8190-8191; text: CR 9/11/2003 H8182)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Michaud motion to instruct, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Michaud demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until later in the legislative day.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Michaud motion to instruct conferees which was noticed in the Congressional Record on Tuesday, September 9, 2003.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-09-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Michaud moved that the House instruct conferees.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "NOTICE OF MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES - Mr. Michaud of Maine notified the House of his intention to offer a motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendments, and modifications committed to conference: Tauzin, Thomas, Bilirakis, Johnson (CT), DeLay, Dingell, Rangel, and Berry.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 191 - 221 (Roll no. 359).", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Davis (FL) motion to instruct conferees the Chair put the question on the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Davis (FL) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Davis (TN) motion to instruct conferees.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41700", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The motion instructs conferees to (1) reject the provisions of subtitle C of title II of the House bill and; (2) that the House recede to the Senate on the provisions to guarantee access to prescription drug coverage under section1860D-13(e) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 101(a) of the Senate amendment.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Davis (TN) moved that the House instruct conferees.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H6658-6666, H6680-6681)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H40110", "action_date": "2003-07-14", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Tauzin asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Message on Senate action sent to the House.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "See also S.1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Grassley; Hatch; Nickles; Frist; Kyl; Baucus; Rockefeller; Daschle; Breaux.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Passed Senate in lieu of S.1 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8898-8997)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "17000", "action_date": "2003-07-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "9", "name": "Library of Congress" }, "text": "Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S.1 with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8898-8997)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S.1 amended.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S8898-8997)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Received in the Senate.", "type": "IntroReferral" }, { "action_code": "H38310", "action_date": "2003-06-27", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H37100", "action_date": "2003-06-27", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On passage Passed by recorded vote: 216 - 215, 1 Present (Roll no. 332).", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "8000", "action_date": "2003-06-27", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "9", "name": "Library of Congress" }, "text": "Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 216 - 215, 1 Present (Roll no. 332).", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36110", "action_date": "2003-06-27", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Ways and Means Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hswm00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 208 - 223 (Roll no. 331). (text: CR 6/26/2003 H6181-6254)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8A000", "action_date": "2003-06-27", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-06-27", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Thompson (CA) motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment in the nature of a substitute which adds a complete new text.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36100", "action_date": "2003-06-27", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Ways and Means Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hswm00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Thompson (CA) moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means. (consideration: CR 6/26/2003 H6181-6255)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-06-27", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House continued with the balance of the debate on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-06-26", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 299, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Rangel amendment in the nature of a substitute.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-06-26", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 299, the House proceeded with 3 hours of general debate on H.R. 1.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-06-26", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1 and H.R. 2596 with 3 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order. Amendment in the nature of a substitute by, and if offered by, Mr. Rangel is debatable for one hour. H.R. 2596 shall be considered in the House and after final adoption, shall be appended to the text of H.R. 1. H.R. 2596 will then be laid on the table. Concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment of the House and Senate in July shall be in order for consideration. Finally, the Committee on Appropriations shall have until midnight on Thursday, July 3, 2003 to file a report making appropriations for", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H30000", "action_date": "2003-06-26", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 299. (consideration: CR H6007-6105, H6107-6256; text of measure as introduced: CR H6007-6077)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H1L210", "action_date": "2003-06-26", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 299 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1 and H.R. 2596 with 3 hours of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order. Amendment in the nature of a substitute by, and if offered by, Mr. Rangel is debatable for one hour. H.R. 2596 shall be considered in the House and after final adoption, shall be appended to the text of H.R. 1. H.R. 2596 will then be laid on the table. Concurrent resolutions providing for adjournment of the House and Senate in July shall be in order for consideration. 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[ { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill as introduced by the Committee on Rules on June 25, 2003.", "pub_date": "2003-06-25T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14582" }, { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced by the Committee on Rules on June 25, 2003.</p>", "pub_date": "2003-06-25T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14582" }, { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the democratic amendment to H.R. 1.</p>", "pub_date": "2003-06-26T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 1, Medicare and Prescription Drug Moderization Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14581" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the democratic amendment to H.R. 1.", "pub_date": "2003-06-26T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 1, Medicare and Prescription Drug Moderization Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14581" }, { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on June 27, 2003</p>", "pub_date": "2003-07-22T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14637" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill as passed by the House of Representatives on June 27, 2003", "pub_date": "2003-07-22T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14637" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill conference agreement", "pub_date": "2003-11-20T06:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15002" }, { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill conference agreement</p>", "pub_date": "2003-11-20T06:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/15002" } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2003-06-25", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": " Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) under which each individual who is entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or enrolled under Medicare part B (Supplemental Medical Insurance) is entitled to obtain qualified prescription drug coverage. Authorizes the individual to elect to enroll: (1) in a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan (replacing the current Medicare+Choice plans under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice)); (2) in an enhanced fee-for-service (EFFS) plan; or (3) in a prescription drug plan (PDP) if the individual is not enrolled in an MA-EFFS plan (a Medicare Advantage plan and an EFFS plan).<p>Establishes a Medicare Prescription Drug Trust Fund.<p>Outlines standard coverage benefit packages for FY 2006. Includes for the standard package an annual deductible of $250, and requires insurers to cover 80 percent of enrollees drug costs up to the initial coverage limit of $2,000. Requires enrollees to cover all costs between $2,001 and $3,500, and Medicare to cover the entire cost once the beneficiary has reached the $3,500 catastrophic out-of-pocket threshold. Prescribes a formula for adjustment of: (1) such deductible and annual limits for inflation; and (2) such catastrophic limit for each enrollee in a PDP or in an MA-EFFS Rx plan (an MA-EFFS plan which provides qualified prescription drug coverage) whose adjusted gross income exceeds $60,000.<p>Establishes a competitive bidding process for negotiating the terms and conditions of PDP sponsors.<p>Provides for full premium subsidy and reduction of cost-sharing for individuals with incomes below 135 percent of the Federal poverty level. Contains subsidy payments for qualifying entities to promote the participation of PDP and MA-EFFS Rx plan sponsors.<p>Sets out: (1) a new Medicare prescription drug discount card and assistance program under the Medicare program; and (2) requirements for combating waste, fraud, and abuse under Medicare.<p>Makes a number of other changes with regard to Medicare: (1) part A concerning rural health care, inpatient hospital services, skilled nursing facility services, and hospices; (2) part B concerning physicians services and other services; and (3) part A and B concerning home health services, direct graduate medical education, and voluntary chronic care improvement.<p>Establishes the Medicare Benefits Administration in the Department of Health and Human Services.<p>Amends SSA title XVIII part F (Miscellaneous) (currently part D) to include a number of regulatory, contracting, and administrative changes, such as the: (1) coordination of educational funding; (2) transfer of responsibility for Medicare appeals; (3) provision of expedited access to judicial review of Medicare appeals; (4) recovery of overpayments; and (5) revision of reassignment provisions.<p>Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) with regard to: (1) the 30-month of Food and Drug Administration approval for any new drug in certain circumstances; and (2) forfeiture of the 180-day marketing exclusivity period by the first new drug applicant to a subsequent applicant.<p>Provides for manufacture, marketing, or sale agreements between a generic drug applicant and a brand name drug applicant, subject to Federal Trade Commission review.<p>Amends the FFDCA to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists, wholesalers, and individuals to import prescription drugs from Canada into the United States, subject to specified conditions.", "update_date": "2005-07-18T17:09:49Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2003-11-21", "action_desc": "Conference report filed in House", "text": " <p>Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 - <b>Title I: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit</b> (Sec. 101) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program). Establishes a new optional Medicare prescription drug benefit program augmenting with a comprehensive, flexible, and permanent voluntary prescription drug benefit program the limited coverage of certain outpatient prescription drugs, biologicals, and vaccines currently covered under the Medicare program under its original fee-for-service component under both Medicare parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) and under its managed care, medical savings account (MSA), and private fee-for-service component under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice). </p> <p>Provides under this new prescription drug benefit program for offering eligible Medicare beneficiaries, regardless of income or health status, access to more coverage options, options which provide enhanced benefits, with cost-sharing, and additional beneficiary protections and assistance, such as access to negotiated prices, catastrophic coverage limits, and premium subsidies for certain low-income beneficiaries.</p> <p>Provides for these options to be offered through both: (1) a new Medicare part C Medicare Advantage (MA) program that integrates basic medical coverage with added prescription drug coverage, including coverage through specialized MA plans for special needs individuals; and (2) a new separate, stand-alone Medicare Prescription Drug plan (PDP) program under Medicare part D that relies on private plans to provide coverage and to bear a portion of the financial risk for drug costs.</p> <p>Makes this new program effective January 1, 2006.</p> <p>Provides that until this new permanent prescription drug benefit program is effective, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall establish a program to endorse prescription drug discount card programs in order to provide access to prescription drug discounts through prescription drug card sponsors for discount card eligible individuals throughout the United States and to provide for transitional assistance for transitional assistance eligible individuals enrolled in such endorsed programs. Provides that the program shall not apply to covered discount card drugs dispensed after December 31, 2005, and transitional assistance shall be available after such date to the extent the assistance relates to drugs dispensed on or before such date. </p> <p>Allows beneficiaries entitled to benefits under Medicare part A or enrolled under Medicare part B (eligible beneficiaries) to elect to enroll under new Medicare part D, and: (1) provided that they are not enrolled in an MA plan, keep their current Medicare fee-for-service coverage and receive qualified prescription drug coverage (as described below) through enrollment in Medicare part D in a new PDP that is offered in the geographic area in which the beneficiary resides; or (2) enroll in the new Medicare part C MA program in an MA plan, give up their current Medicare fee-for-service coverage, and receive qualified prescription drug coverage under the plan along with basic and possibly enhanced medical coverage through health maintenance organization (HMO) or revised MSA coverage options under the new MA program established by this Act under Medicare part C (and as otherwise provided under Medicare+Choice under Medicare part C as discussed more fully below under title II (MedicareAdvantage) of this Act). Provides an exception for MA enrollees: (1) enrolled in MSA plans to receive qualified coverage of prescription drugs through enrollment in a PDP; (2) enrolled in private-fee-for service plans that do not provide qualified prescription drug coverage to receive qualified coverage of prescription drugs through enrollment in PDP plans; and (3) enrolled in an MA prescription drug plan (MA-PD) to receive qualified prescription drug coverage under that plan. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to establish a process for the enrollment, disenrollment, termination, and change of enrollment of Medicare part D eligible individuals in prescription drug plans. . Establishes an initial enrollment period beginning November 15, 2005 for eligible beneficiaries on that date with an initial enrollment period to apply for individuals becoming eligible after such date which in no case can be less than six months, which follows the current enrollment process that, for individuals who are eligible beneficiaries as of November 1, 2005, is the six month period beginning on that date. Provides for additional special enrollment periods. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to conduct activities designed to broadly disseminate information to part D eligible individuals (and prospective part D eligible individuals) regarding the coverage under Medicare part D, including information comparing the plans offered by eligible entities under Medicare part D that are available to eligible beneficiaries in an area.</p> <p>Divides qualified prescription drug coverage into either a standard coverage benefit package or an alternative prescription drug coverage with at least actuarially equivalent benefits, both with access to negotiated drug prices. Outlines the standard coverage package, which includes, for 2006, a $250 deductible, 25 percent cost-sharing for drug costs between $250 and the initial coverage limit of $2,250, then no coverage; except that the beneficiary shall have access to negotiated prices, regardless of the fact that no benefits may be payable under the coverage, until incurring out-of-pocket costs for covered drugs in a year equal $3,600, with the beneficiary thereafter to pay five percent of the cost of a prescription, or a copayment of $2 for a generic drug and $5 for any other drug, whichever is greater. Includes as negotiated prices all discounts, direct or indirect subsidies, rebates, and direct or indirect remunerations. Increases these amounts in future years by the annual percentage increase in average per capita aggregate expenditures for covered drugs for the year ending the previous July. </p> <p>Includes among the out-of-pocket costs counting toward the annual $3,600 limit any costs paid by the part D eligible individual (or by another person such as a family member) under the Medicaid program or under a State pharmaceutical assistance program for which the individual (or other person) is not reimbursed.</p> <p>Allows a PDP or an MA plan to provide a different prescription drug benefit design from the standard prescription drug coverage as long as the Administrator approves of such benefit design.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to ensure that each part D eligible individual has available a choice of enrollment in at least two qualifying plans in the area in which the individual resides, at least one of which is a prescription drug plan. Provides that in such case in which such plans are not available the part D eligible individual shall be given the opportunity to enroll in a fallback prescription drug plan. </p> <p>Establishes beneficiary protection requirements for qualified prescription drug plans, such as requiring each PDP sponsor offering a prescription drug plan to: (1) have a mechanism for providing specific information on a timely basis to enrollees upon request; (2) have in place with respect to covered part D drugs a cost-effective drug utilization management program and a medication therapy management program; and (3) provide that each pharmacy that dispenses a covered part D drug shall inform an enrollee of any differential between the price of the drug to the enrollee and the price of the lowest priced generic covered part D drug under the plan that is therapeutically equivalent and bioequivalent and available at such pharmacy. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to establish, and allows the Secretary to revise PDP regions in a manner that is consistent with the requirements below for the establishment and revision of MA regions, and to the extent practicable PDP regions shall be the same as MA regions. Requires a PDP sponsor to submit to the Secretary bid and other described information with respect to each prescription drug plan it offers for review by the Secretary for the purpose of conducting negotiations concerning the terms and conditions of the proposed bid submitted and other terms and conditions of a proposed plan in order for the Secretary to approve or disapprove the plan. Provides that in order to promote competition under new Medicare part D and in carrying out such part, the Secretary may not interfere with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and PDP sponosors and may not require a particular formulary or institute a price structure for the reimbursement of covered part D drugs.</p> <p>Establishes organizational requirements for PDP sponsors, such as licenses, and requires that they enter into a contract with the Secretary to be eligible to receive payments.</p> <p>Sets forth formulae for determining the monthly beneficiary premium for a PDP, defining it as the base beneficiary premium computed according to such formulae, as adjusted. Provides that the monthly beneficiary premium is subject to decrease in the case of a subsidy eligible individual, and shall be increased for supplemental prescription drug benefits and for late enrollment penalty, but otherwise provides that the monthly premium for a PDP in a PDP region is generally the same for all part D eligible individuals enrolled in the plan. Provides for the collection of monthly beneficiary premiums for PDP sponsors according to the means provided below applicable to MA organizations.</p> <p>Provides for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income subsidy-eligible individuals. Establishes the first group of subsidy eligible individuals who: (1) are enrolled in a PDP or MA-PD plan, have incomes below 135 percent of poverty, and have resources in 2006 that do not exceed three times the maximum amount of resources that an individual may have and obtain benefits under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, or (2) are thus determined by the Commissioner of Social Security or under the State plan under Medicaid (SSA title XIX) to be subsidy eligible individuals. Entitles such subsidy eligible individuals to a premium subsidy equal to 100 percent of the low-income benchmark premium amount, but in no case higher than the actual premium amount for basic coverage under the plan. Establishes a second group of subsidy eligible individuals who meet the same requirements except that the income level is 150 percent of poverty and an alternative resource standard may be used. (The alternative standard in 2006 is $10,000 for an individual and $20,000 for a couple (increased in future years by the percentage increase in the consumer price index (CPI)). Establishes for other low-income subsidy eligible individuals a sliding scale premium subsidy ranging from 100 percent of the amount for the full premium subsidy described above for individuals with incomes at or below 135 percent of poverty to 0 percent of such amount for individuals with incomes at 150 percent of poverty. Establishes a $50 annual deductible for other individuals with income below 150 percent of poverty, as well as 15 percent cost-sharing for all costs up to the out-of-pocket limit. Provides that persons below 135 percent of poverty have a premium subsidy equal to 80 percent for any late enrollment penalty for the first 60 months and 100 percent thereafter. Provides that individuals in both groups are entitled to cost-sharing subsidies. Provides that individuals with incomes below 135 percent of poverty, and resources meeting the requirement for the first group, will have no deductible, and cost-sharing for all costs up to the out-of-pocket threshold. Provides that: (1) institutionalized dual eligibles will have no cost sharing; (2) full benefit dual eligibles with incomes under 100 percent of poverty will have cost-sharing up to $1 for a generic drug or a preferred multiple source drug and $3 for a brand name or non-preferred drug, or, if less, the copayment amount applicable to other individuals; and (3) such other individuals will have cost sharing up to $2 for a generic drug or a preferred multiple source drug and $5 for any other drug. Indexes deductible and cost-sharing amounts each year beginning in 2007. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to provide for payment to a PDP sponsor that offers a PDP and an MA organization that offers an MA-PD plan in the form of a direct subsidy and subsidy through reinsurance in order to: (1) reduce premium levels applicable to qualified prescription drug coverage for part D eligible individuals consistent with an overall subsidy level of 74.5 percent for basic prescription drug coverage; (2) reduce adverse selection among PDPs and MA-PD plans; and (3) promote the participation of PDP sponsors under this part and MA organizations under part C. Provides: (1) for the establishment of risk corridors for each PDP that determines the amount of risk that the PDP shall be exposed to for drug spending, and the resultant adjustment in payment attributable to this risk; and (2) that a PDP sponsor and MA organization that offers a plan that provides supplemental prescription drug benefits shall be at full financial risk for the provision of such supplemental benefits. Prohibits adjustment in payments made by reason of this paragraph from affecting the monthly beneficiary premium or the MA monthly prescription drug beneficiary premium. </p> <p>Creates within the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund the Medicare Prescription Drug Account for payments for low-income subsidy payments, subsidy payments, payments to qualified retiree prescription drug plans, and administrative expenses. Authorizes appropriations. Requires transfers to be made to the Medicaid account for increased administrative costs. Requires amounts withheld for late penalties to be deposited into the Fund. Requires States to make payments to the Account for dual eligibles as provided for under Medicaid. </p> <p>Establishes special rules for employer-sponsored programs, which include under certain conditions for the Secretary to make special subsidy payments to sponsors of qualified retiree prescription drug plans which must be employment based. Provides that these payments are to be made on behalf of an individual covered under the retiree plan, entitled to enroll under a PDP or an MA-PD plan but elected not to. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to establish requirements for PDPs to ensure the effective coordination between a part D plan and a State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program with respect to payment of premiums and coverage and payment for supplemental prescription drug benefits for part D eligible individuals enrolled under both types of plans. Requires the Secretary to apply such coordination requirements to described Rx plans, which include Medicaid programs and group health plans and the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP), in the same manner as such requirements apply to a State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program.</p> <p>Requires the prescription drug discount program and the transitional assistance program to be implemented by the Secretary so that interim prescription drug discount cards and transitional assistance are first available by not later than six months after the enactment of this Act in 2004 and 2005 until coverage under the new part D program becomes effective on January 1, 2006. Requires each prescription drug card sponsor that offers an endorsed discount card program to provide each discount card eligible individual entitled to benefits, or enrolled, under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) with access to negotiated prices and achieve savings on prescription drugs through enrollment.in an endorsed discount card program. Allows card sponsors to charge annual enrollment fees, not to exceed $30. Requires the fee to be uniform for all discount eligible individuals enrolled in the program. Requires a prescription drug card sponsor offering an endorsed discount care program to provide that each pharmacy that dispenses a covered discount card drug shall inform a discount card eligible individual enrolled in the program of any differential between the price of the drug to the enrollee and the price of the lowest priced generic covered discount card drug under the program that is therapeutically equivalent and bioequivalent and available at such pharmacy. Provides that a discount card eligible individual is a discount card eligible individual whose income is not more than 135 percent of the poverty line and is entitled to have payment made of any annual enrollment fee and to have payment made, up to $600 in 2004, under such endorsed program of 90 percent of the costs incurred for covered discount card drugs. Creates within the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund the Transitional Assistance Account for payments for transitional assistance. Makes necessary appropriations.</p> <p>(Sec. 103) Establishes certain requirements for States as a condition of receiving Federal Medicaid assistance, such as requiring States to provide the Secretary with Medicaid eligibility information necessary to carry out transitional prescription drug assistance verification.</p> <p>Provides for: (1) Federal phase-in of the costs of premiums and cost-sharing and cost-sharing subsidies for dually eligible individuals; and (2) coordination of Medicaid with Medicare prescription drug benefits to provide that Medicare is the primary payer for covered drugs for dual eligibles. </p> <p>Exempts prices negotiated from manufacturers for discount card drugs under an endorsement card program and prices negotiated by a PDP under part D, an MA-PD plan, or a qualified retiree prescription plan from the calculation of Medicaid &quot;best price.&quot;</p> <p>Extends the Qualifying-1 (Q-1) program through September 30, 2004, and expands outreach requirements for the Commissioner of Social Security to include outreach activities for transitional assistance and low-income subsidy individuals.</p> <p>(Sec. 104) Prohibits, effective January 1, 2006, the selling, issuance, or renewal of Medigap Rx policies for part D enrollees, but permits the renewal of a Medigap Rx policy that was issued before January 1, 2006. Permits persons enrolling under part D during the initial enrollment period while covered under a Medigap Rx policy to enroll in a Medigap policy without prescription drug coverage or to continue the policy in effect as modified to exclude drugs. Provides that after the end of such period the individual may continue the policy in effect subject to such modification. Guarantees issuance of a substitute Medigap policy for persons, enrolling in part D during the initial part D enrollment period, who at the time of such enrollment were enrolled in and terminated enrollment in a Medigap policy H, I, or J or a pre-standard policy that included drug coverage. Guarantees the enrollment for any policies A, B, C, and F within the same carrier of issue. Prevents the issuer from discriminating in the pricing of such policy on the basis of such individual's health status, claims experience, receipt of health care or medical condition. Prohibits the issuer from imposing an exclusion of benefits based on a pre-existing condition under such policy. Provides that the guarantee applies for enrollments occurring in the new Medigap plan within 63 days of termination of enrollment in a Medigap plan H, I, or J.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to request the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to review and revise standards for benefit packages taking into account the changes in benefits resulting from the enactment of this Act and to otherwise update standards to reflect other changes in law included in such Act.</p> <p>(Sec. 105) Includes additional provisions related to Medicare prescription drug discount cards and transitional assistance program, such as the exclusion of program costs from the calculation of the part B premium. Applies Medicare confidentiality provisions to drug pricing data.</p> <p>(Sec. 106) Establishes a State Pharmaceutical Assistance Transition Commission to develop a proposal for addressing the unique transitional issues facing State pharmaceutical assistance programs as a result of the enactment of this Act.</p> <p>(Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on variations in per capita spending for covered part D drugs among PDP regions to determine the amount of such variation that is attributable to price variations and the differences in per capita utilization that is not taken into account in the health status risk adjustment made to PDP bids. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary to conduct a review of the current standards of practice, clinical services, and other service requirements generally used for pharmacy services in long-term care settings and evaluate the impact of those standards with respect to patient safety, reduction of medication errors and quality of care. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institutes of Medicine of the National Academy of Science to carry out a comprehensive study for a report to Congress on drug safety and quality issues in order to provide a blueprint for a system-wide change. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to provide for a study and report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of providing for contracting with PDP sponsors and MA organizations under parts C and D of title XVIII on a multi-year basis. </p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to the Congress on the extent to which drug utilization and access to covered part D drugs by subsidy eligible individuals differs from such utilization and access for individuals who would qualify as such subsidy eligible individuals except for application of the assets test. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to undertake a study for a report to Congress of how to make prescription pharmaceutical information, including drug labels and usage instructions, accessible to blind and visually impaired individuals. </p> <p>(Sec. 108) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to physicians for the purpose of assisting them to implement electronic prescription drug programs that comply with appropriate standards. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p>(Sec. 109) Expands the work of quality improvement organizations to include part C and part D. Requires such organizations to offer providers, practitioners, MA organizations, and PDP sponsors quality improvement assistance pertaining to prescription drug therapy. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an evaluation of the peer review program under SSA title XI.</p> <p>(Sec. 110) Directs the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study for a report to Congress on differences in payment amounts for pharmacy services provided to enrollees in group health plans that utilize pharmacy benefit managers.</p> <p>(Sec. 111) Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an initial and final study for a report to Congress on trends in employment-based retiree health coverage, including coverage under FEHBP, and the options and incentives available under this Act which may have an effect on the voluntary provision of such coverage. </p> <p><b>Title II: Medicare Advantage</b> - (Sec. 201) Amends SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice) to replace the current Medicare+Choice program with the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.</p> <p>Revises the payment system, requiring all plans to be paid at a rate at least as high as the rate for traditional Medicare fee-for-service plans. Makes change in budget neutrality for blend. Increases minimum percentage increase to national growth rate. Includes costs of Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs military facility services to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries in calculation of payment rates. </p> <p>Directs the MEDPAC (MEDPAC) to conduct a study that assesses the method used for determining the adjusted average per capita cost (AAPCC).</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report that describes the impact of additional financing provided under this Act and other Acts on the availability on Medicare Advantage plans in different areas and its impact on lowering premiums and increasing benefits under such plans.</p> <p>Requires a MEDPAC study and report to Congress with respect to authority regarding disapproval of unreasonable beneficiary cost-sharing.</p> <p>(Sec. 220) Directs the Secretary to establish regional plans to encourage private plans to serve Medicare beneficiaries in from 10 to 50 regions, including in rural areas, within the 50 States and the District of Columbia beginning not later than January 1, 2005. Prohibits the Secretary from offering a local preferred provider organization plan under Medicare part C during 2006 or 2007 in a service area unless such plan was offered under such part (including under a demonstration project under such part) in such area as of December 31, 2005. Includes risk corridors for plans during the first two years of the program in 2006 and 2007; a stabilization fund to encourage plan entry and limit plan withdrawals; a blended benchmark that will allow plan bids to influence the benchmark amount; and network adequacy stabilization payments to assist plans in forming adequate networks, particularly in rural areas.</p> <p>(Sec. 222) Provides that beginning in 2006, each MA organization shall submit to the Secretary for each MA plan for the service area in which it intends to be offered in the following year the monthly aggregate bid amount for the provision of all items and services under the plan for the type of plan and year involved. Requires this monthly bid amount, with respect to which the Secretary has authority to negotiate, to be compared against respective benchmark amounts for MA local and MA regional plans, with plans that submit bids below the benchmark to be paid their bids, plus 75 percent of the difference between the benchmark and the bid which must be returned to beneficiaries in the form of additional benefits or reduced premiums. Provides that for plans that bid above the benchmark the government will pay the benchmark amount, and the beneficiary will pay the difference between the benchmark and the bid amount as a premium. Requires the MA plan to provide an enrollee a monthly rebate equal to 75 percent of any average per capita savings as applicable to the plan and year involved. Allows the beneficiary rebate to be credited toward the provision of supplemental health care benefits,, the prescription drug premium, or the Medicare part B premium. Requires the plan to disclose to the Secretary information on the form and amount of the rebate or the actuarial value in the case of supplemental health care benefits. Provides that for MA plans providing rebates the MA monthly basic beneficiary premium will be zero. Provides that: (1) for MA plans with bids above the applicable benchmark, the MA monthly basic beneficiary premium will equal the amount by which the bid exceeds the benchmark; (2) the MA monthly prescription drug beneficiary premium is the base beneficiary premium less the amount of rebate credited toward such amount; and (3) the MA monthly supplemental beneficiary premium means the portion of the aggregate monthly bid amount for the year that is attributable to the provision of supplemental health benefits, less the amount of rebate credited toward such portion. </p> <p>Allows enrollees to have their MA premiums deducted directly from their social security benefits, through an electronic funds transfer, or such other means as specified by the Secretary. Requires all premium payments withheld to be credited to the appropriate Trust Fund (or Account therof), as specified by the Secretary, and paid to the MA organization involved. </p> <p>(Sec. 231) Allows specialized MA plans for special needs individuals to be any type of coordinated care plan. Designates two specific segments of the Medicare population as special needs beneficiaries, but also provides the Secretary the authority to designate other chronically ill or disabled beneficiaries as special needs beneficiaries. Permits certain restriction on enrollment for specialized MA plans for special needs individuals. Provides authority to designate other plans as specialized MA plans. </p> <p>(Sec. 232) Establishes that the MA program is a Federal program operated under Federal rules. Provides that State laws do not apply except State licensing laws or State laws relating to plan solvency.</p> <p>(Sec. 233) Makes the Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA) demonstration program a permanent program option and eliminates the capacity limit and the deadline for enrollment. Provides that non-contract providers furnishing services to enrollees of MSAs will be subject to the same balanced billing limitations as non-contract providers furnishing services to enrolleees of coordinated care plans. Eliminates requirements for the Secretary to submit to Congress periodic reports on the numbers of individuals enrolled in such plans and on the evaluation being conducted.</p> <p>(Sec. 234) Allows a reasonable cost reimbursement contract to operate indefinitely unless two other plans of the same type enter the cost contract's service area. Requires these two other plans to meet the following minimum enrollment requirements: (1) at least 5,000 enrollees for the portion of the area that is within a metropolitan statistical area having more than 250,000 people and counties contiguous to such an area; and (2) at least 1,500 enrollees for any other portion of such area.</p> <p>(Sec. 235) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend Municipal Health Services Demonstration projects through December 31, 2006, for beneficiaries who reside in the city in which the project is operated. </p> <p>(Sec. 236) Amends SSA title XVIII to provide that protections against balance billing apply to PACE providers and beneficiaries enrolled with such PACE providers in the same manner as such protections apply to any individual enrolled with a Medicare +Choice organization under part C or with an eligible organization. Provides that MA provisions relating to limitations on balance billing against MA organizations for noncontract physicians and other entities with respect to services covered under Medicare shall apply to PACE providers, PACE program eligible individuals enrolled with such PACE providers, and physicians and other entities that do not have a contract or other agreement establishing payment amounts for services furnished to such an individual in the same manner as provisions apply to MA organizations, individuals enrolled with such organizations, and physicians and other entities referred to under such provisions. </p> <p>Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide that, with respect to services covered under the State plan but not under Medicare that are furnished to a PACE program eligible individual enrolled with a PACE provider by a provider participating under the State plan that does not have a contract or other agreement with the PACE provider that establishes payment amounts for such services, such participating provider may not require the PACE provider to pay the participating provider an amount greater than the amount that would otherwise be payable for the service to the participating provider under the State plan. </p> <p>(Sec. 237) Provides that Federally Qualified Heatlh Centers (FQHCs) will receive a wrap-around payment for the reasonable costs of care provided to Medicare managed care patients served at such centers. Raises reimbursements to FQHCs in order that when they are combined with MA payments and cost-sharing payments from beneficiaries they equal 100 percent of the reasonable costs of providing such services. Extends the safe harbor to include any remuneration between a FQHC (or entity controlled by an FQHC) and an MA organization. </p> <p>(Sec. 238) Requires the Secretary to enter into an arrangement under which the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct an evaluation (for the Secretary and Congress) of leading health care pefromance measures in the public and private sectors and options to implement policies that align performance with payment under the Medicare program. </p> <p>(Sec. 241) Directs the Secretary to establish a program for the application of comparative cost adjustment in CCA areas, to begin January 1, 2010, and last six years, and to test whether direct competition between private plans and the original Medicare fee-for-service program will enhance competition in Medicare. </p> <p><b>Title III: Combatting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse - </b>(Sec. 301) Amends SSA title XVIII to allow the Secretary to make a conditional Medicare payment if a primary plan has not made or cannot reasonably be expected to make prompt payment. Requires the payment to be contingent on reimbursement by the primary plan to the appropriate Medicare trust fund. Requires a primary plan as well as an entity that receives payment from a primary plan to reimburse the Medicare Trust Funds for any payment made by the Secretary if the primary plan was obligated to make payment. Makes other changes with regard to Medicare as a secondary payer to address the Secretary's authority to recover payment from any and all responsible entities and to bring action, including the collection of double damages, to recover payment under the Medicare secondary payer provisions. </p> <p>(Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to establish and implement quality standards for suppliers of items and services of durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics, and certain other items and services. Requires the Secretary to establish standards for clinical conditions for payment for items of durable medical equipment. </p> <p>Replaces the current demonstration projects for competitive acquisition of items and services with a permanent program requiring the Secretary to establish and implement programs under which competitive acquisition areas are established throughout the United States for contract award purposes for the furnishing of competitively priced described items and services (including durable medical equipment and medical supplies) for which payment is made under Medicare part B. Allows such areas to differ for different items and services. Requires the programs to be phased-in among competitive acquisition areas in a manner so that the competition under the programs occurs in: (1) ten of the largest metropolitan statistical areas in 2007; (2) 80 of the largest metropolitan statistical areas in 2009; and (3) additional areas after 2009. Permits the programs to be phased in first among the highest cost and highest volume items and services or those items and services that the Secretary determines have the largest savings potential. Allows the Secretary to exempt from such programs rural areas and areas with low population density within urban areas that are not competitive, unless there is a significant national market through mail order for a particular item or service and items and services for which the application of competitive acquisition is not likely to result in significant savings. Directs the Secretary to conduct a competition among entities supplying described items and services for each competitive acquisition area in which the program is implemented with respect to such items and services. Prohibits the Secretary from awarding a contract to any entity under such competition to furnish such items or services unless the Secretary finds: (1) the entity meets applicable quality standards established by the Secretary; (2) entities meet applicalble financial standards specified by the Secretary; (3) total amounts paid under the contracts are expected to be less than would otherwise be paid; and (4) beneficiary access to multiple suppliers would be maintained. Requires payment under Medicare part B for competitively priced items and services to be based on bids submitted and accepted for such items and services, and based on such bids the Secretary shall determine a single payment amount for each item or service in each competitive acquisition area. Requires Medicare payment to be equal to 80 percent of the payment amount determined, with beneficiaries paying the remaining 20 percent (after meeting the part B deductible).</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project on the application of competitive acquisition to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. </p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the impact of competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment on suppliers and manufacturers of such equipment and on patients. </p> <p>Provides that for durable medical equipment, prosthetic devices, prosthetics and orthotics, the update will be 0 points in 2004 through 2008, and that after 2008 for those items not included in competitive bidding the update will be the consumer price index. </p> <p>Provides that for 2005 the payment amount for certain items, oxygen and oxygen equipment, standard wheelchairs, nebulizers, diabetic lancets and testing strips, hospital beds and air mattresses, will be reduced. </p> <p>Provides that for prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics in 2004, 2005, and 2006, the update will be 0 percentage points and for a subsequent year is equal to the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban customers for for the 12-month period ending in June of the previous year. </p> <p>Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study for a report to Congress to determine the extent to which (if any) suppliers of covered items of durable medical equipment that are subject to the competitive acquisition program under Medicare are solititing physicians to prescribe certain brands or modes of delivery of covered items based on profitability. </p> <p>(Sec. 303) Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) require the Secretary, beginning in 2004, to make adjustments in practice expense relative value units for certain drug administration services when establishing the physician fee schedule; (2) require the Secretary to use the survey data submitted to the Secretary as of January 1, 2003, by a certain physician speciality organization; and (3) require the Secretary, beginning in 2005, to use supplemental survey data to adjust practice expense relative value units for certain drug administration services in the physician fee schedule if that supplemental survey data includes information on the expenses associated with administering drugs and biologicals the administration of drugs and biologicals, the survey meets criteria for acceptance, and the survey is submitted by March 1, 2004, for 2005, or March 1, 2005, for 2006. (States that this latter provision shall apply only to a speciality that receives 40 percent or more of its Medicare payments in 2002 from drugs and biologicals and shall not apply with respect to the survey submitted by a certain physician speciality organization.) Exempt the adjustments in practical expense relative value units for certain drug administration services from the budget neutrality requirements in 2004. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary to: (1) promptly evaluate existing drug administration codes for physicians' services to ensure accurate reporting and billing for such services, taking into account levels of complexity of the administration and resource consumption; (2) make adjustments to the nonphysician work pool methodology for the determination of practice expense relative value units under the physician fee schedule so that practice expense relative value units for services determined under such methodology are not affected relative to the practice expense relative value units of services not determined under such methodology; and (3) review and appropriately modify Medicare's payment policy in effect on October 1, 2003, for the administration of more than one drug or biological to an individual on a single day through the push technique. Makes the increase in expenditures resulting from this provision exempt from the budget-neutrality requirement in 2004. </p> <p>Requires a transitional adjustment or additional payment for services furnished from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2005, to be made for drug administration services. Requires the part B payment to be made to the physician and equal a percentage of the payment otherwise made. </p> <p>Directs the MEDPAC to review the payment changes made under this section insofar as they affect payments under Medicare part B for items and services furnished by oncologists and for drug administration services furnished by other specialists. Requires the Commission to submit a report to the Secretary and Congress and for the Secretary to make appropriate payment adjustments on the basis of such report.</p> <p>Provides that the following drugs and biologicals are to be paid at 95 percent of the average wholesale price (AWP): (1) a drug or biological furnished before January 1, 2004; (2) blood clotting factors furnished during 2004; (3) a drug or biological furnished during 2004 that was not available for part B payment as of April 1, 2003; (3) pneumoccal influenza and hepatitus B vaccines furnished on or after January 1, 2004; and (4) a drug or biological furnished during 2004 in connection with the furnishing of renal dialysis services if separately billed by renal dialysis facilities. Provides in general that payments for other drugs furnished in 2004 will equal 85 percent of the AWP (determined as of April 1, 2003). Provides that, beginning in 2005, drugs or biologicals, except for pneumococcal, influenza, and hepatitis B vaccines and those associated with certain renal dialysis services, will be paid using either the average sales price methodology or through the competitive acquisition program. Provides that infusion drugs furnished through covered durable medical equipment starting January 1, 2004, will be paid at 95 percent of the AWP in effect on October 1, 2003, and that those infusion drugs which may be furnished in a competitive area starting January 1, 2007, will be paid on the competitive price. Provides that intravenous immune globulin will be paid at 95 percent of the AWP in 2004 and paid according to the average sales price method in 2005. </p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary to substitute a different percent of the April 1, 2003 AWP, but not less than 80 percent. </p> <p>Establishes the use of the average sales price methodology for payment for drugs and biologicals (except for pneumococcal, influenza, and hepatitis B vaccines and those associated with certain renal dialysis services) that are furnished on or after January 1, 2005. Creates an exception to this methodology in the case of a physician who elects to participate in the newly established competition acquisition program.</p> <p>Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct studies to determine the widely available market prices of drugs and biologicals.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to conduct a study for a report to Congress on sales of drugs and biologicals to large volume purchasers for purposes of determining whether the price at which such drugs and biologicals are sold to such purchasers does not represent the price such drugs and biologicals are made available for purchase to prudent investors.</p> <p>Directs the Inspector General to onduct a study for a report to Congress on adequacy of reimbursement rate under average sales price methodology.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to establish and implement a competitive acquisition program to acquire and pay for competitively biddable drugs and biologicals through the establishment of competitive acquisition areas for the award of contracts. Gives each physician the opportunity annually to elect to obtain drugs and biologicals under the program, rather than the program above using average sales methodology. Directs the Secretary to begin to phase-in the program beginning in 2006. </p> <p>(Sec. 304) Makes the amendments applicable above applicable to payments for drugs or biologicals and drug administration services furnished by physicians in specialties other than the specialties of hematology, hematology/oncology, and medical oncology.</p> <p>(Sec. 305) Amends SSA title XVIII to provide that in the case of inhalation drugs or biologicals furnished through covered durable medical equipment that are furnished in 2004, the payment amount will be at 85 percent of AWP, and in 2005 and subsequent years, the payment amount will be the amount provided under the average sales price methodology.</p> <p>Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to examine the adequacy of current reimbursements for inhalation therapy under the Medicare program for a report to Congress.</p> <p>(Sec. 306) Requires the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project to demonstrate the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program in identifying underpayments and overpayments and recoupoing overpayments under the Medicare program for services for which payment is made under Medicare part A or part B. Requires a report to Congress on the demonstration program.</p> <p>(Sec. 307) Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program to identify efficient, effective, and economical procedures for long term care facilities or providers to conduct background checks on prospective direct patient access employees. Makes necessary appropriations.</p> <p><b>Title IV: Rural Provisions</b> - (Sec. 401) Amends SSA title XVIII part A to require Medicare, for discharges during a fiscal year beginning with FY 2004, to direct the Secretary to compute a standardized amount for hospitals located in any area within the United States and within each region equal to the standardized amount computed for the previous fiscal year for hospitals located in a large urban area (or, beginning with FY 2005, for all hospitals in the previous year) increased by the applicable percentage increase. Directs the Secretary to compute, for discharges occuring in a fiscal year beginning with 2004, an average standardized amount for hospitals located in any area of Puerto Rico that is equal to the average standardized amount computed for FY 2003 for hospitals in a large urban area (or, beginning with FY 2005, for all hospitals in the previous fiscal year) increased by the applicable percentage increase for the year involved. </p> <p>(Sec. 402) Provides that for discharges after April 1, 2004, a hospital that is not a large urban hospital that qualifies for a disproportionate share (DSH) adjustment will receive its DSH payments using the current DSH adjustment formula for large urban hospitals, subject to a limit. Caps the DSH adjustment formula at 12 percent for any of these hospitals except rural referral centers.</p> <p>(Sec. 403) Provides that for discharges on or after October 1, 2004, the Secretary is required to decrease the labor-related share to 62 percent of the standardized amount when such change results in higher total payments to the hospital. Provides that for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2004, the Secretary is also required to decrease the labor-related share to 62 percent of the standardized amount for hospitals in Puerto Rico when such change results in higher total payments to the hospital. </p> <p>(Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary, after revising the market basket weights to reflect the most current data, to establish a frequency for revising such weights, including the labor share, in such market basket to reflect the most current data available more frequently than once every five years. Requires the Secretary to include in the publication of the final rule for payment for inpatient hospital services for FY 2006, an explanation of the reasons for, and options considered, in determining such frequency. </p> <p>(Sec. 405) Reimburses inpatient, outpatient, and covered skilled nursing facility services provided by a critical access hospital (CAH) at 101 percent of reasonable costs of services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries. </p> <p>Expands reimbursement of on-call emergency room providers to include physician's assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists for the costs associated with covered Medicare services provided on or after January 1, 2005. </p> <p>Allows an eligible CAH to be able to receive payments made on a periodic interim payment (PIP) basis for its inpatient services. Requires the Secretary to develop alternative methods for the timing of PIP payments to the CAHs.</p> <p>Prohibits the Secretary from requiring that all physicians or practitioners providing services in a CAH assign their billing rights to the entity in order for the CAH to be paid on the basis of 115 percent of the fee schedule for any individual physician or practitioner who did not assign billing rights to the CAH. Prohibits a CAH from receiving payment based on 115 percent of the fee schedule for any individual physician or practitioner who did not assign billing rights to the CAH. </p> <p>Allows a CAH to operate up to 25 beds while deleting the requirement that only 15 of the 25 beds be used for acute care at any time. </p> <p>Establishes an authorization to award rural hospital flexibility grants at $35 million each year from FY 2005 through FY 2008 and in subsequent years requires a State to consult with the hospital association and rural hospitals in the State on the most appropriate way to use such funds. Prohibits a State from spending more than the lesser of 15 percent of the grant amount for administrative expenses or the State's federally negotiated indirect rate for administering the grant. Provides that in FY 2005 up to five percent of the total amount appropriated for grants will be available to the Health Resources and Services Administration for administering such grants. </p> <p>Permits a CAH to establish a distinct part psychiatric or rehabilitation unit that meets the applicable requirements that would otherwise apply to the distinct part if the distinct part were established by a &quot;subsection (d) hospital.&quot; Limits the total number of beds that may be established for a distinct part unit to no more than ten. Provides that if a distinct part unit does not meet the applicable requirements during a cost reporting period then no Medicare payment will be made to the CAH for services furnished in such unit during such period. Requires Medicare payments to resume only after the CAH demonstrates that the requirements have been met. Requires Medicare payments for services provided in the distinct part units to equal the amount of the payments that would otherwise be made on a prospective payment basis to distinct part units of a CAH.</p> <p>Allows certain milage standards to be waived in the case of a facility that was designated as a CAH before January 1, 2006 and was certified by the State as being a necessary provider of health care services.</p> <p>(Sec. 406) Requires the Secretary to provide for an additional payment amount to each low-volume hospital for discharges occurring during a fiscal year beginning with FY 2005. </p> <p>(Sec. 407) Provides that in no case will a hospital be denied treatment as a sole community hospital or payment because data are unavailable for any cost reporting period due to changes in ownership, changes in fiscal intermediaries, or other extraordinary circumstances so long as data from at least one applicable base cost reporting period is available. </p> <p>(Sec. 408) Expands the definition of attending physician in hospice to include a nurse practitioner. </p> <p>(Sec. 409) Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project for the delivery of hospice care to Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas. Provides that under the project Medicare beneficiaries who are unable to receive hospice care in the facility for lack of an appropriate caregiver are provided such care in a facility of 20 or fewer beds which offers, within its walls, the full range of services provided by hospice programs.</p> <p>(Sec. 410) Excludes certain rural health clinic and Federally-qualified health center services from the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities. </p> <p>(Sec. 410A) Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration program to test the feasibility and advisability of the establishment of rural community hospitals to furnish covered inpatient hospital services to Medicare beneficiaries. </p> <p>(Sec. 411) Extends until January 1, 2006 the hold harmless provisions governing hospital outpatient department (OPD) reimbursement for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals.</p> <p> Requires the Secretary to conduct a study to determine if the costs incurred by hospitals located in rural areas by ambulatory payment classification groups exceed those costs incurred by hospitals located in urban areas. Provides that if appropriate the Secretary is required to provide for a payment adjustment to reflect the higher costs of rural providers by January 1, 2006.</p> <p>(Sec. 412) Directs the Secretary to increase the work geographic index to 1.00 for any locality for which such work geographic index is less than 1.00 for services furnished on or after January 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2007. </p> <p>(Sec. 413) Establishes a new five percent incentive payment program designed to reward both primary care and specialist care physicians for furnishing physicians' services on or after January 1, 2005, and before January 1, 2008 in physician scarity areas.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to pay the current law ten percent Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) incentive payment for services furnished in full county primary care geographic area HPSAs automatically rather than having the physician identify the health professional shortage area involved.</p> <p>Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the differences in payment amounts under the Medicare physician fee schedule for physicians' services in different geographic areas. </p> <p>(Sec. 414) Revises payment for ambulance services to provide for, when phasing in the application of the payment rates under the fee schedule, for each level of ground service furnished in a year, for the portion of the payment amount that is based on the fee schedule to be the greater of the amount determined under such national fee schedule or a blended rate of the national fee schedule and the regional fee schedule for the region involved, whichever resulted in a larger payment, with the blended rate to be based 100 percent on the national fee schedule. Requires the Secretary to establish a regional fee schedule for each of the nine census divisions. Provides for adjustment in payment for certain long trips. Directs the Secretary to provide for a percentage increase in the base rate of the fee schedule for ground ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2010 that originate in a qualified rural area. Increases by two percent the payments for ground ambulance services orginating in a rural area or a rural census tract for services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2007. Provides that the fee schedule for ambulances in other areas will by increased by one percent. Provides that these increased payments will not affect Medicare payments for covered ambulance services after 2007. </p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on how costs differ among the types of ambulance providers and on access, supply, and quality of ambulance services in those regions and States that have a reduction in payment under the Medicare ambulance fee schedule. </p> <p>(Sec. 415) Provides that the regulations governing the use of ambulance services will provide that, to the extent that any ambulance service (whether ground or air) may be covered, that a rural air ambulance service will be reimbursed at the air ambulance rate if: (1) the air ambulance service is reasonable and necessary based on the health condition of the individual being transported at or immediately prior to the time of the transport; and (2) the air ambulance service complies with the equipment and crew requirements established by the Secretary.</p> <p>(Sec. 416) Provides that hospitals with fewer than 50 beds in qualified rural areas will receive 100 percent reasonable cost reimbursement for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests covered under Medicare part B that are provided as outpatient hospital services during a cost reporting period beginning during the two year period beginning on July 1, 2004. </p> <p>(Sec. 417) Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to extend the telemedicine demonstration project by 4 years and to increase total funding for the project. </p> <p>(Sec. 418) Directs the Secretary to evaluate demonstration projects conducted by the Secretary under which skilled nursing facilities are treated as originating sites for telehealth services for a report to Congress.</p> <p>(Sec. 421) Provides that with respect to episodes and visits on or after April 1, 2004, and before April 1, 2005, in the case of home health services furnished in a rural area, the Secretary is required to increase the payment amount otherwise made for such services by five percent. Prevents such temporary additional payment increase from being used in calculating future home health payment amounts. </p> <p>(Sec. 422) Provides that a teaching hospital's total number of Medicare-reimbursed resident positions will be reduced for cost reporting periods starting July 1, 2005, if its reference resident level is less than its applicable resident limit. Exempts rural rural hospitals with fewer than 250 acute care inpatient beds from such reduction. Provides that for such other hospitals the reduction will equal 75 percent of the difference between the hospital's limit and its reference resident level. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the applicable resident limit for each qualifying applicant hospital by such numbers as the Secretary may approve for portions of cost reporting periods occurring on or after July 1, 2005. </p> <p>(Sec. 431) Amends SSA title XI to provide that any remuneration in the form of a contract, lease, grant, loan, or other agreement between a public or non-profit private health center and an individual or entity providing goods or services to health center would not be a violation of the anti-kickback statue if such agreement contributes to the ability of the health center to maintain or increase the availability or quality of services provided to a medically underserved population. </p> <p>(Sec. 432) Amends SSA title VII to expand the functions of the Office of Rural Health Policy to include administering grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide technical assistance and other necessary activities to support activities related to improving health care in rural areas.</p> <p>(Sec. 433) Directs the MEDPAC to conduct a study of specified rural provisions of this title for various reports to Congress. </p> <p>(Sec. 434) Directs the Secretary to waive such provisions of the Medicare program as are necessary to conduct a demonstration project under which frontier extended stay clinics in isolated rural areas are treated as providers of items and services under the Medicare program. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p><b>Title V: Provisions Relating to Part A</b> - (Sec. 501) Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to hospital payment updates to provide that: (1) an acute hospital will receive an update of the market basket from FY 2005 through FY 2007 if it submits data on the ten quality indicators established by the Secretary as of November 1, 2003; and (2) an acute hospital that does not submit data to the Secretary will receive an update of the market basket percentage minus 0.4 percentage points for the fiscal year in question and that the Secretary will not take this reduction into account when computing the applicable percentage increase in subsequent years. </p> <p>Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to determine: (1) the appropriate level and distribution of Medicare payments in relation to costs for short-term general hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system; and (2) the need for geographic adjustments to reflect legitmate differences in hospital costs across different geographic areas, kinds of hospitals, and types of cases. </p> <p>(Sec. 502) Expands the formula for determining the indirect medical education adjustment percentage to cover the period from April 1, 2004 to on and after October 1, 2007.</p> <p>(Sec. 503) Requires the Secretary to add new diagnosis and procedure codes in April 1 of each year without requiring the Secretary to adjust the payment (or diagnosis-related group classification) until the fiscal year that begins after such date. Requires the Secretary when establishing whether diagnosis related group (DRG) payment is adequate to apply a threshold that is the lesser of 75 percent of the standardized amount (increased to reflect the difference between costs and charges) or 75 percent of one standard deviation for the diagnosis-related group involved. Requires the mechanism established to recognize the costs of new medical services and technologies under the appropriate Medicare payment system to be adjusted to provide, before publication of a proposed rule, for public input regarding whether a new service or technology represents an advance in medical technology that substantially improves the diagnosis or treatment of individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance). Directs the Secretary, before establishing any add-on payment with respect to a new technology, to seek to identify one or more diagnosis-related groups associated with such technology and, within such groups, the Secretary is required to assign an eligible new technology into a diagnosis-related group where the average costs of care most closely approximate the costs of care of using the new technology. Prohibits the making of an add-on payment in such case. Provides that funding for new technology will no longer be budget neutral. </p> <p>(Sec. 504) Provides that hospitals in Puerto Rico will receive Medicare payments based on a 50-50 split between Federal and local amounts before April 1, 2004. Provides that starting April 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004, payment will be based on a 62.5 percent Federal amount and a 37.5 percent local amount, and that starting October 1, 2004, payment will be based on a 75 percent Federal amount and a 25 percent local amount. </p> <p>(Sec. 505) Directs the Secretary to establish a process and payment adjustment to recognize commuting patterns of hospital employees who reside in a county and work in a different area with a higher wage index. </p> <p>(Sec. 506) Requires that hospitals that participate in Medicare and that provide Medicare covered inpatient hospital services under the contract health services program funded by the Indian Health Service and operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe, an Indian tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization be paid in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary regarding admission practices, payment methodologies, and rates of payment. Requires that these rates of payment must be accepted as payment in full for the items and services provided. </p> <p>(Sec. 507) Modifies the &quot;whole hospital&quot; exception to the prohibition against physicians referring Medicare patients to entities in which they or their immediate family members have financial interests to provide for a period of 18 months from the date of enactment of this Act during which there is excluded from such exception (and thereby subjected to the prohibition) those circumstances in which a physician's ownership interest is in a &quot;subsection d hospital&quot;devoted primarily or exclusively to cardiac, orthopedic, surgical, or other specialties designated by the Secretary. Exempts from such provision speciality hospitals in operation or under development as of November 18, 2003. Requires that, in order to maintain the exception; the speciality hospital may not increase the number of physician investors as of November 18, 2003; change or expand the field of specialization it treats; expand beyond the main campus; or increase the total number of beds in its facilities by more than the greater of five beds or 50 percent of the number of beds in the hospital as of November 18, 2003. Makes a similar modification with respect to the rural provider exception. Directs the Secretary in determining whether a hospital is under development as of November 18, 2003 to consider whether architectural plans have been completed, funding has been received, zoning requirements have been met, and necessary approvals from appropriate State agencies have been received, and other evidence the Secretary determines would indicate whether a hospital is under development as of such date. </p> <p>Directs the MEDPAC to conduct a study to determine: (1) any differences in the costs of health care services furnished to patients by physician-owned specialty hospitals and the costs of such services furnished by local full-service community hospitals within specific diagnosis-related groups; (2) the extent to which speciality hospitals, relative to local full-service community hospitals, treat patients in certain diagnosis-related groups within a category, such as cardiology, and an analysis of the selection; (3) the financial impactof physician-owned specialty hospitals on local full-service community hospitals; (4) how the current diagnosis-related group system should be updated to better reflect the cost of delivering care in a hospital setting; and (5) the proportions of payments received, by type of payer, between the specialty hospitals and local full-service community hospitals.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of a representative sample of specialty hospitals to: (1) determine the percentage of patients admitted to physician-owned specialty hospitals who are referred by physicians with an ownership interest; (2) determine the referral patterns of physician owners; (3) compare the qualty of care furnished in physician-owned speciality hospitals and in local full-service community hospitals for similar conditions and patient satisfaction with such care; and (5) assess the differences in uncompensated care between the specialty hospital and local full-service community hospitals, and the value of any tax exemption availabble to such hospitals. </p> <p>(Sec. 508) Directs the Secretary to establish not later than January 1, 2004, by instruction or otherwise a process under which a hospital may appeal the wage index classification otherwise applicable to the hospital and select another area within the State to which to be reclassified. Provides that a qualifying hospital (which must be a &quot;subsection (d) hospital&quot; is not eligible for a change in wage index classification on the basis of distance or commuting. Requires the qualifying hospital to meet such other criteria, such as quality, as the Secretary may specify by instruction or otherwise. Provides that if the Medicare Geographic Reclassification Review Board determines that the hospital is a qualifying hospital, the hospital shall be reclassified to the area selected. Requires such reclassification to apply with respect to discharges occurring during the three year period beginning with April 2, 2004. Limits the total aggregate amount of additional expenditures resulting from application of this paragraph to $900 million. </p> <p>(Sec. 511) Increases the per diem RUG payment for a skilled nursing facility (SNF) resident with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Provides that such payment increase will not apply on and after such date when the Secretary certifies that the SNF case mix adjustment adequately compensates for the facility's increased costs associated with caring for a resident with AIDS.</p> <p>(Sec. 512) Provides coverage of certain physician's services for certain terminally ill individuals who have not elected the hospice benefit and have not previously received these physician's services. </p> <p>(Sec. 513) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of portable diagnostic ultrasound services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in SNFs for a report to Congress.</p> <p><b>Title VI: Provisions Relating to Part B</b> - Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to payment for physicians' services to: (1) provide that the update to the conversion factor for 2004 and 2005 will not be less than 1.5 percent; (2) modify the formula for calculating the sustainable growth rate to provide that the gross domestic product factor will be based on the annual average change over the preceding 10 years (a 10-year rolling average); (3) provide that in calendar years 2004 and 2005, for physicians's services provided in Alaska, the Secretary is required to increase geographic practice cost indices to a level of 1.67 for each of the work, practice expense, and malpractice cost indices that would otherwise be less than 1.67; and (4) allow podiatrists, dentists, and optometrists to enter into private contracts with Medicare beneficiaries.</p> <p>(Sec. 604) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress on access of Medicare beneficiaries to physicians's services under the Medicare program.</p> <p>(Sec. 605) Requires the Secretary to reveiw and consider alternative data sources than those currently used to establsih the geographic index for the practice expense component under the Medicare physician fee schedule no later than January 1, 2005. Requires the Secretary to select two physician payment localties for such purposes, one to be a rural area and the other one will be a statewide locality that includes both urban and rural areas. </p> <p>(Sec. 606) Directs the MEDPAC to submit to Congress: (1) a report on the effect of refinements to the practice expense component of payments for physicians' services after the transition to a full resource-based payment system in 2002; and (2) a report on the extent to which increases in the volume of physicians' services under Medicare part B are a result of care that improves the health and well-being of Medicare beneficiaries. </p> <p>(Sec. 611) Authorizes Medicare coverage of: (1) an initial preventive physical examination; (2) cardiovascular screening blood tests; and (3) diabetes screening tests. </p> <p>(Sec. 614) Excludes screening mammography and diagnostic mammography from the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS).</p> <p>(Sec. 621) Provides that for specified covered OPD drugs and biologicals starting in 2004 payment would be made based on a percentage of the reference average wholesale price for the drug or biological. </p> <p>Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a survey in each of 2004 and 2005 to determine the hospital acquisition costs for each specified covered outpatient drug. Requires the amount of payment for an orphan drug designated by the Secretary that is furnished as part of a covered OPD service (or group of services) during 2004 and 2005 to equal such amount as the Secretary may specify. Requires the Comptroller General not later than April 1, 2005 to furnish data from such surveys to the Secretary for use in setting payent rates for 2006. </p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General, no later than 30 days after the date the Secretary promulgates the proposed rules setting forth the payment rates for 2006, to evaluate such rates and submit a report to Congress on their appropriateness.</p> <p>Directs the MEDPAC to submit to the Secretary a report on adjustment of payment for ambulatory payment classifications for specified covered outpatient drugs to take into account overhead and related expenses, such as pharmacy services and handling costs. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the weights for ambulatory payment classifications for specified covered outpatient drugs to take into account appropriate recommendations to such effect in the report. </p> <p>Provides that the additional expenditures that result from the previous changes will not be taken into account in establishing the conversion, weighting and other adjustment factors for 2004 and 2005, but will be taken into account for subsequent years. </p> <p>Provides that with respect to payment under Medicare part B for an outpatient drug or biological covered under such part that is furnished as part of covered OPD services for which an HCPCS code has not been assigned, the amount provided for payment for such drug or biological under such part shall be equal to 95 percent of the average wholesale price for the drug or biological.</p> <p>Provides that for drugs and biologicals furnished in 2005 and 2006, the Secretary is required to reduce the threshold for establishing a separate ambulatory payment classification (APC) group for drugs or biologicals from $150 to $50 per admission. Makes these separate drug and biological APC groups ineligible for outlier payments. Provides that starting in 2004, Medicare transitional pass-through payments for drugs and biologicals covered under a competitive acquisition contract will equal the average price for the drug or biological for all competitive acquisition areas for all competitive acquisition areas calculated and adjusted by the Secretary for that year.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to make payment for each brachytherapy device furnished under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system equal to the hospital's charges for each device furnished, adjusted to costs for all brachytherapy devices furnished on or after January 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2007. Provides that charges for such devices will not be included in determining any outlier payment. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to create additional groups of covered OPD services that classify such devices separately from the other services (or group of services) paid for under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system. Requires the Secretary to reflect the number, the radioactive isotope, and the radioactive intensity of the brachytherapy devices furnished to each patient, including the use of separate APCs for brachytherapy devices made from palladium-103 and iodine-125 devices. </p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress and the Secretary on the appropriate payment amounts needed for devices of brachytherapy. Requires the report to include specific recommendations for appropraite payments for such devices.</p> <p>(Sec. 622) Prohibits the Secretary from publishing regulations that apply a functional equivalence standard to a drug or biological. Applies this prohibition to the application of a functional equivalence standard on or after the date of enactment of this Act, unless such application was made prior to enactment and the Secretary applies such standard to such drug or biological only for the purpose of determining eligibility of such drug or biological for transitional pass-through payments. </p> <p>(Sec. 623) Increases the composite rate for renal dialysis by 1.6 percent for 2005.</p> <p>Provides that provisions prohibiting the Secretary from providing for an exception under provisions for Medicare coverage for end stage renal disease patients that require the Secretary to provide by regulation for a method (or methods) for determining prospectively the amounts of payments to be made for dialysis services furnished by providers of services and renal dialysis facilities to individuals in a facility and to such individuals at home, and that provisions setting a deadline of July 1, 2001, for new applications for an exception rate in the case of a facility that during 2000 did not file for an exception rate under such former provisions, shall not apply as of October 1, 2002, to pediatric facilities that do not have an exception rate in effect on such date. Requires that for purposes of this paragraph the term pediatric facility means a renal facility at least 50 percent of whose patients are individuals under 18 years of age. </p> <p>Directs the Inspector General of HHS to conduct two studies for reports to the Secretary with respect to drugs and biologicals (including erythropoietin) furnished to end-stage renal disease patients under the Medicare program which are separately billed by end stage reneal disease facilities. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary to establish a basic case-mix adjusted prospective payment system for dialysis services. Requires the basic case-mix adjusted system to begin for services furnished on January 1, 2005. Requires the system to adjust for a limited number of patient characteristics.</p> <p> Provides that payments for separately billed drugs and biologicals (other than erythropoietin) will be 95 percent of the AWP for 2004, the acquisition costs in 2005 (including for 2005), and, beginning in 2006, for such drugs and biologicals (including erythropoietin), such acquisition cost or the average sales price payment methodology for the drug or biological as the Secretary may specify. </p> <p>Requires drugs and biologicals (including erythropoietin) which were separately billed on the day before the enactment of this Act to continue to be separately billed on and after such date. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project for the use of a fully case-mix adjusted, bundled payment system for end stage renal disease services, beginning January 1, 2006. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress detailing the elements and features for the design and implementation of a bundled prospective payment system for services furnished by end stage renal disease facilities including, to the maximum extent feasible, bundling of drugs, clinical laboratory tests, and other items that are separately billed by such facilities. </p> <p>(Sec. 624) Provides for an additional two-year moratorium on therapy caps for 2004 and 2005.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to submit by March 31, 2004 overdue reports on payment and utilization of outpatient therapy services that are required by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BIPA).</p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to identify for a report to Congress conditions or diseases that may justify waiving the application of the therapy caps with respect to such conditions or diseases. </p> <p>(Sec. 625) Waives the late enrollment penalty for military retirees who did not enroll in Medicare part B upon becoming eligible for Medicare. Provides that the waiver applies to the late enrollment penalty for military retirees, 65 and over, who enrolled in the TRICARE for Life program from 2001 to 2004. Requires this waiver to apply to premiums for months beginning with January 2004. Directs the Secretary to establish a method for providing rebates of premium penalties paid for months on or after January 2004 for which a penalty does not apply under such waiver provision but for which a penalty was previously collected.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to provide for a special Medicare part B enrollment period for these military retirees beginning as soon as possible after enactment and ending December 31, 2004. </p> <p>(Sec. 626) Provides that in FY 2004, starting April 1, 2004, the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) update will be the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (U.S. city average) as estimated as of March 31, 2003, minus 3.0 percentage points. Provides that in FY 2005, the last quarter of calendar year 2005, and each of calendar years 2006 through 2009, the ASC update will be zero percent. </p> <p>Provides that upon implementation of the new ASC payment system, the Secretary will no longer be required to update ASC rates based on a survey of the actual audited costs incurred by a representative sample of ASCs every five years. </p> <p>Provides that subject to recommendations by the General Accounting Office, the Secretary will implement a revised payment system for payment of surgical services furnished in ASCs. Requires the new system to be implemented so that it is first effective on or after January 1, 2006, and not later than January 1, 2008. </p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress that compares the relative costs of procedures furnished in ambulatory surgical centers to the relative costs of procedures furnished in hospital outpatient departments. </p> <p>(Sec. 627) Limits payment for custom molded shoes with inserts or extra-depth shoes with inserts for an individual with severe diabetic foot disease by the amount that would be paid if they were considered to be a prosthetic or orthotic device. Allows the Secretary to establish lower payment limits than these amounts is shoes and inserts of an appropriate quality are readily available at lower amounts. Requires the Secretary to establish a payment amount for an individual substituting modifications to the covered shoe that would assure that there is no net increase in Medicare expenditures. </p> <p>(Sec. 628) Provides that there will be no updates to the clinical diagnostic laboratory test fee schedule for 2004 through 2008. </p> <p>(Sec. 629) Keeps the Medicare part B deductible at $100 through 2004, increasing it to $110 for 2005, and providing that in subsequent years the deductible will be increased by the same percentage as the Medicare part B premium increase. </p> <p>(Sec. 630) Requires the Secretary to make payment under Medicare part B to a hospital or an ambulatory care clinic (whether provider-based or free standing) that is operated by the Indian Health Service or by an Indian tribe or tribal organization for all Medicare part B covered items and services furnished during the five year period beginning on January 1, 2005. </p> <p>(Sec. 641) Requires the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project under Medicare part B under which payment is made for drugs or biologicals that are prescribed as replacements for existing covered drugs and biologicals that are furnished incident to a physician's professional service which are not usually self-administered. Requires the project to provide for cost-sharing applicable with respect to such drugs or biologicals in the same manner as the cost-sharing applicable under part D for standard prescription drug coverage. </p> <p>(Sec. 642) Includes intravenous immune globulin for the treatment in the home of primary immune deficiency diseases as a covered medical service under Medicare. </p> <p>(Sec. 643) Directs the MEDPAC to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of providing for payment under Medicare part B for surgical first assisting services furnished by a certified registered nurse first assistant to Medicare beneficiaries. </p> <p>(Sec. 644) Requires the MEDPAC to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the practice expense relative values established by the Secretary under the Medicare physician fee schedule for physicians in the specialties of thoracic and cardiac surgery to determine whether such values adequately take into account the attendant costs that such physicians incur in providing clinical staff for patient care in hospitals. </p> <p>(Sec. 645) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of providing for payment for vision rehabiliation services furnished by vision rehabilitation professionals. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of establishing a two-year demonstration project under which the Secretary enters into arrangements with vision care preferred provider organization networks to furnish and pay for conventional eyeglasses subsequent to each cataract surgery with insertion of an intraocular lens on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. </p> <p>(Sec. 646) Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to establish a 5-year demonstration program under which the Secretary is required to approve demonstration projects that examine health delivery factors that encourage the delivery of improved quality in patient care. </p> <p>(Sec. 647) Directs the MEDPAC to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of allowing Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries direct access to outpatient physical therapy services and physical therapy services furnished as a comprehensive rehabilitation facility services.</p> <p>(Sec. 648) Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration projects under which the Secretary is required to evaluate methods that improve the quality of care provided to individuals with chronic conditions and that reduce expenditures that would otherwise be made under the Medicare program on behalf of such individuals for such chronic conditions. Requires the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project in at least one area that the Secretary determines has a population of individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A, and enrolled under Medicare part B, with a rate of incidence of diabetes that significantly exceeds the national average rate of all areas. </p> <p>(Sec. 649) Directs the Secretary to establish a pay-for-performance demonstration program with physicians to meet the needs of eligible beneficiaries through the adoption and use of health information technology and evidence-based outcomes measures </p> <p>(Sec. 650) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to the Congress on concierge care to determine the extent to which such care is used by Medicare beneficiaries and has impacted upon the access of Medicare beneficiaries to items and services for which reimbursement is provided under the Medicare program.</p> <p>(Sec. 651) Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration projects for the purpose of evaluating the feasibility and advisability of covering chiropractic services under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary to conduct an evaluation of the demonstration projects for a report to Congress along with such recommendations for legislation or administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate.</p> <p><b>Title VII: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B</b> - (Sec. 701) Amends SSA title XVIII to change the time frame for the home health update from the Federal fiscal year to a calendar year basis beginning with 2004. </p> <p>Increases home health agency payments by the full market basket percentage for the last quarter of 2003 (October, November, and September) and for the first quarter of 2004 (January, February, and March). Provides that the update for the remainder of 2004 and for 2005 and 2006 is the home health market basket percentage increase minus 0.8 percentage points. </p> <p>(Sec. 702) Directs the Secretary to conduct a two-year demonstration project under Medicare part B under which Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions are deemed to be homebound for purposes of receiving home health services under the Medicare program. Authorizes appropriations. </p> <p>(Sec. 703) Requires the Secretary to establish a demonstration project under which the Secretary is required, as part of a plan of an episode of care for home health services established for a Medicare beneficiary, to permit a home health agency, directly or under arrangements with a medical adult day-care facility, to provide medical adult day-care services as a substitute for a portion of home health services that would otherwise be provided in the beneficiary's home. </p> <p>(Sec. 704) Prohibits the Secretary during a described period of suspension from requiring a home health agency to gather or submit OASIS (Outcomes and Assessment Information Set) information that relates to an individual who is not eligible for benefits inder either Medicare or Medicaid (non-Medicare/Medicaid OASIS information).</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to conduct a study for a report to Congress on how non-Medicare/Medicaid OASIS information is and can be used by large home health agencies.</p> <p>Requires the period of suspension to begin on the date of the enactment of this Act and end on the last day of the second month beginning after the date as of which the Secretary has published final regulations regarding the collection and use by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services of non-Medicare/Medicaid OASIS information following the submission of the required. </p> <p>(Sec. 705) Directs the MEDPAC to conduct a study for a report to Congress on payment margins of home health agencies under the home health prospective payment system. </p> <p>(Sec. 706) Allows a religious nonmedical health care institution to provide home health services to individuals meeting conditions for coverage of religious nonmedical health care institutional services. </p> <p>(Sec. 711) Provides that hospitals with per resident amounts above 140 percent of the geographically adjusted national average amount would not get an update from FY 2004 through FY 2013.</p> <p>(Sec. 712) Provides that Congress intended to provide an exception to the initial residency period for geriatric residency or fellowship programs to accomodate programs that require two years of training to initially become board eligible in the geriatric speciality. </p> <p>(Sec. 713) Provides that for one year from January 1, 2004, for purposes of applying provisions for the payment of indirect medical education and direct medical education costs, the Secretary is required to allow all hospitals to count residents in osteopathic and allopathic family practice programs in existance as of January 1, 2002, who are training at non-hospital sites, without regard to the financial arrangement between the hospital and the teaching physician practicing in the non-hospital site to which the resident has been assigned. </p> <p>Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the appropriateness of alternative payment metho9dologies for the costs of training residents in non-hospital settings.</p> <p>(Sec. 721) Amends SSA title XVIII to require the Secretary to provide for the phased-in development, testing, evaluation, and implementation of chronic care improvement programs. Requires the programs to be designed to improve clinical quality and beneficiary satisfaction and achieve spending targets with respect to expenditures under Medicare for targeted beneficiaries with one or more threshold conditions. Makes necessary appropriations. </p> <p>(Sec. 722) Requires each Medicare Advantage organization to have an ongoing quality improvement program for improving the quality of care provided to enrollees in each MA plan offered by such organization (other than an MA private fee-for-service plan or an MSA plan) effective for contract years beginning January 1, 2006. Requires as part of the quality improvement program for each MA organization to have a chronic care improvement program. </p> <p>(Sec. 723) Directs the Secretary to develop a plan to improve quality of care and to reduce the cost of care for chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries. Authorizes appropriations. </p> <p>(Sec. 731) Requires the Secretary to make available to the public the factors considered in making national coverage determinations of whether an item or service is reasonable and necessary. Allows for public comment in national coverage determinations. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan to evaluate new local coverage determinations to determine which determinations should be adopted natinally and to what extent greater consistency can be acheived among local coverage determinations. Prohibits the Secretary in the case of an individual entitled to benfits under Medicare part A, or enrolled under part B, or both who participates in a category A clinical trial, from excluding payment for coverage of routine costs of care furnished to such individual in the trial. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to implement revised procedures for the issuance of temporary national HCPCS codes under Medicare part B. </p> <p>(Sec. 732) Amends BIPA to provide that direct payment for the technical component of pathology services provided to Medicare beneficiaries who are inpatients or outpatients of acute care hospitals will be made for services furnished during 2005 and 2006. </p> <p>(Sec. 733) Directs the Secretary, acting through the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders, to conduct a clinical investigation of pancreatic islet cell transplantation which includes Medicare beneficiaries. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to pay for the routine costs as well as transplantation and appropriate related items and services in the case of Medicare beneficiaries who are participating in such a clinical trial as if such transplantation were covered under Medicare. </p> <p>(Sec. 734) Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund an amount that would have been held by that fund if the clerical error had not occurred. Appropriates to the Trust Fund an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equal to the interest income lost by the Trust Fund through the date on which the appropriation is being made as a result of the clerical error involved.</p> <p>(Sec. 735) Requires the MEDPAC to examine the budgetary consequences of a recommendation before making the recommendation and to review the factors affecting the efficient provision of expenditures for services in different health care sectors under Medicare fee-for-service. </p> <p>Requires the Commission to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the need for current data and sources of current data available to determine the solvency and financial circumstances of hospitals and other Medicare providers of services. Requires the Commission to submit to Congress a report on investments and capital financing of hospitals participating under Medicare and access to capital financing for private and not-for-profit hospitals. </p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to appoint experts in the area of pharmaco-economics or prescription drug benefit programs to the Commission.</p> <p>(Sec. 736) Makes technical corrections.</p> <p><b>Title VIII: Cost Containment</b> - Requires the Medicare Board of Trustees annual report to include information on: (1) projections of growth of general revenue Medicare spending as a percentage of the total Medicare outlays for the fiscal year and each of the succeeding six fiscal years, previous fiscal years, and 10, 50, and 75 years after such fiscal year; (2) comparisons with the growth trends for the gross domestic product, private health costs, national health expenditures, and other appropriate measures; (3) expenditures and trends in expenditures under Medicare part D; and (4) a financial analysis of the combined Medicare trust funds if general revenue funding for Medicare is limited to 45 percent of total Medicare outlays. Requires the trust fund reports to include a determination as to whether there is projected to be excess general revenue Medicare funding for any of the succeeding six fiscal years. Provides that an affirmative determination of excess general revenue funding of Medicare for two consecutive annual reports will be treated as funding warning for Medicare in the second year for the purposes of requiring presidential submission of legislation to Congress. </p> <p>(Sec. 802) Amends Federal money and finance law to provide in the event that a Medicare funding warning is made, the President is required to submit to Congress, within the 15-day period beginning on the date of the budget submission to Congress for the succeeding year, proposed legislation to respond to such warning. Provides that if during the year in which the warning is made, legislation is enacted which eliminates excess general revenue Medicare funding for the 7-fiscal-year period, then the President is not required to make a legislative proposal. </p> <p>Expresses a sense of Congress that legislation submitted in this regard should be designed to eliminate excess general revenue Medicare funding for the seven-fiscal year period that begins in such year. </p> <p>(Sec. 803) Sets out the procedures for House and Senate consideration of the President's legislative proposal. </p> <p>(Sec. 811) Provides that beginning in 2007, beneficiaries with incomes over $80,000 for an individual or $160,000 for a married couple will be asked to contribute more to the cost of their Medicare benefits through payment of a higher premium since the monthly amount of the premium subsidy applicable to the premium shall be reduced by a monthly adjustment amount that is based on the product of the sliding scale percentage and the unsubsidized part B premium amount and is phased-in beginning in 2007 through 2010.</p> <p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary, upon written request from the Commissioner of Social Security, to make appropriate disclosure of tax return information to carry out the Medicare part B premium subsidy adjustment. </p> <p><b>Title IX: Administrative Improvements, Regulatory Reduction, and Contracting Reform</b> - Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to establish within the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) a center to administer Medicare parts C and D, provide notice of Medicare benefits and related information to beneficiaries, and perform such other duties as the Secretary may specify.</p> <p>Amends SSA title XI to require that an actuary within the office of Chief Actuary of CMS have duties exclusively related to parts C and D of Medicare and related provisions. </p> <p>Amends Federal civil service law to increase the pay grade for the Administrator of CMS to Executive Level III, beginning January 1, 2004. </p> <p>Changes references from the Health Care Financing Administration to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. </p> <p>(Sec. 901) Provides that the term &quot;supplier&quot; means, unless the context otherwise requires, a physician or other practitioner, a facility, or other entity (other than a provider of services) that furnishes items or services under this title.</p> <p>(Sec. 902) Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to establish and publish a regular timeline for the publication of final regulations based on the previous publication of a proposed regulation or an interim final regulation. Prohibits the timeframe established from being no longer than three years except under exceptional circumstances. Provides that if the Secretary publishes a final regulation that includes a provision that is not a logical outgrowth of a previously published notice of proposed rulemaking or interim final rule, such provision shall be treated as a proposed regulation and shall not take effect until there is the further opportunity for public comment and a publication of the provision again as a final regulation. </p> <p>(Sec. 903) Bars retroactive application of any substantive changes in regulations, manual instructions, interpretative rules, statements of policy, or guidelines unless the Secretary determines such retroactive application is needed to comply with statutory requirements or is in the public interest. Provides that no substantive change may go into effect until 30 days after the change is issued or published unless it is needed to comply with statutory requirements or is in the public interest. Prohibits compliance action from being taken against a provider of services or supplier with respect to noncompliance with such a substantive change for items and services furnished before the effective date of such a change. </p> <p>Provides that if a provider or supplier follows written guidance provided by the Secretary or by a Medicare contractor when furnishing items or services or submitting a claim and the guidance is inaccurate, the provider or supplier is not subject to any penalty or interest (including interest on a repayment plan). </p> <p>(Sec. 904) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress to determine the feasibility and appropriateness of establishing in the Secretary authority to provide legally binding advisory opinions on appropriate interpretation and application of regulations to carry out the Medicare program.</p> <p>Requires the secretary to periodically submit to Congress a report on the administration of Medicare and areas of inconsistency or conflict among various provisions under law and regulation.</p> <p>(Sec. 911) Amends SSA title XVIII to permit the Secretary to contract competitively with any eligible entity to serve as a Medicare contractor. Eliminates the distinction between Medicare part A contractors (fiscal intermediaries) and Medicare part B contractors (carriers), and merges separate authorities for fiscal intermediaries and carriers into a single authority for the new contractor. Authorizes these new contractors, called Medicare Administrative Contractors, to assume all the functions of the current fiscal intermediaries and carriers: determining payments; making payments; providing education and outreach to beneficiaries; communicating with providers and suppliers; and additional functions as are necessary.</p> <p>(Sec. 912) Requires Medicare administrative contractors to implement a contractor-wide information security program to provide information security for the operation and assets of the contractor with respect to such functions under Medicare. Requires Medicare administrative contractors to undergo an annual independent evaluation of their information security programs. </p> <p>(Sec. 921) Amends SSA title XVIII to require the Secretary to: (1) coordinate the educational activities provided through Medicare administrative contractors to maximize the effectiveness of Federal education efforts for providers and suppliers; and (2) use specific claims payment error rates or similar methodology of Medicare administrative contractors in the processing or reviewing of Medicare develop and implement a methodology to measure the specific payment error rates in the processing or reviewing of Medicare claims to give such contractors an incentive to implement effective education and outreach programs for providers and suppliers. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to develop a strategy for communications with individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A or enrolled under Medicare part B, or both, and with providers of services and suppliers under Medicare. Requires Medicare administrative contractors, for those providers of services and suppliers which submit claims to the contractor for claims processing and for those individuals entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B, or both, with respect to whom claims are submitted for claims processing, provide general written responses (which may be through electronic transmission) in a clear, concise, and accurate manner to inquiries of providers of services, suppliers, and individuals entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B, or both, concerning the programs under Medicare within 45 business days. Directs the Secretary to ensure that Medicare administrative contractors provide, for those providers of services and suppliers which submit claims to the contractor for claims processing and for those individuals entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B, or both, with respect to whom claims are submitted for claims processing, a toll-free telephone number at which such individuals, providers of services, and suppliers may obtain information regarding billing, coding, claims, coverage, and other appropriate information under Medicare. Requires monitoring of contractor responses. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p> Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for enhanced provider and supplier training which are to be tailored for small providers or suppliers. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary, and each Medicare contractor insofar as it provides services (including claims processing) for providers of services or supppliers, to maintain an Internet website which provides answers in an easily accessible format to frequently asked questions, and includes other published materials of the contractractor, that relate to providers of services and suppliers under Medicare. </p> <p>Prohibits a Medicare contractor from using a record of attendance at (or failutre to attend) educational activities or other information gathered during an educational program to select or track providers of services or suppliers for the purpose of conducting any type of audit or prepayment review. </p> <p>(Sec. 922) Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration program under which described technical assistance is made available, upon request and on a voluntary basis, to small providers of services or suppliers in order to improve compliance with the applicable requirements of the programs under Medicare. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p>(Sec. 923) Requires the Secretary to appoint within HHS a Medicare Beneficiary Ombudsman to receive complaints and provide assistance with respect to such complaints and who shall have expertise and experience in the fields of health care and education of (and assistance to) individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p> Directs the Secretary to provide through the toll free telephone number 1-800-MEDICARE for a means by which individuals seeking information about, or assistance with, such programs who phone such toll-free numbers are transferred (without charge) to appropriate entities for the provision of such information or assistance. </p> <p>Requires the Comptoller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress to monitor the accuracy and consistency of information provided to individuals entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B, or both, through the toll-free telephone number. </p> <p>(Sec. 924) Requires the Secretary to establish a demonstration program under which the Medicare specialists employed by HHS provide advice and assistance to individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A, or enrolled under part B, or both, regarding the Medicare program at the location of existing local offices of the Social Security Administration. </p> <p>(Sec. 925) Directs the Secretary to provide information about the number of days of coverage remaining under the skilled nursing facility (SNF) benefit and the spell of illness involved in the explanation of Medicare benefits. </p> <p>(Sec. 926) Requires the Secretary to publicly provide information that enables hospital discharge planners, Medicare beneficiaries, and the public to identify skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that are participating in the Medicare program. Requires hospital discharge planning to evaluate a patient's need for SNF care.</p> <p><b>Subtitle D: Appeals and Recovery</b> (sic) - (Sec. 931) Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary to develop and transmit to Congress and the Comptroller General a transition plan under which the functions of administrative law judges responsbile for hearing cases under the Medicare program are transferred from the responsibility of the Commissioner and Social Security Administration to the Secretary and HHS. </p> <p>Directs the Commissioner and the Secretary to implement the transition plan and transfer the administrative law judge functions from the Social Security Administration to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assure the independence of administrative law judges performing the administrative law judge functions transferred from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services and its contractors; and (2) provide for an appropriate geographic distribution of administrative law judges performing the administrative law judge functions transferred throughout the United States to ensure timely access to such judges.</p> <p>Authorizes additional appropriations to increase the number of administrative law judges, improve education and training opportunities for administrative law judges, and increase the staff of the Departmental Appeals Board. </p> <p>(Sec. 932) Directs the Secretary to establish a process where a provider, supplier, or a beneficiary who has filed an appeal may obtain access to judicial review when a review entity determines, within 60 days of a complete written request, that the Departmental Appeals Board does not have the authority to decide the question of law or regulation relevant to the matters in controversy and there is no material issue of fact in dispute. Provides that the determination by such review entity shall be considered a final decision and not be subject to review by the Secretary. </p> <p>Permits expedited access to judicial review for cases where the Secretary does not enter into or renew provider agreements. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a process to expedite appeals of provider terminations and certain other remedies imposed on SNFs, including denial of payment for new admissions and temporary management, if imposed on an immediate basis. Allows an expedited appeal where a finding of substandard quality of care has resulted in the disapproval of a skilled nursing facility's nurse aide training program. Requires the Secretary to give priority to cases where termination has been imposed on a provider. </p> <p>Allows the Secretary to waive disapproval of a nurse aide training program, upon application by a nursing facility if the imposition of the civil monetary penalty was not related to the quality of care provided to residents of the facility. </p> <p>Provides that in addition to any amounts otherwise appropriated, such additional sums are authorized to be appropriated for FY 2004 and each subsequent fiscal year as may be necessary to reduce by 50 percent the average time for administrative determinations on appeals. </p> <p>(Sec. 933) Revises the Medicare appeals process to: (1) require providers and suppliers to present all evidence for an appeal at the reconsideration level that is conducted by a qualified independent contractor (QTC) unless good cause precluded the introduction of the evidence; (2) provide for the use of beneficiaries' medical records in QIC reconsiderations; (3) require that notice of decisions or determinations, redeterminations, reconsiderations, and appeals be written in a manner calculated to be understood by a beneficiary and include reasons for the decision or determination or redetermination and the process for further appeal; (4) specify the eligibility requirements for QICs and their reviewer employees that relate to medical and legal expertise, independence, and prohibitions linked to decisions being rendered; and (5) reduce the required number of QICs from 12 to four.</p> <p>(Sec. 934) Permits Medicare contractors to conduct random prepayment reviews only to develop a contractor-wide or program-wide claims payment error rate or under such additional circumstances as may be provided under regulations, developed in consultation with providers of services and suppliers. Establishes limitations on initiation of non-random prepayment review. </p> <p>(Sec. 935) Provides that in situations where repaying a Medicare overpayment within 30 days creates a hardship for a provider or supplier, the Secretary is required, upon the request of the provider or supplier, to enter into an extended repayment plan of at least six months duration, but not longer than three years (or five years in the case of extreme hardship, as determined by the Secretary). Provides that if the Secretary has reason to suspect that the provider or supplier may file for bankruptcy or otherwise cease to do business or discontinue participation in Medicare or there is an indication of fraud or abuse, the Secretary is not obligated to enter into an extended repayment plan with the provider or supplier. Provides that if a provider or supplier fails to make a payment in accordance with a repayment plan, the Secretary may immediately seek to offset or otherwise recover the total balance outstanding under the repayment plan. Prohibits the Secretary from recouping any overpayments until a reconsideration appeal was decided, if a reconsideration was requested. Provides for collection with interest. Limits extrapolation to those circumstances where there is a sustained or high level of payment error or documented educational intervention has failed to correct the payment error. Allows the Secretary to use a consent settlement to settle a projected overpayment under certain conditions. Requires the Secretary to establish a process under which the Secretary provides for notice to classes of providers and suppliers served by the contractor in cases in which the contractor has identified that particular billing codes may be overutilized by that class of providers or suppliers under the programs under Medicare. </p> <p> Provides that if post-payment audits are conducted, the Medicare contractor is required to provide the provider or supplier with written notice of the itent to conduct the audit. Provides that if a Medicare contractor audits a provider or supplier, the contractor shall: (1) give the provider or supplier a full review and explanation of the findings of the audit in a manner that is understandable to the provider or supplier and permits the development of an appropriate corrective action plan; (2) inform the provider or supplier of the appeal rights under Medicare as well as consent settlement options; (3) give the provider of services or supplier an opportunity to provide additional information to the contractor; and (4) take into account such information provided, on a timely basis, by the provider of services or supplier. Provides that such provisions shall not apply if the provision of notice or findings would compromise pending law enforcement activities, whether civil or criminal, or reveal findings of law enforcement-related audits. Requires the Secretary to establish a standard methodology for Medicare contractors to use in selecting a sample of claims for review in the case of an abnormal billing pattern. </p> <p>(Sec. 936) Requires the Secretary to establish by regulation a provider enrollment process with hearing rights in the case of a denial or non-renewal. </p> <p>(Sec. 937) Requires the Secretary to develop a process so providers and suppliers can correct minor errors in claims that were submitted for payment without having to initiate an appeal. </p> <p>(Sec. 938) Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to establish a prior determination process where physicians and beneficiaries can request through the Medicare administrative contractor whether Medicare covers certain physicians' services before such services are provided only if the physician requestor is a participating physician, but only with respect to physicians' services to be furnished to an individual who is entitled to benefits under Medicare and who has consented to the physician making the request for those physician services and the beneficiary is an individual entitled to benefits under Medicare, but only with respect to a physicians' service for which the individual receives an advance beneficiary notice from a physician who receives direct payment for that service. Directs the Secretary to establish by regulation reasonable limits on the physicians' services for which a prior determination of coverage may be requested. Establishes that such prior determinations that the physicians' services are so covered are binding on the contractor in the absence of fraud or evidence of misrepresentation of facts. Provides for the right to redetermination in the case of denial.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to establish a process for the collection of information on the instances in which an advance beneficiary notice has been provided and on instances in which a beneficiary indicates on such a notice that the beneficiary does not intend to seek to have the item or service that is the subject of the notice furnished. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of outreach and education for beneficiaries and providers of services and other persons on the appropriate use of advanced beneficiary notices and coverage policies under the Medicare program. </p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the use of advanced beneficiary notices under Medicare. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the use of the prior determination process under such section. </p> <p>(Sec. 939) Directs the Secretary to permit a provider of services or supplier to appeal any determination of the Secretary relating to services rendered under Medicare to an individual who subsequently dies if there is no other party available to appeal such determination. </p> <p>(Sec. 940) Adds 30 days to the timeframe for deciding an appeal at the redetermination and reconsideration levels of appeal. </p> <p>Indexes the amount in controversary for appeals to the consumer price index for all urban consumers, rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 beginning in 2005. </p> <p>(Sec. 940A) Directs the Secretary to establish a mediation process for local coverage determinations using a physician trained in mediation and employed by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary to include in the contract with Medicare administrative contractors the performance duties expected of a medical director of a Medicare administrative contractor.</p> <p><b>Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions</b> (sic) - (Sec. 941) Prohibits the Secretary from implementing any new or modified documentation guidelines for evaluation and management physician services under Medicare on or after the enactment of this Act unless the Secretary: (1) has developed the guidelines in collaboration with practicing physicians (including both generalists and specialists) and provided for an assessment of the proposed guidelines by the physician community; (2) has established a plan that contains specific goals, including a schedule, for improving the use of such guidelines; (3) has conducted appropriate and representative pilot projects to test such guidelines; (4) finds, based on reports submitted with respect to pilot projects conducted for such or related guidelines, that described objectives for evaluation and management guidelines will be met in the implementation of such guidelines; and (5) has established, and is implementing, a program to educate physicians on the use of such guidelines and that includes appropriate outreach. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to carry out a study of the following for a report to Congress: (1) the development of a simpler, alternative system of requirements for documentation accompanying claims for evaluation and management physician services for which payment is made under Medicare; and (2) consideration of systems other than current coding and documentation requirements for payment for such physician services. Directs the MEDPAC to conduct an analysis of the results of the study included in the report for a report to Congress.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the appropriateness of coding in cases of extended office visits in which there is no diagnosis made for a report to Congress. </p> <p>(Sec. 942) Requires the Secretary to establish a Council for Technology and Innovation within the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to coordinate the activities of coverage, coding, and payment processes under Medicare with respect to new technologies and procedures and to coordinate the exchange of information on new technologies between CMS and other entities that make similar decisions. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to establish by regulation procedures for determining the basis for, and amount of, payment for any clinical diagnostic laboratory test with respect to which a new or substantially revised HCPCS code is assigned on or after January 1, 2005.</p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress that analyzes which external data can be collected in a shorter timeframe by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services for use in computing payments for inpatient hospital services. </p> <p>(Sec. 943) Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a hospital (including a critical access hospital) to ask questions (or obtain information) relating to Medicare secondary payor provisions in the case of reference laboratory services if the Secretary does not impose such requirement in the case of such services furnished by an independent laboratory. </p> <p>(Sec. 944) Requires emergency room services provided to screen and stabilize a Medicare beneficiary after January 1, 2004 to be evaluated for Medicare's &quot;reasonable and necessary&quot; requirement on the basis of the information available to the treating physician or practitioner at the time the services were ordered. Provides that except in the case where a delay would jeopardize the health or safety of individuals, the Secretary is required to request a peer review organization review before making a compliance determination that would terminate a hospital's Medicare participation because of Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) violations.</p> <p>(Sec. 945) Directs the Secretary to establish a Technical Advisory Group to review issues related to EMTALA and its implementation. </p> <p>(Sec. 946) Permits a hospice to: (1) enter into arrangements with another hospice program to provide care in extraordinary, exigent or other non-routine circumstances, such as unanticipated high patient loads, staffing shortages due to illness or other events, or temporary travel by a patient outside the hospice's service area; and (2) bill and be paid for the hospice care provided under these arrangements. </p> <p>(Sec. 947) Requires that public hospitals, not otherwise subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, comply with the Bloodborne Pathogens standard. Provides that a hospital that fails to comply with such requirement will be subject to a civil monetary penalty, but cannot be terminated from participating in Medicare. </p> <p>(Sec. 948) Makes BIPA-related technical amendments and corrections. </p> <p>(Sec. 949) Amends SSA title XI to permit the administrator of a Federal health care program to waive certain 5-year exclusions if the exclusion of a sole community physician or sole source of essential specialized services in a community will impose a hardship. Provides that the mandatory exclusions that can be waived are those related to convictions associated with program-related crimes; health care fraud; and controlled substances. </p> <p>(Sec. 950) Amends SSA title XVIII to prohibit a group health plan providing supplemental or secondary coverage to Medicare beneficiaries from requiring dentists to obtain a claim denial from Medicare for dental benefits that are not covered by Medicare before paying the claim. </p> <p>(Sec. 951) Requires the Secretary to arrange to furnish to &quot;subsection (d)&quot; hospitals the data necessary for such hospitals to compute the number of patient days used in computing the disproportionate patient percentage for that hospital for the current cost reporting year. </p> <p>(Sec. 952) Allows physicians and non-physician practitioners to reassign payment for Medicare-covered services, regardless of where the service was provided so long as there is a contractual arrangement between the physician and the entity under which the entity submits the bill for such services. Allows the Secretary to provide for other enrollment qualifications to assure program integrity.</p> <p>(Sec. 953) Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on: (1) the appropriatenessxof the updates in the conversion factorincluding the appropriateness of the sustainable growth rate formula for 2002 and subsequently. Requires the report to examine the stability and predictability of such updates and rate and alternatives for the use of such rate in the updates; and (2) all aspects of physician compensation for services furnished under Medicare and how those aspects interact and the effect on appropriate compensation for physician services.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to provide, in an appropriate annual publication available to the public, a list of national coverage determinations made under Medicare in the previous year and information on how to get more information with respect to such determinations.</p> <p>Requires the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the implications if there were flexibility in the application of the Medicare conditions of participation for home health agencies with respect to groups or types of patients who are not Medicare beneficiaries. </p> <p>Directs the Inspector General of HHS to submit a report to Congress on: (1) the extent to which hospitals provide notice to Medicare beneficiaries in accordance with applicable requirements before they use the 60 lifetime reserve days under the hospital benefit; and (2) the appropriateness and feasibility of hospitals providing a notice to such beneficiaries before the completely exhaust such lifetime reserve days.</p> <p><b>Title X: Medicaid and Miscellaneous Provisions</b> - Amends SSA title XIX to establish a temporary increase in DSH allotments for FY 2004 and for certain subsequent fiscal years. </p> <p>Raises the temporary floor for extremely low DSH states for FY 2004 and subsequent fiscal years. </p> <p>Provides for an appropriate DSH allotment adjustment for FY 2004 and 2005 for States with statewide &quot;Section 1115&quot; waivers which have been revoked or terminated before the end of either such fiscal year and for which there is no DSH allotment for the State. Requires the State whose waiver was revoked or terminated to submit an amendment to its State plan that would describe the methodology to be used by the State to identify and make payments to DSH hospitals, including children's hospitals and institutions for mental diseases or other mental health facilities (other than State-owned institutions or facilities), on the basis of the proportion of patients served by such hospitals that are low-income patients with special needs.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to require, with respect to FY 2004 and each fiscal year thereafter, a State as a condition of receiving Medicaid payments to submit to the Secretary an annual report identifying each DSH hospital that received a payment, the amount such hospital received, and such other information as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure the appropriateness of the DSH payments for the previous fiscal year. </p> <p>Requires the State to annually submit to the Secretary an independent certified audit that verifies: (1) the extent to which hospitals have reduced their uncompensated care costs to reflect the total amount of claimed expenditures; (2) payment compliance; (3) only the uncompensated care costs of providing inpatient hospital and outpatient hospital services to described individuals are included in the calculation of the hospital-specific limits; (3) the State included all payments under Medicaid, including supplemental payments, in the calculation of such hospital-sopecific limits; and (4) the State has separately documented and retained a record of all of its costs and claimed expenditures under Medicare, uninsured costs in determining payment adjustments, and any payments made on behalf of the uninsured from payment adjustments. </p> <p>(Sec. 1002) Permits certain high-volume DSH safety net providers to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies and to receive discounts on the prices of inpatient drugs for the lowest price they can get. (Currently such entities are only able to receive discounts on the prices of outpatient drugs because of a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services interpretation of the best price exemption under the Medicaid drug rebate program). Provides for the application of specified auditing and recordkeeping requirements with respect to such high-volume DSH hospital safety net providers.</p> <p>(Sec. 1003) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to permanently extend the moratorium on the determination of Saginaw Community Hospital as an institution for mental disease. </p> <p>(Sec. 1011) Appropriates for FY 2005 through 2008 specified funding out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to the Secretary for the purpose of making allotments to States for payments to eligible providers for unreimbursable costs incurred by providing emergency health care services to: (1) undocumented aliens; (2) aliens who have been parolded into the United States at a United States port of entry for the purpose of receiving eligible services; and (3) Mexican citizens permitted to enter the United States for not more than 72 hours under the authority of a biometric machine readable border crossing identification card. </p> <p>(Sec. 1012) Directs the Secretary to establish the Commission on Systemic Interoperability to develop a comprehensive strategy for the adoption and implementation of health care information technology standards, that includes a timeline and prioritization for such adoption and implementation. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p>(Sec. 1013) Provides that in order to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care delivered pursuant to Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Secretary is required to conduct and support research to meet the priorities and requests for scientific evidence and information identified by such programs with respect to: (1) the outcomes, comparative clinical effectiveness, and appropriateness of health care items and services; and (2) strategies for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of such programs, including the ways in which such items and services are organized, managed, and delivered under such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a process to develop priorities that will guide the research, demonstrations, and evaluation activities undertaken pursuant to this section. Directs the Secretary to evaluate and synthesize available scientific evidence related to health care items and services identified as priorities and to disseminate such evaluations and syntheses to various prescription drug plans to enhance patient safety and quality of health care. Authorizes appropriations. </p> <p>(Sec. 1014) Directs the Secretary to establish the Citizen's Health Care Working Group to hold hearings to examine: (1) the capacity of the public and private health care systems to expand coverage options; (2) the cost of health care and the effectiveness of care provided at all stages of the disease; (3) innovative State strategies used to expand health care coverage and lower health care costs; (4) local community solutions to accessing health care coverage; (5) efforts to enroll individuals currently eligible for public or private health care coverage; (6) the role of evidence-based medical practices that can be documented as restoring, maintaining, or improving a patient's health, and the use of technology in supporting providers in improving quality of care and lowering costs; and (7) strategies to assist purchasers of health care to become more aware of the impact of costs and to lower the costs of health care. Requires the Working Group to prepare and make available to health care consumers through the Internet and other appropriate public channels a report entitled &quot;The Health Report to the American People.&quot; Directs the Working Group to initiate health care community meetings throughout the United States to address certain topics and to prepare and make available to the public initial recommendations on health care coverage and ways to improve and strengthen the health care system. Requires the Working Group to submit to Congress for appropriate action the final set of recommendations put together af r the period of public comment. Authorizes appropriations. </p> <p>(Sec. 1015) Makes appropriations to carry out this Act to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund: (1) not to exceed $1,000,000,000 for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and (2) not to exceed $500,000,000 for the Social Security Administration. Provides from these latter funds for the Social Security Administration to reimburse the Internal Revenue Service for expenses in carrying out this Act. Allows the President to transfer such amounts between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Social Security Administration. </p> <p>(Sec. 1016) Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to establish a loan program that provides loans to qualifying hospitals for payment of the capital costs of projects designed to improve the cancer-related health care infrastructure of the hospital, including construction, renovation, or other capital improvements. Makes appropriations.</p> <p><b>Title XI: Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals - Subtitle A: Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals</b> - (Sec. 1101) - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions (Hatch-Waxman Act) with respect to abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) to: (1) require the ANDA applicant to submit a more detailed statement when filing a paragraph IV certification than currently mandated; (2) require the ANDA applicant to notify the patent holder and the brand name company (if different) of a paragraph IV certification within 20 days; (3) prohibit the ANDA applicant from amending the application to include a drug different from that approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but allows the applicant to amend the application if seeking approval for a different strength of the same drug; (4) authorize the FDA to approve the ANDA on the date of an appeals court decision, the date of a settlement order or consent decree, or when a district court decision is not appealed; (5) allow the paragraph IV ANDA applicant to request a declaratory judgment regarding the validity of the patent if an infringement suit is not filed within 45 days of the notification but provides however if sued that the patent holder and the brand name company (if different) may file a counter claim to require that changes be made to correct the patient information submitted; (6) disallow damages from being awarded in either case; (7) provide that if a declaratory judgment is pursued, the action is to be brought in the judicial district where the defendant has its principle place of business; (8) provide that in a declaratory judgment the holder of an approved new drug application may obtain access to confidential information contained in the application; (9) provide that the 180-day exclusivity period is to begin on the date of the first commercial marketing of the generic drug by any first ANDA applicants; (10) require a first ANDA applicant to forfeit the 180-day exclusivity period under certain circumstances including failure to market within a specified time frame, withdrawal of the application, amendment of the certification and failure to obtain tentative marketing approval; and (11) prohibit other subsequent ANDA applicants from being permitted the 180-day exclusivity period if all first ANDA applicants forfeit.</p> <p> (Sec. 1103) Defines &quot;bioavailability&quot; as the rate and extent to which the active ingredient or therapeutic ingredient is absorbed from a drug and becomes available at the site of drug action. </p> <p><b>Subtitle B: Federal Trade Commission Review - </b>(Sec. 1112) Requires that agreements between brand name companies and generic firms regarding the manufacture or sale of a generic drug that is equivalent to the pharmaceutical marketed by the patent owner must be filed with the Assistant Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for review within ten days after the agreements are executed. </p> <p> (Sec. 1114) Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act any information or documentary material filed with the Assisstant Attorney General or FTC pursuant to this subtitle, and prohibits such information or documentary material from being made public, except as may be relevant to any administrative or judicial action or proceeding. </p> <p>(Sec. 1115) Subjects parties which fail to file such agreements to civil penalties. </p> <p>(Sec. 1116) Allows the FTC to engage in rulemaking to carry out this subtitle. </p> <p><b>Subtitle C: Importation of Prescription Drugs</b> - (Sec. 1121) Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada into the United States. Sets forth specified provisions respecting: (1) importer and foreign seller recordkeeping and information requirements; (2) qualified laboratory drug testing; (3) registration with the Secretary of Canadian sellers; and (4) approved labeling.</p> <p>Declares that the Secretary should: (1) focus enforcement on cases in which individual importation poses a significant public health threat; and (2) exercise discretion to permit individuals to make such importation for non-risk personal use.</p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary to grant individuals a waiver of the prohibition of importation of a prescription drug or device. Directs the Secretary to grant individuals a waiver of such prohibition for an approved prescription drug imported from Canada that is: (1) imported from a licensed pharmacy for not more than 90-day personal use; (2) accompanied by a valid prescription; (3) in a final finished dosage that was manufactured in a registered establishment; and (4) imported under such other conditions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure public safety.</p> <p>(Sec. 1122) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study on the importation of drugs into the United States for submission in a report to the Congress.</p> <p><b>Title XII: Tax Incentives For Health And Retirement Security</b> - (Sec. 1201) Amends the IRC to permit eligible individuals who are covered by a high deductible health plan with a deductible of at least $1,000 up to $2,250 (subject to an annual cost of living adjustment) for self-only coverage with annual out of pocket expenses (deductibles, co-payments, not premiums) not exceeding $5,000, and a deductible of at least $2,000 up to $4,500 (subject to an annual cost of living adjustment) for family coverage with annual out of pocket expenses (deductibles, co-payments, not premiums) not exceeding $10,000, and not covered by any other other health plan that is not a high deductible health plan (except plans for any benefit provided by permitted insurance and plans for coverage for accidents, disability, dental care, vision care, or long-term care) to establish Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for taxable years beginning with 2004 to pay for qualified medical expenses. Provides that: (1) contribution levels are to be determined monthly based on how many months of the year the individual is covered by a HDHP; and (2) a plan shall not fail to be treated as a high deductible health plan by reason of failing to have a deductible for preventive care. Prohibits Medicare-eligible individuals from participating in HSAs.</p> <p>Includes as qualified medical expenses any expense for coverage under: (1) a COBRA continuation plan; (2) a qualified long-term care insurance contract; (3) a health plan during a period in which the individual is receiving unemployment compensation; and (4) health insurance premiums for individuals eligible for Medicare, other than premiums for Medigap policies.program</p> <p>Allows an eligible individual establishing an HSA to take a tax deduction for the taxable year of an amount equal to the aggregate contributions paid during the taxable year by or on behalf of such individual to an HSA of such individual, up to the limits specified above for self-only and family coverage. Allows the deduction whether or not the individual itemizes other deductions. </p> <p>Allows contributions to remain in the HSA at the end of the year and to earn tax-exempt interest until they are withdrawn for uses other than for qualified medical expenses in which case they are to be included in the gross income of the account beneficiary and subjected to a ten percent penalty, except in cases of disability or death or where the contributions are distributed after the account beneficiary attains Medicare eligibility. Requires contributions to be in cash, except in the case of certain rollover contributions. Allows additional &quot;catch up&quot; contributions for eligible individuals age 55 or older. </p> <p>Allows an HSA trustee to be a bank, an insurance company, or another person.</p> <p>Permits rollovers from Archer MSAs.</p> <p>Prohibits any payment or distribution out of an HSA for qualified medical expenses from being treated as an expense paid for medical care.</p> <p>Allows employers to contribute to the HSAs of their employees and excludes amounts contributed from the employee's income and from employment taxes. </p> <p>Imposes an excise tax on: (1) the failure of employer to make comparable HSA contributions; and (2) excess contributions.</p> <p>Allows HSAs to be offered under cafeteria plans.</p> <p>(Sec. 1202) Excludes from gross income any special subsidy payment received under employer-sponsored qualified retiree prescription drug plan programs.</p> <p>(Sec. 1203) Creates an exception to information reporting requirements relating to information at the source for flexible spending arrangements and a health reimbursement arrangement that is treated as employer-provided coverage.</p>", "update_date": "2004-04-15T17:00:06Z", "version_code": "48" }, { "action_date": "2003-12-08", "action_desc": "Public Law", "text": " <p>Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 - <b>Title I: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit</b> (Sec. 101) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program). Establishes a new optional Medicare prescription drug benefit program augmenting with a comprehensive, flexible, and permanent voluntary prescription drug benefit program the limited coverage of certain outpatient prescription drugs, biologicals, and vaccines currently covered under the Medicare program under its original fee-for-service component under both Medicare parts A (Hospital Insurance) and B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) and under its managed care, medical savings account (MSA), and private fee-for-service component under Medicare part C (Medicare+Choice). </p><p>Provides under this new prescription drug benefit program for offering eligible Medicare beneficiaries, regardless of income or health status, access to more coverage options, options which provide enhanced benefits, with cost-sharing, and additional beneficiary protections and assistance, such as access to negotiated prices, catastrophic coverage limits, and premium subsidies for certain low-income beneficiaries.</p><p>Provides for these options to be offered through both: (1) a new Medicare part C Medicare Advantage (MA) program that integrates basic medical coverage with added prescription drug coverage, including coverage through specialized MA plans for special needs individuals; and (2) a new separate, stand-alone Medicare Prescription Drug plan (PDP) program under Medicare part D that relies on private plans to provide coverage and to bear a portion of the financial risk for drug costs.</p><p>Makes this new program effective January 1, 2006.</p><p>Provides that until this new permanent prescription drug benefit program is effective, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall establish a program to endorse prescription drug discount card programs in order to provide access to prescription drug discounts through prescription drug card sponsors for discount card eligible individuals throughout the United States and to provide for transitional assistance for transitional assistance eligible individuals enrolled in such endorsed programs. Provides that the program shall not apply to covered discount card drugs dispensed after December 31, 2005, and transitional assistance shall be available after such date to the extent the assistance relates to drugs dispensed on or before such date. </p><p>Allows beneficiaries entitled to benefits under Medicare part A or enrolled under Medicare part B (eligible beneficiaries) to elect to enroll under new Medicare part D, and: (1) provided that they are not enrolled in an MA plan, keep their current Medicare fee-for-service coverage and receive qualified prescription drug coverage (as described below) through enrollment in Medicare part D in a new PDP that is offered in the geographic area in which the beneficiary resides; or (2) enroll in the new Medicare part C MA program in an MA plan, give up their current Medicare fee-for-service coverage, and receive qualified prescription drug coverage under the plan along with basic and possibly enhanced medical coverage through health maintenance organization (HMO) or revised MSA coverage options under the new MA program established by this Act under Medicare part C (and as otherwise provided under Medicare+Choice under Medicare part C as discussed more fully below under title II (MedicareAdvantage) of this Act).</p><p> Provides an exception for MA enrollees: (1) enrolled in MSA plans to receive qualified coverage of prescription drugs through enrollment in a PDP; (2) enrolled in private-fee-for service plans that do not provide qualified prescription drug coverage to receive qualified coverage of prescription drugs through enrollment in PDP plans; and (3) enrolled in an MA prescription drug plan (MA-PD) to receive qualified prescription drug coverage under that plan. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to establish a process for the enrollment, disenrollment, termination, and change of enrollment of Medicare part D eligible individuals in prescription drug plans. Establishes an initial enrollment period beginning November 15, 2005 . </p><p>Directs the Secretary to conduct activities designed to broadly disseminate information to part D eligible individuals (and prospective part D eligible individuals) regarding the coverage under Medicare part D, including information comparing the plans offered by eligible entities under Medicare part D that are available to eligible beneficiaries in an area.</p><p>Divides qualified prescription drug coverage into either a standard coverage benefit package or an alternative prescription drug coverage with at least actuarially equivalent benefits, both with access to negotiated drug prices. Outlines the standard coverage package, which includes, for 2006, a $250 deductible, 25 percent cost-sharing for drug costs between $250 and the initial coverage limit of $2,250, then no coverage; except that the beneficiary shall have access to negotiated prices, regardless of the fact that no benefits may be payable under the coverage, until incurring out-of-pocket costs for covered drugs in a year equal $3,600, with the beneficiary thereafter to pay five percent of the cost of a prescription, or a copayment of $2 for a generic drug and $5 for any other drug, whichever is greater. Includes as negotiated prices all discounts, direct or indirect subsidies, rebates, and direct or indirect remunerations. Increases these amounts in future years by the annual percentage increase in average per capita aggregate expenditures for covered drugs for the year ending the previous July. </p><p>Includes among the out-of-pocket costs counting toward the annual $3,600 limit any costs paid by the part D eligible individual (or by another person such as a family member) under the Medicaid program or under a State pharmaceutical assistance program for which the individual (or other person) is not reimbursed.</p><p>Allows a PDP or an MA plan to provide a different prescription drug benefit design from the standard prescription drug coverage as long as the Administrator of the Medicare Benefits Administration approves of such benefit design.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to ensure that each part D eligible individual has available a choice of enrollment in at least two qualifying plans in the area in which the individual resides, at least one of which is a prescription drug plan. Provides that in such case in which such plans are not available the part D eligible individual shall be given the opportunity to enroll in a fallback prescription drug plan. </p><p>Establishes beneficiary protection requirements for qualified prescription drug plans, such as requiring each PDP sponsor offering a prescription drug plan to: (1) have a mechanism for providing specific information on a timely basis to enrollees upon request; (2) have in place with respect to covered part D drugs a cost-effective drug utilization management program and a medication therapy management program; and (3) provide that each pharmacy that dispenses a covered part D drug shall inform an enrollee of any differential between the price of the drug to the enrollee and the price of the lowest priced generic covered part D drug under the plan that is therapeutically equivalent and bioequivalent and available at such pharmacy. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to establish, and allows the Secretary to revise PDP regions in a manner that is consistent with the requirements below for the establishment and revision of MA regions, and to the extent practicable PDP regions shall be the same as MA regions. Requires a PDP sponsor to submit to the Secretary bid and other described information with respect to each prescription drug plan it offers for review by the Secretary for the purpose of conducting negotiations concerning the terms and conditions of the proposed bid submitted and other terms and conditions of a proposed plan in order for the Secretary to approve or disapprove the plan. Provides that in order to promote competition under new Medicare part D and in carrying out such part, the Secretary may not interfere with the negotiations between drug manufacturers and pharmacies and PDP sponosors and may not require a particular formulary or institute a price structure for the reimbursement of covered part D drugs.</p><p>Establishes organizational requirements for PDP sponsors, such as licenses, and requires that they enter into a contract with the Secretary to be eligible to receive payments.</p><p>Provides for premium and cost-sharing subsidies for low-income subsidy-eligible individuals. </p><p>Provides: (1) for the establishment of risk corridors for each PDP that determines the amount of risk that the PDP shall be exposed to for drug spending, and the resultant adjustment in payment attributable to this risk; and (2) that a PDP sponsor and MA organization that offers a plan that provides supplemental prescription drug benefits shall be at full financial risk for the provision of such supplemental benefits. Prohibits adjustment in payments made by reason of this paragraph from affecting the monthly beneficiary premium or the MA monthly prescription drug beneficiary premium. </p><p>Creates within the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund the Medicare Prescription Drug Account for payments for low-income subsidy payments, subsidy payments, payments to qualified retiree prescription drug plans, and administrative expenses. Authorizes appropriations. Requires transfers to be made to the Medicaid account for increased administrative costs. Requires amounts withheld for late penalties to be deposited into the Fund. Requires States to make payments to the Account for dual eligibles as provided for under Medicaid. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to establish requirements for PDPs to ensure the effective coordination between a part D plan and a State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program with respect to payment of premiums and coverage and payment for supplemental prescription drug benefits for part D eligible individuals enrolled under both types of plans. Requires the Secretary to apply such coordination requirements to described Rx plans, which include Medicaid programs and group health plans and the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP), in the same manner as such requirements apply to a State Pharmaceutical Assistance Program.</p><p>Requires the prescription drug discount program and the transitional assistance program to be implemented by the Secretary so that interim prescription drug discount cards and transitional assistance are first available by not later than six months after the enactment of this Act in 2004 and 2005 until coverage under the new part D program becomes effective on January 1, 2006. Requires each prescription drug card sponsor that offers an endorsed discount card program to provide each discount card eligible individual entitled to benefits, or enrolled, under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) or part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) with access to negotiated prices and savings on prescription drugs through enrollment in an endorsed discount card program. </p><p>Allows card sponsors to charge annual enrollment fees, not to exceed $30. Requires the fee to be uniform for all discount eligible individuals enrolled in the program. Requires a prescription drug card sponsor offering an endorsed discount card program to provide that each pharmacy that dispenses a covered discount card drug shall inform a discount card eligible individual enrolled in the program of any differential between the price of the drug to the enrollee and the price of the lowest priced generic covered discount card drug under the program that is therapeutically equivalent and bioequivalent and available at such pharmacy. </p><p>Provides that a discount card eligible individual is an individual whose income is not more than 135 percent of the poverty line and who is entitled to have payment made of any annual enrollment fee and to have payment made, up to $600 in 2004, under such endorsed program of 90 percent of the costs incurred for covered discount card drugs. </p><p>Creates within the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund the Transitional Assistance Account for payments for transitional assistance. Makes necessary appropriations.</p><p>(Sec. 103) Establishes certain requirements for States as a condition of receiving Federal Medicaid assistance, such as requiring States to provide the Secretary with Medicaid eligibility information necessary to carry out transitional prescription drug assistance verification.</p><p>Provides for: (1) Federal phase-in of the costs of premiums and cost-sharing and cost-sharing subsidies for dually eligible individuals; and (2) coordination of Medicaid with Medicare prescription drug benefits to provide that Medicare is the primary payer for covered drugs for dual eligibles. </p><p>Exempts prices negotiated from manufacturers for discount card drugs under an endorsement card program and prices negotiated by a PDP under part D, an MA-PD plan, or a qualified retiree prescription plan from the calculation of Medicaid &quot;best price.&quot;</p><p>Extends the Qualifying-1 (Q-1) program through September 30, 2004, and expands outreach requirements for the Commissioner of Social Security to include outreach activities for transitional assistance and low-income subsidy individuals.</p><p>(Sec. 104) Prohibits, effective January 1, 2006, the selling, issuance, or renewal of Medigap Rx policies for part D enrollees, but permits the renewal of a Medigap Rx policy that was issued before January 1, 2006. Permits persons enrolling under part D during the initial enrollment period while covered under a Medigap Rx policy to enroll in a Medigap policy without prescription drug coverage or to continue the policy in effect as modified to exclude drugs. Provides that after the end of such period the individual may continue the policy in effect subject to such modification. </p><p>Guarantees issuance of a substitute Medigap policy for persons, enrolling in part D during the initial part D enrollment period, who at the time of such enrollment were enrolled in and terminated enrollment in a Medigap policy H, I, or J or a pre-standard policy that included drug coverage. Guarantees the enrollment for any policies A, B, C, and F within the same carrier of issue. Prevents the issuer from discriminating in the pricing of such policy on the basis of such individual's health status, claims experience, receipt of health care or medical condition. Prohibits the issuer from imposing an exclusion of benefits based on a pre-existing condition under such policy. Provides that the guarantee applies for enrollments occurring in the new Medigap plan within 63 days of termination of enrollment in a Medigap plan H, I, or J.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to request the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to review and revise standards for benefit packages taking into account the changes in benefits resulting from the enactment of this Act and to otherwise update standards to reflect other changes in law included in such Act.</p><p>(Sec. 105) Includes additional provisions related to Medicare prescription drug discount cards and transitional assistance program, such as the exclusion of program costs from the calculation of the part B premium. Applies Medicare confidentiality provisions to drug pricing data.</p><p>(Sec. 106) Establishes a State Pharmaceutical Assistance Transition Commission to develop a proposal for addressing the unique transitional issues facing State pharmaceutical assistance programs as a result of the enactment of this Act.</p><p>(Sec. 107) Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on variations in per capita spending for covered part D drugs among PDP regions to determine the amount of such variation that is attributable to price variations and the differences in per capita utilization that is not taken into account in the health status risk adjustment made to PDP bids. </p><p>Requires the Secretary to conduct a review of the current standards of practice, clinical services, and other service requirements generally used for pharmacy services in long-term care settings and evaluate the impact of those standards with respect to patient safety, reduction of medication errors and quality of care. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to enter into a contract with the Institutes of Medicine of the National Academy of Science to carry out a comprehensive study for a report to Congress on drug safety and quality issues in order to provide a blueprint for a system-wide change. Authorizes appropriations.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to provide for a study and report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of providing for contracting with PDP sponsors and MA organizations under parts C and D of title XVIII on a multi-year basis. </p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to the Congress on the extent to which drug utilization and access to covered part D drugs by subsidy eligible individuals differs from such utilization and access for individuals who would qualify as such subsidy eligible individuals except for application of the assets test. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to undertake a study for a report to Congress of how to make prescription pharmaceutical information, including drug labels and usage instructions, accessible to blind and visually impaired individuals. </p><p>(Sec. 108) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to physicians for the purpose of assisting them to implement electronic prescription drug programs that comply with appropriate standards. Authorizes appropriations.</p><p>(Sec. 109) Expands the work of quality improvement organizations to include part C and part D. Requires such organizations to offer providers, practitioners, MA organizations, and PDP sponsors quality improvement assistance pertaining to prescription drug therapy. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct an evaluation of the peer review program under SSA title XI.</p><p>(Sec. 110) Directs the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study for a report to Congress on differences in payment amounts for pharmacy services provided to enrollees in group health plans that utilize pharmacy benefit managers.</p><p>(Sec. 111) Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an initial and final study for a report to Congress on trends in employment-based retiree health coverage, including coverage under FEHBP, and the options and incentives available under this Act which may have an effect on the voluntary provision of such coverage. </p><p><b>Title II: Medicare Advantage - Subtitle A: Implementation of Medicare Advantage Program -</b> (Sec. 201) Amends SSA title XVIII part C (Medicare+Choice) to replace the current Medicare+Choice program with the Medicare Advantage (MA) program.</p><p><b>Subtitle B: Immediate Improvements - </b>(Sec. 211) Revises the payment system, requiring all plans to be paid at a rate at least as high as the rate for traditional Medicare fee-for-service plans. Makes change in budget neutrality for blend. Increases minimum percentage increase to national growth rate. Includes costs of Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs military facility services to Medicare-eligible beneficiaries in calculation of payment rates. </p><p>Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to conduct a study that assesses the method used for determining the adjusted average per capita cost (AAPCC).</p><p>Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report that describes the impact of additional financing provided under this Act and other Acts on the availability on Medicare Advantage plans in different areas and its impact on lowering premiums and increasing benefits under such plans.</p><p>Requires a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) study and report to Congress with respect to authority regarding disapproval of unreasonable beneficiary cost-sharing.</p><p><b>Subtitle C: Offering of Medicare Advantage (MA) Regional Plans; Medicare Advantage Competition</b> - (Sec. 221) Directs the Secretary to establish regional plans to encourage private plans to serve Medicare beneficiaries in from ten to 50 regions, including in rural areas, within the 50 States and the District of Columbia beginning not later than January 1, 2005.</p><p> Prohibits the Secretary from offering a local preferred provider organization plan under Medicare part C during 2006 or 2007 in a service area unless such plan was offered under such part (including under a demonstration project under such part) in such area as of December 31, 2005. Includes risk corridors for plans during the first two years of the program in 2006 and 2007; a stabilization fund to encourage plan entry and limit plan withdrawals; a blended benchmark that will allow plan bids to influence the benchmark amount; and network adequacy stabilization payments to assist plans in forming adequate networks, particularly in rural areas.</p><p>(Sec. 222) Provides that beginning in 2006, each MA organization shall submit to the Secretary for each MA plan for the service area in which it intends to be offered in the following year the monthly aggregate bid amount for the provision of all items and services under the plan for the type of plan and year involved. </p><p>Requires this monthly bid amount, with respect to which the Secretary has authority to negotiate, to be compared against respective benchmark amounts for MA local and MA regional plans, with plans that submit bids below the benchmark to be paid their bids, plus 75 percent of the difference between the benchmark and the bid which must be returned to beneficiaries in the form of additional benefits or reduced premiums. Provides that for plans that bid above the benchmark the government will pay the benchmark amount, and the beneficiary will pay the difference between the benchmark and the bid amount as a premium. </p><p>Requires the MA plan to provide an enrollee a monthly rebate equal to 75 percent of any average per capita savings as applicable to the plan and year involved. Allows the beneficiary rebate to be credited toward the provision of supplemental health care benefits, the prescription drug premium, or the Medicare part B premium. Requires the plan to disclose to the Secretary information on the form and amount of the rebate or the actuarial value in the case of supplemental health care benefits. Provides that for MA plans providing rebates the MA monthly basic beneficiary premium will be zero. </p><p>Provides that: (1) for MA plans with bids above the applicable benchmark, the MA monthly basic beneficiary premium will equal the amount by which the bid exceeds the benchmark; (2) the MA monthly prescription drug beneficiary premium is the base beneficiary premium less the amount of rebate credited toward such amount; and (3) the MA monthly supplemental beneficiary premium means the portion of the aggregate monthly bid amount for the year that is attributable to the provision of supplemental health benefits, less the amount of rebate credited toward such portion. </p><p>Allows enrollees to have their MA premiums deducted directly from their social security benefits, through an electronic funds transfer, or such other means as specified by the Secretary. Requires all premium payments withheld to be credited to the appropriate Trust Fund (or Account therof), as specified by the Secretary, and paid to the MA organization involved. </p><p><b>Subtitle D: Additional Reforms -</b> (Sec. 231) Allows specialized MA plans for special needs individuals to be any type of coordinated care plan. Designates two specific segments of the Medicare population as special needs beneficiaries, but also provides the Secretary the authority to designate other chronically ill or disabled beneficiaries as special needs beneficiaries. Permits certain restriction on enrollment for specialized MA plans for special needs individuals. Provides authority to designate other plans as specialized MA plans. </p><p>(Sec. 232) Establishes that the MA program is a Federal program operated under Federal rules. Provides that State laws do not apply except State licensing laws or State laws relating to plan solvency.</p><p>(Sec. 233) Makes the Medicare Medical Savings Account (MSA) demonstration program a permanent program option and eliminates the capacity limit and the deadline for enrollment. Provides that non-contract providers furnishing services to enrollees of MSAs will be subject to the same balanced billing limitations as non-contract providers furnishing services to enrolleees of coordinated care plans. Eliminates requirements for the Secretary to submit to Congress periodic reports on the numbers of individuals enrolled in such plans and on the evaluation being conducted.</p><p>(Sec. 234) Allows a reasonable cost reimbursement contract to operate indefinitely unless two other plans of the same type enter the cost contract's service area. Requires these two other plans to meet the following minimum enrollment requirements: (1) at least 5,000 enrollees for the portion of the area that is within a metropolitan statistical area having more than 250,000 people and counties contiguous to such an area; and (2) at least 1,500 enrollees for any other portion of such area.</p><p>(Sec. 235) Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to extend Municipal Health Services Demonstration projects through December 31, 2006, for beneficiaries who reside in the city in which the project is operated. </p><p>(Sec. 236) Amends SSA title XVIII to provide that protections against balance billing apply to PACE providers and beneficiaries enrolled with such PACE providers in the same manner as such protections apply to any individual enrolled with a Medicare +Choice organization under part C or with an eligible organization. </p><p>Provides that MA provisions relating to limitations on balance billing against MA organizations for noncontract physicians and other entities with respect to services covered under Medicare shall apply to PACE providers, PACE program eligible individuals enrolled with such PACE providers, and physicians and other entities that do not have a contract or other agreement establishing payment amounts for services furnished to such an individual in the same manner as provisions apply to MA organizations, individuals enrolled with such organizations, and physicians and other entities referred to under such provisions. </p><p>Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to provide that, with respect to services covered under the State plan but not under Medicare that are furnished to a PACE program eligible individual enrolled with a PACE provider by a provider participating under the State plan that does not have a contract or other agreement with the PACE provider that establishes payment amounts for such services, such participating provider may not require the PACE provider to pay the participating provider an amount greater than the amount that would otherwise be payable for the service to the participating provider under the State plan. </p><p>(Sec. 237) Provides that Federally Qualified Heatlh Centers (FQHCs) will receive a wrap-around payment for the reasonable costs of care provided to Medicare managed care patients served at such centers. Raises reimbursements to FQHCs in order that when they are combined with MA payments and cost-sharing payments from beneficiaries they equal 100 percent of the reasonable costs of providing such services. Extends the safe harbor to include any remuneration between a FQHC (or entity controlled by an FQHC) and an MA organization. </p><p>(Sec. 238) Requires the Secretary to enter into an arrangement under which the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct an evaluation (for the Secretary and Congress) of leading health care performance measures in the public and private sectors and options to implement policies that align performance with payment under the Medicare program. </p><p><b>Subtitle E: Comparative Cost Adjustment (CCA) Program -</b> (Sec. 241) Directs the Secretary to establish a program for the application of comparative cost adjustment in CCA areas, to begin January 1, 2010, and last six years, and to test whether direct competition between private plans and the original Medicare fee-for-service program will enhance competition in Medicare. </p><p><b>Title III: Combatting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse - </b>(Sec. 301) Amends SSA title XVIII to allow the Secretary to make a conditional Medicare payment if a primary plan has not made or cannot reasonably be expected to make prompt payment. Requires the payment to be contingent on reimbursement by the primary plan to the appropriate Medicare trust fund. Requires a primary plan as well as an entity that receives payment from a primary plan to reimburse the Medicare Trust Funds for any payment made by the Secretary if the primary plan was obligated to make payment. Makes other changes with regard to Medicare as a secondary payer to address the Secretary's authority to recover payment from any and all responsible entities and to bring action, including the collection of double damages, to recover payment under the Medicare secondary payer provisions. </p><p>(Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary to establish and implement quality standards for suppliers of items and services of durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics, and certain other items and services. Requires the Secretary to establish standards for clinical conditions for payment for items of durable medical equipment. </p><p>Replaces the current demonstration projects for competitive acquisition of items and services with a permanent program requiring the Secretary to establish and implement programs under which competitive acquisition areas are established throughout the United States for contract award purposes for the furnishing of competitively priced described items and services (including durable medical equipment and medical supplies) for which payment is made under Medicare part B. Allows such areas to differ for different items and services.Allows the Secretary to exempt from such programs rural areas and areas with low population density within urban areas that are not competitive, unless there is a significant national market through mail order for a particular item or service and items and services for which the application of competitive acquisition is not likely to result in significant savings.Requires payment under Medicare part B for competitively priced items and services to be based on bids submitted and accepted for such items and services, and based on such bids the Secretary shall determine a single payment amount for each item or service in each competitive acquisition area. Requires Medicare payment to be equal to 80 percent of the payment amount determined, with beneficiaries paying the remaining 20 percent (after meeting the part B deductible).</p><p>Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project on the application of competitive acquisition to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests. </p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the impact of competitive acquisition of durable medical equipment on suppliers and manufacturers of such equipment and on patients. </p><p>Provides that for durable medical equipment, prosthetic devices, prosthetics and orthotics, the update will be 0 points in 2004 through 2008, and that after 2008 for those items not included in competitive bidding the update will be the consumer price index. </p><p>Provides that for 2005 the payment amount for certain items, oxygen and oxygen equipment, standard wheelchairs, nebulizers, diabetic lancets and testing strips, hospital beds and air mattresses, will be reduced. </p><p>Provides that for prosthetic devices and orthotics and prosthetics in 2004, 2005, and 2006, the update will be 0 percentage points and for a subsequent year is equal to the percentage increase in the consumer price index for all urban customers for the 12-month period ending in June of the previous year. </p><p>Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study for a report to Congress to determine the extent to which (if any) suppliers of covered items of durable medical equipment that are subject to the competitive acquisition program under Medicare are soliciting physicians to prescribe certain brands or modes of delivery of covered items based on profitability. </p><p>(Sec. 303) Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) require the Secretary, beginning in 2004, to make adjustments in practice expense relative value units for certain drug administration services when establishing the physician fee schedule; (2) require the Secretary to use the survey data submitted to the Secretary as of January 1, 2003, by a certain physician speciality organization; and (3) require the Secretary, beginning in 2005, to use supplemental survey data to adjust practice expense relative value units for certain drug administration services in the physician fee schedule if that supplemental survey data includes information on the expenses associated with administering drugs and biologicals the administration of drugs and biologicals, the survey meets criteria for acceptance, and the survey is submitted by March 1, 2004, for 2005, or March 1, 2005, for 2006. (States that this latter provision shall apply only to a speciality that receives 40 percent or more of its Medicare payments in 2002 from drugs and biologicals and shall not apply with respect to the survey submitted by a certain physician speciality organization.) Exempts the adjustments in practical expense relative value units for certain drug administration services from the budget neutrality requirements in 2004. </p><p>Requires the Secretary to: (1) promptly evaluate existing drug administration codes for physicians' services to ensure accurate reporting and billing for such services, taking into account levels of complexity of the administration and resource consumption; (2) make adjustments to the nonphysician work pool methodology for the determination of practice expense relative value units under the physician fee schedule so that practice expense relative value units for services determined under such methodology are not affected relative to the practice expense relative value units of services not determined under such methodology; and (3) review and appropriately modify Medicare's payment policy in effect on October 1, 2003, for the administration of more than one drug or biological to an individual on a single day through the push technique. Makes the increase in expenditures resulting from this provision exempt from the budget-neutrality requirement in 2004. </p><p>Requires a transitional adjustment or additional payment for services furnished from January 1, 2004, through December 31, 2005, to be made for drug administration services. Requires the part B payment to be made to the physician and equal a percentage of the payment otherwise made. </p><p>Directs the MEDPAC to review the payment changes made under this section insofar as they affect payments under Medicare part B for items and services furnished by oncologists and for drug administration services furnished by other specialists. Requires MEDPAC to submit a report to the Secretary and Congress and for the Secretary to make appropriate payment adjustments on the basis of such report.</p><p>Provides that the following drugs and biologicals are to be paid at 95 percent of the average wholesale price (AWP): (1) a drug or biological furnished before January 1, 2004; (2) blood clotting factors furnished during 2004; (3) a drug or biological furnished during 2004 that was not available for part B payment as of April 1, 2003; (3) pneumoccal influenza and hepatitis B vaccines furnished on or after January 1, 2004; and (4) a drug or biological furnished during 2004 in connection with the furnishing of renal dialysis services if separately billed by renal dialysis facilities. Provides in general that payments for other drugs furnished in 2004 will equal 85 percent of the AWP (determined as of April 1, 2003). Provides that, beginning in 2005, drugs or biologicals, except for pneumococcal, influenza, and hepatitis B vaccines and those associated with certain renal dialysis services, will be paid using either the average sales price methodology or through the competitive acquisition program. Provides that infusion drugs furnished through covered durable medical equipment starting January 1, 2004, will be paid at 95 percent of the AWP in effect on October 1, 2003, and that those infusion drugs which may be furnished in a competitive area starting January 1, 2007, will be paid at the competitive price. Provides that intravenous immune globulin will be paid at 95 percent of the AWP in 2004 and paid according to the average sales price method in 2005. </p><p>Authorizes the Secretary to substitute a different percent of the April 1, 2003 AWP, but not less than 80 percent. </p><p>Establishes the use of the average sales price methodology for payment for drugs and biologicals (except for pneumococcal, influenza, and hepatitis B vaccines and those associated with certain renal dialysis services) that are furnished on or after January 1, 2005. Creates an exception to this methodology in the case of a physician who elects to participate in the newly established competition acquisition program.</p><p>Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct studies to determine the widely available market prices of drugs and biologicals.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to conduct a study for a report to Congress on sales of drugs and biologicals to large volume purchasers for purposes of determining whether the price at which such drugs and biologicals are sold to such purchasers does not represent the price such drugs and biologicals are made available for purchase to prudent investors.</p><p>Directs the Inspector General to conduct a study for a report to Congress on adequacy of reimbursement rate under average sales price methodology.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to establish and implement a competitive acquisition program to acquire and pay for competitively biddable drugs and biologicals through the establishment of competitive acquisition areas for the award of contracts. Gives each physician the opportunity annually to elect to obtain drugs and biologicals under the program, rather than the program above using average sales methodology. Directs the Secretary to begin to phase-in the program beginning in 2006. </p><p>(Sec. 304) Makes the amendments applicable above applicable to payments for drugs or biologicals and drug administration services furnished by physicians in specialties other than the specialties of hematology, hematology/oncology, and medical oncology.</p><p>(Sec. 305) Amends SSA title XVIII to provide that in the case of inhalation drugs or biologicals furnished through covered durable medical equipment that are furnished in 2004, the payment amount will be at 85 percent of AWP, and in 2005 and subsequent years, the payment amount will be the amount provided under the average sales price methodology.</p><p>Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to examine the adequacy of current reimbursements for inhalation therapy under the Medicare program for a report to Congress.</p><p>(Sec. 306) Requires the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project to demonstrate the use of recovery audit contractors under the Medicare Integrity Program in identifying underpayments and overpayments and recoupoing overpayments under the Medicare program for services for which payment is made under Medicare part A or part B. Requires a report to Congress on the demonstration program.</p><p>(Sec. 307) Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program to identify efficient, effective, and economical procedures for long term care facilities or providers to conduct background checks on prospective direct patient access employees. Makes necessary appropriations.</p><p><b>Title IV: Rural Provisions - Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Part A Only -</b> (Sec. 401) Amends SSA title XVIII part A to require Medicare, for discharges during a fiscal year beginning with FY 2004, to direct the Secretary to compute a standardized amount for hospitals located in any area within the United States and within each region equal to the standardized amount computed for the previous fiscal year for hospitals located in a large urban area (or, beginning with FY 2005, for all hospitals in the previous year) increased by the applicable percentage increase. Directs the Secretary to compute, for discharges occuring in a fiscal year beginning with 2004, an average standardized amount for hospitals located in any area of Puerto Rico that is equal to the average standardized amount computed for FY 2003 for hospitals in a large urban area (or, beginning with FY 2005, for all hospitals in the previous fiscal year) increased by the applicable percentage increase for the year involved. </p><p>(Sec. 402) Provides that for discharges after April 1, 2004, a hospital that is not a large urban hospital that qualifies for a disproportionate share (DSH) adjustment will receive its DSH payments using the current DSH adjustment formula for large urban hospitals, subject to a limit. Caps the DSH adjustment formula at 12 percent for any of these hospitals except rural referral centers.</p><p>(Sec. 403) Provides that for discharges on or after October 1, 2004, the Secretary is required to decrease the labor-related share to 62 percent of the standardized amount when such change results in higher total payments to the hospital. Provides that for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2004, the Secretary is also required to decrease the labor-related share to 62 percent of the standardized amount for hospitals in Puerto Rico when such change results in higher total payments to the hospital. </p><p>(Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary, after revising the market basket weights to reflect the most current data, to establish a frequency for revising such weights, including the labor share, in such market basket to reflect the most current data available more frequently than once every five years. Requires the Secretary to include in the publication of the final rule for payment for inpatient hospital services for FY 2006, an explanation of the reasons for, and options considered, in determining such frequency. </p><p>(Sec. 405) Reimburses inpatient, outpatient, and covered skilled nursing facility services provided by a critical access hospital (CAH) at 101 percent of reasonable costs of services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries. </p><p>Expands reimbursement of on-call emergency room providers to include physician's assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists for the costs associated with covered Medicare services provided on or after January 1, 2005. </p><p>Allows an eligible CAH to be able to receive payments made on a periodic interim payment (PIP) basis for its inpatient services. Requires the Secretary to develop alternative methods for the timing of PIP payments to the CAHs.</p><p>Prohibits the Secretary from requiring that all physicians or practitioners providing services in a CAH assign their billing rights to the entity in order for the CAH to be paid on the basis of 115 percent of the fee schedule for any individual physician or practitioner who did not assign billing rights to the CAH. Prohibits a CAH from receiving payment based on 115 percent of the fee schedule for any individual physician or practitioner who did not assign billing rights to the CAH. </p><p>Allows a CAH to operate up to 25 beds while deleting the requirement that only 15 of the 25 beds be used for acute care at any time. </p><p>Establishes an authorization to award rural hospital flexibility grants at $35 million each year from FY 2005 through FY 2008 and in subsequent years requires a State to consult with the hospital association and rural hospitals in the State on the most appropriate way to use such funds. Prohibits a State from spending more than the lesser of 15 percent of the grant amount for administrative expenses or the State's federally negotiated indirect rate for administering the grant. Provides that in FY 2005 up to five percent of the total amount appropriated for grants will be available to the Health Resources and Services Administration for administering such grants. </p><p>Permits a CAH to establish a distinct part psychiatric or rehabilitation unit that meets the applicable requirements that would otherwise apply to the distinct part if the distinct part were established by a &quot;subsection (d) hospital.&quot; Limits the total number of beds that may be established for a distinct part unit to no more than ten. Provides that if a distinct part unit does not meet the applicable requirements during a cost reporting period then no Medicare payment will be made to the CAH for services furnished in such unit during such period. Requires Medicare payments to resume only after the CAH demonstrates that the requirements have been met. Requires Medicare payments for services provided in the distinct part units to equal the amount of the payments that would otherwise be made on a prospective payment basis to distinct part units of a CAH.</p><p>Allows certain milage standards to be waived in the case of a facility that was designated as a CAH before January 1, 2006 and was certified by the State as being a necessary provider of health care services.</p><p>(Sec. 406) Requires the Secretary to provide for an additional payment amount to each low-volume hospital for discharges occurring during a fiscal year beginning with FY 2005. </p><p>(Sec. 407) Provides that in no case will a hospital be denied treatment as a sole community hospital or payment because data are unavailable for any cost reporting period due to changes in ownership, changes in fiscal intermediaries, or other extraordinary circumstances so long as data from at least one applicable base cost reporting period is available. </p><p>(Sec. 408) Expands the definition of attending physician in hospice to include a nurse practitioner. </p><p>(Sec. 409) Directs the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project for the delivery of hospice care to Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas. Provides that under the project Medicare beneficiaries who are unable to receive hospice care in the facility for lack of an appropriate caregiver are provided such care in a facility of 20 or fewer beds which offers, within its walls, the full range of services provided by hospice programs.</p><p>(Sec. 410) Excludes certain rural health clinic and Federally-qualified health center services from the prospective payment system for skilled nursing facilities. </p><p>(Sec. 410A) Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration program to test the feasibility and advisability of the establishment of rural community hospitals to furnish covered inpatient hospital services to Medicare beneficiaries. </p><p><b>Subtitle B: Provisions Relating to Part B Only - </b>(Sec. 411) Extends until January 1, 2006 the hold harmless provisions governing hospital outpatient department (OPD) reimbursement for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals.</p><p> Requires the Secretary to conduct a study to determine if the costs incurred by hospitals located in rural areas by ambulatory payment classification groups exceed those costs incurred by hospitals located in urban areas. Provides that if appropriate the Secretary is required to provide for a payment adjustment to reflect the higher costs of rural providers by January 1, 2006.</p><p>(Sec. 412) Directs the Secretary to increase the work geographic index to 1.00 for any locality for which such work geographic index is less than 1.00 for services furnished on or after January 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2007. </p><p>(Sec. 413) Establishes a new five percent incentive payment program designed to reward both primary care and specialist care physicians for furnishing physicians' services on or after January 1, 2005, and before January 1, 2008 in physician scarity areas.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to pay the current law ten percent Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) incentive payment for services furnished in full county primary care geographic area HPSAs automatically rather than having the physician identify the health professional shortage area involved.</p><p>Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the differences in payment amounts under the Medicare physician fee schedule for physicians' services in different geographic areas. </p><p>(Sec. 414) Revises payment for ambulance services to provide for, when phasing in the application of the payment rates under the fee schedule, for each level of ground service furnished in a year, for the portion of the payment amount that is based on the fee schedule to be the greater of the amount determined under such national fee schedule or a blended rate of the national fee schedule and the regional fee schedule for the region involved, whichever resulted in a larger payment, with the blended rate to be based 100 percent on the national fee schedule. </p><p>Requires the Secretary to establish a regional fee schedule for each of the nine census divisions. Provides for adjustment in payment for certain long trips. Directs the Secretary to provide for a percentage increase in the base rate of the fee schedule for ground ambulance services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2010 that originate in a qualified rural area. Increases by two percent the payments for ground ambulance services orginating in a rural area or a rural census tract for services furnished on or after July 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2007. Provides that the fee schedule for ambulances in other areas will by increased by one percent. Provides that these increased payments will not affect Medicare payments for covered ambulance services after 2007. </p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on how costs differ among the types of ambulance providers and on access, supply, and quality of ambulance services in those regions and States that have a reduction in payment under the Medicare ambulance fee schedule. </p><p>(Sec. 415) Provides that the regulations governing the use of ambulance services will provide that, to the extent that any ambulance service (whether ground or air) may be covered, that a rural air ambulance service will be reimbursed at the air ambulance rate if: (1) the air ambulance service is reasonable and necessary based on the health condition of the individual being transported at or immediately prior to the time of the transport; and (2) the air ambulance service complies with the equipment and crew requirements established by the Secretary.</p><p>(Sec. 416) Provides that hospitals with fewer than 50 beds in qualified rural areas will receive 100 percent reasonable cost reimbursement for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests covered under Medicare part B that are provided as outpatient hospital services during a cost reporting period beginning during the two year period beginning on July 1, 2004. </p><p>(Sec. 417) Amends the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to extend the telemedicine demonstration project by 4 years and to increase total funding for the project. </p><p>(Sec. 418) Directs the Secretary to evaluate demonstration projects conducted by the Secretary under which skilled nursing facilities are treated as originating sites for telehealth services for a report to Congress.</p><p><b>Subtitle C: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B - </b>(Sec. 421) Provides that with respect to episodes and visits on or after April 1, 2004, and before April 1, 2005, in the case of home health services furnished in a rural area, the Secretary is required to increase the payment amount otherwise made for such services by five percent. Prevents such temporary additional payment increase from being used in calculating future home health payment amounts. </p><p>(Sec. 422) Provides that a teaching hospital's total number of Medicare-reimbursed resident positions will be reduced for cost reporting periods starting July 1, 2005, if its reference resident level is less than its applicable resident limit. Exempts rural rural hospitals with fewer than 250 acute care inpatient beds from such reduction. Provides that for such other hospitals the reduction will equal 75 percent of the difference between the hospital's limit and its reference resident level. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the applicable resident limit for each qualifying applicant hospital by such numbers as the Secretary may approve for portions of cost reporting periods occurring on or after July 1, 2005. </p><p><b>Subtitle D: Other Provisions - </b>(Sec. 431) Amends SSA title XI to provide that any remuneration in the form of a contract, lease, grant, loan, or other agreement between a public or non-profit private health center and an individual or entity providing goods or services to health center would not be a violation of the anti-kickback statue if such agreement contributes to the ability of the health center to maintain or increase the availability or quality of services provided to a medically underserved population. </p><p>(Sec. 432) Amends SSA title VII to expand the functions of the Office of Rural Health Policy to include administering grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to provide technical assistance and other necessary activities to support activities related to improving health care in rural areas.</p><p>(Sec. 433) Directs MEDPAC to conduct a study of specified rural provisions of this title for various reports to Congress. </p><p>(Sec. 434) Directs the Secretary to waive such provisions of the Medicare program as are necessary to conduct a demonstration project under which frontier extended stay clinics in isolated rural areas are treated as providers of items and services under the Medicare program. Authorizes appropriations.</p><p><b>Title V: Provisions Relating to Part A</b> <b>- Subtitle A: Inpatient Hospital Services - </b>(Sec. 501) Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to hospital payment updates to provide that: (1) an acute hospital will receive an update of the market basket from FY 2005 through FY 2007 if it submits data on the ten quality indicators established by the Secretary as of November 1, 2003; and (2) an acute hospital that does not submit data to the Secretary will receive an update of the market basket percentage minus 0.4 percentage points for the fiscal year in question and that the Secretary will not take this reduction into account when computing the applicable percentage increase in subsequent years. </p><p>Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study to determine: (1) the appropriate level and distribution of Medicare payments in relation to costs for short-term general hospitals under the inpatient prospective payment system; and (2) the need for geographic adjustments to reflect legitmate differences in hospital costs across different geographic areas, kinds of hospitals, and types of cases. </p><p>(Sec. 502) Expands the formula for determining the indirect medical education adjustment percentage to cover the period from April 1, 2004 to on and after October 1, 2007.</p><p>(Sec. 503) Requires the Secretary to add new diagnosis and procedure codes in April 1 of each year without requiring the Secretary to adjust the payment (or diagnosis-related group classification) until the fiscal year that begins after such date. </p><p>Requires the Secretary when establishing whether diagnosis related group (DRG) payment is adequate to apply a threshold that is the lesser of 75 percent of the standardized amount (increased to reflect the difference between costs and charges) or 75 percent of one standard deviation for the diagnosis-related group involved. Requires the mechanism established to recognize the costs of new medical services and technologies under the appropriate Medicare payment system to be adjusted to provide, before publication of a proposed rule, for public input regarding whether a new service or technology represents an advance in medical technology that substantially improves the diagnosis or treatment of individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance). </p><p>Directs the Secretary, before establishing any add-on payment with respect to a new technology, to seek to identify one or more diagnosis-related groups associated with such technology and, within such groups, the Secretary is required to assign an eligible new technology into a diagnosis-related group where the average costs of care most closely approximate the costs of care of using the new technology. Prohibits the making of an add-on payment in such case. Provides that funding for new technology will no longer be budget neutral. </p><p>(Sec. 504) Provides that hospitals in Puerto Rico will receive Medicare payments based on a 50-50 split between Federal and local amounts before April 1, 2004. Provides that starting April 1, 2004 through September 30, 2004, payment will be based on a 62.5 percent Federal amount and a 37.5 percent local amount, and that starting October 1, 2004, payment will be based on a 75 percent Federal amount and a 25 percent local amount. </p><p>(Sec. 505) Directs the Secretary to establish a process and payment adjustment to recognize commuting patterns of hospital employees who reside in a county and work in a different area with a higher wage index. </p><p>(Sec. 506) Requires that hospitals that participate in Medicare and that provide Medicare covered inpatient hospital services under the contract health services program funded by the Indian Health Service and operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian tribe, an Indian tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization be paid in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Secretary regarding admission practices, payment methodologies, and rates of payment. Requires that these rates of payment must be accepted as payment in full for the items and services provided. </p><p>(Sec. 507) Modifies the &quot;whole hospital&quot; exception to the prohibition against physicians referring Medicare patients to entities in which they or their immediate family members have financial interests to provide for a period of 18 months from the date of enactment of this Act during which there is excluded from such exception (and thereby subjected to the prohibition) those circumstances in which a physician's ownership interest is in a &quot;subsection d hospital&quot;devoted primarily or exclusively to cardiac, orthopedic, surgical, or other specialties designated by the Secretary. Exempts from such provision speciality hospitals in operation or under development as of November 18, 2003. </p><p>Requires that, in order to maintain the exception, the speciality hospital may not increase the number of physician investors as of November 18, 2003; change or expand the field of specialization it treats; expand beyond the main campus; or increase the total number of beds in its facilities by more than the greater of five beds or 50 percent of the number of beds in the hospital as of November 18, 2003. </p><p>Makes a similar modification with respect to the rural provider exception. </p><p>Directs the Secretary in determining whether a hospital is under development as of November 18, 2003 to consider whether architectural plans have been completed, funding has been received, zoning requirements have been met, and necessary approvals from appropriate State agencies have been received, and other evidence the Secretary determines would indicate whether a hospital is under development as of such date. </p><p>Directs MEDPAC to conduct a study to determine: (1) any differences in the costs of health care services furnished to patients by physician-owned specialty hospitals and the costs of such services furnished by local full-service community hospitals within specific diagnosis-related groups; (2) the extent to which speciality hospitals, relative to local full-service community hospitals, treat patients in certain diagnosis-related groups within a category, such as cardiology, and an analysis of the selection; (3) the financial impact of physician-owned specialty hospitals on local full-service community hospitals; (4) how the current diagnosis-related group system should be updated to better reflect the cost of delivering care in a hospital setting; and (5) the proportions of payments received, by type of payer, between the specialty hospitals and local full-service community hospitals.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of a representative sample of specialty hospitals to: (1) determine the percentage of patients admitted to physician-owned specialty hospitals who are referred by physicians with an ownership interest; (2) determine the referral patterns of physician owners; (3) compare the qualty of care furnished in physician-owned speciality hospitals and in local full-service community hospitals for similar conditions and patient satisfaction with such care; and (5) assess the differences in uncompensated care between the specialty hospital and local full-service community hospitals, and the value of any tax exemption availabble to such hospitals. </p><p>(Sec. 508) Directs the Secretary to establish not later than January 1, 2004, by instruction or otherwise a process under which a hospital may appeal the wage index classification otherwise applicable to the hospital and select another area within the State to which to be reclassified. Provides that a qualifying hospital (which must be a &quot;subsection (d) hospital&quot; is not eligible for a change in wage index classification on the basis of distance or commuting. Requires the qualifying hospital to meet such other criteria, such as quality, as the Secretary may specify by instruction or otherwise. Provides that if the Medicare Geographic Reclassification Review Board determines that the hospital is a qualifying hospital, the hospital shall be reclassified to the area selected. Requires such reclassification to apply with respect to discharges occurring during the three year period beginning with April 2, 2004. Limits the total aggregate amount of additional expenditures resulting from application of this paragraph to $900 million. </p><p><b>Subtitle B: Other Provisions -</b> (Sec. 511) Increases the per diem RUG payment for a skilled nursing facility (SNF) resident with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Provides that such payment increase will not apply on and after such date when the Secretary certifies that the SNF case mix adjustment adequately compensates for the facility's increased costs associated with caring for a resident with AIDS.</p><p>(Sec. 512) Provides coverage of certain physician's services for certain terminally ill individuals who have not elected the hospice benefit and have not previously received these physician's services. </p><p>(Sec. 513) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study of portable diagnostic ultrasound services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries in SNFs for a report to Congress.</p><p><b>Title VI: Provisions Relating to Part B</b> <b>- Subtitle A: Provisions Relating to Physicians' Services - </b>Amends SSA title XVIII with respect to payment for physicians' services to: (1) provide that the update to the conversion factor for 2004 and 2005 will not be less than 1.5 percent; (2) modify the formula for calculating the sustainable growth rate to provide that the gross domestic product factor will be based on the annual average change over the preceding 10 years (a 10-year rolling average); (3) provide that in calendar years 2004 and 2005, for physicians's services provided in Alaska, the Secretary is required to increase geographic practice cost indices to a level of 1.67 for each of the work, practice expense, and malpractice cost indices that would otherwise be less than 1.67; and (4) allow podiatrists, dentists, and optometrists to enter into private contracts with Medicare beneficiaries.</p><p>(Sec. 604) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress on access of Medicare beneficiaries to physicians's services under the Medicare program.</p><p>(Sec. 605) Requires the Secretary to review and consider alternative data sources than those currently used to establsih the geographic index for the practice expense component under the Medicare physician fee schedule no later than January 1, 2005. Requires the Secretary to select two physician payment localties for such purposes, one to be a rural area and the other one will be a statewide locality that includes both urban and rural areas. </p><p>(Sec. 606) Directs MEDPAC to submit to Congress: (1) a report on the effect of refinements to the practice expense component of payments for physicians' services after the transition to a full resource-based payment system in 2002; and (2) a report on the extent to which increases in the volume of physicians' services under Medicare part B are a result of care that improves the health and well-being of Medicare beneficiaries. </p><p><b>Subtitle B: Preventive Services</b> - (Sec. 611) Authorizes Medicare coverage of: (1) an initial preventive physical examination; (2) cardiovascular screening blood tests; and (3) diabetes screening tests. </p><p>(Sec. 614) Excludes screening mammography and diagnostic mammography from the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS).</p><p><b>Subtitle C: Other Provisions - </b>(Sec. 621) Provides that for specified covered OPD drugs and biologicals starting in 2004 payment would be made based on a percentage of the reference AWP for the drug or biological. </p><p>Directs the Comptroller General to conduct a survey in each of 2004 and 2005 to determine the hospital acquisition costs for each specified covered outpatient drug. Requires the amount of payment for an orphan drug designated by the Secretary that is furnished as part of a covered OPD service (or group of services) during 2004 and 2005 to equal such amount as the Secretary may specify. Requires the Comptroller General not later than April 1, 2005 to furnish data from such surveys to the Secretary for use in setting payment rates for 2006. </p><p>Requires the Comptroller General, no later than 30 days after the date the Secretary promulgates the proposed rules setting forth the payment rates for 2006, to evaluate such rates and submit a report to Congress on their appropriateness.</p><p>Directs MEDPAC to submit to the Secretary a report on adjustment of payment for ambulatory payment classifications for specified covered outpatient drugs to take into account overhead and related expenses, such as pharmacy services and handling costs. Authorizes the Secretary to adjust the weights for ambulatory payment classifications for specified covered outpatient drugs to take into account appropriate recommendations to such effect in the report. </p><p>Provides that the additional expenditures that result from the previous changes will not be taken into account in establishing the conversion, weighting and other adjustment factors for 2004 and 2005, but will be taken into account for subsequent years. </p><p>Provides that with respect to payment under Medicare part B for an outpatient drug or biological covered under such part that is furnished as part of covered OPD services for which an HCPCS code has not been assigned, the amount provided for payment for such drug or biological under such part shall be equal to 95 percent of the AWP for the drug or biological.</p><p>Provides that for drugs and biologicals furnished in 2005 and 2006, the Secretary is required to reduce the threshold for establishing a separate ambulatory payment classification (APC) group for drugs or biologicals from $150 to $50 per admission. Makes these separate drug and biological APC groups ineligible for outlier payments. Provides that starting in 2004, Medicare transitional pass-through payments for drugs and biologicals covered under a competitive acquisition contract will equal the average price for the drug or biological for all competitive acquisition areas calculated and adjusted by the Secretary for that year.</p><p>Requires the Secretary to make payment for each brachytherapy device furnished under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system equal to the hospital's charges for each device furnished, adjusted to costs for all brachytherapy devices furnished on or after January 1, 2004, and before January 1, 2007. Provides that charges for such devices will not be included in determining any outlier payment. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to create additional groups of covered OPD services that classify such devices separately from the other services (or group of services) paid for under the hospital outpatient prospective payment system in a manner reflecting the number, the radioactive isotope, and the radioactive intensity of the brachytherapy devices furnished to each patient, including the use of separate APCs for brachytherapy devices made from palladium-103 and iodine-125 devices. </p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress and the Secretary on the appropriate payment amounts needed for devices of brachytherapy. Requires the report to include specific recommendations for appropriate payments for such devices.</p><p>(Sec. 622) Prohibits the Secretary from publishing regulations that apply a functional equivalence standard to a drug or biological. Applies this prohibition to the application of a functional equivalence standard on or after the date of enactment of this Act, unless such application was made prior to enactment and the Secretary applies such standard to such drug or biological only for the purpose of determining eligibility of such drug or biological for transitional pass-through payments. </p><p>(Sec. 623) Increases the composite rate for renal dialysis by 1.6 percent for 2005.</p><p>Provides that provisions prohibiting the Secretary from providing for an exception under provisions for Medicare coverage for end stage renal disease patients that require the Secretary to provide by regulation for a method (or methods) for determining prospectively the amounts of payments to be made for dialysis services furnished by providers of services and renal dialysis facilities to individuals in a facility and to such individuals at home, and that provisions setting a deadline of July 1, 2001, for new applications for an exception rate in the case of a facility that during 2000 did not file for an exception rate under such former provisions, shall not apply as of October 1, 2002, to pediatric facilities that do not have an exception rate in effect on such date. Requires that for purposes of this paragraph the term pediatric facility means a renal facility at least 50 percent of whose patients are individuals under 18 years of age. </p><p>Directs the Inspector General of HHS to conduct two studies for reports to the Secretary with respect to drugs and biologicals (including erythropoietin) furnished to end-stage renal disease patients under the Medicare program which are separately billed by end stage reneal disease facilities. </p><p>Requires the Secretary to establish a basic case-mix adjusted prospective payment system for dialysis services. Requires the basic case-mix adjusted system to begin for services furnished on January 1, 2005. Requires the system to adjust for a limited number of patient characteristics.</p><p> Provides that payments for separately billed drugs and biologicals (other than erythropoietin) will be 95 percent of the AWP for 2004, the acquisition costs in 2005 (including for 2005), and, beginning in 2006, for such drugs and biologicals (including erythropoietin), such acquisition cost or the average sales price payment methodology for the drug or biological as the Secretary may specify. </p><p>Requires drugs and biologicals (including erythropoietin) which were separately billed on the day before the enactment of this Act to continue to be separately billed on and after such date. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project for the use of a fully case-mix adjusted, bundled payment system for end stage renal disease services, beginning January 1, 2006. Authorizes appropriations.</p><p>Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress detailing the elements and features for the design and implementation of a bundled prospective payment system for services furnished by end stage renal disease facilities including, to the maximum extent feasible, bundling of drugs, clinical laboratory tests, and other items that are separately billed by such facilities. </p><p>(Sec. 624) Provides for an additional two-year moratorium on therapy caps for 2004 and 2005.</p><p>Requires the Secretary to submit by March 31, 2004 overdue reports on payment and utilization of outpatient therapy services that are required by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BIPA).</p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to identify for a report to Congress conditions or diseases that may justify waiving the application of the therapy caps with respect to such conditions or diseases. </p><p>(Sec. 625) Waives the late enrollment penalty for military retirees who did not enroll in Medicare part B upon becoming eligible for Medicare. Provides that the waiver applies to the late enrollment penalty for military retirees, 65 and over, who enrolled in the TRICARE for Life program from 2001 to 2004. Requires this waiver to apply to premiums for months beginning with January 2004. Directs the Secretary to establish a method for providing rebates of premium penalties paid for months on or after January 2004 for which a penalty does not apply under such waiver provision but for which a penalty was previously collected.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to provide for a special Medicare part B enrollment period for these military retirees beginning as soon as possible after enactment of this Act and ending December 31, 2004. </p><p>(Sec. 626) Provides that in FY 2004, starting April 1, 2004, the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) update will be the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (U.S. city average) as estimated as of March 31, 2003, minus 3.0 percentage points. Provides that in FY 2005, the last quarter of calendar year 2005, and each of calendar years 2006 through 2009, the ASC update will be zero percent. </p><p>Provides that upon implementation of the new ASC payment system, the Secretary will no longer be required to update ASC rates based on a survey of the actual audited costs incurred by a representative sample of ASCs every five years. </p><p>Provides that subject to recommendations by the General Accounting Office, the Secretary will implement a revised payment system for payment of surgical services furnished in ASCs. Requires the new system to be implemented so that it is first effective on or after January 1, 2006, and not later than January 1, 2008. </p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress that compares the relative costs of procedures furnished in ambulatory surgical centers to the relative costs of procedures furnished in hospital outpatient departments. </p><p>(Sec. 627) Limits payment for custom molded shoes with inserts or extra-depth shoes with inserts for an individual with severe diabetic foot disease by the amount that would be paid if they were considered to be a prosthetic or orthotic device. Allows the Secretary to establish lower payment limits than these amounts if shoes and inserts of an appropriate quality are readily available at lower amounts. Requires the Secretary to establish a payment amount for an individual substituting modifications to the covered shoe that would assure that there is no net increase in Medicare expenditures. </p><p>(Sec. 628) Provides that there will be no updates to the clinical diagnostic laboratory test fee schedule for 2004 through 2008. </p><p>(Sec. 629) Keeps the Medicare part B deductible at $100 through 2004, increasing it to $110 for 2005, and providing that in subsequent years the deductible will be increased by the same percentage as the Medicare part B premium increase. </p><p>(Sec. 630) Requires the Secretary to make payment under Medicare part B to a hospital or an ambulatory care clinic (whether provider-based or free standing) that is operated by the Indian Health Service or by an Indian tribe or tribal organization for all Medicare part B covered items and services furnished during the five year period beginning on January 1, 2005. </p><p><b>Subtitle D: Additional Demonstrations, Studies, and Other Provisions</b> - (Sec. 641) Requires the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project under Medicare part B under which payment is made for drugs or biologicals that are prescribed as replacements for existing covered drugs and biologicals that are furnished incident to a physician's professional service which are not usually self-administered. Requires the project to provide for cost-sharing applicable with respect to such drugs or biologicals in the same manner as the cost-sharing applicable under part D for standard prescription drug coverage. </p><p>(Sec. 642) Includes intravenous immune globulin for the treatment in the home of primary immune deficiency diseases as a covered medical service under Medicare. </p><p>(Sec. 643) Directs MEDPAC to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of providing for payment under Medicare part B for surgical first assisting services furnished by a certified registered nurse first assistant to Medicare beneficiaries. </p><p>(Sec. 644) Requires MEDPAC to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the practice expense relative values established by the Secretary under the Medicare physician fee schedule for physicians in the specialties of thoracic and cardiac surgery to determine whether such values adequately take into account the attendant costs that such physicians incur in providing clinical staff for patient care in hospitals. </p><p>(Sec. 645) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of providing for payment for vision rehabiliation services furnished by vision rehabilitation professionals. </p><p>Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a report on the feasibility of establishing a two-year demonstration project under which the Secretary enters into arrangements with vision care preferred provider organization networks to furnish and pay for conventional eyeglasses subsequent to each cataract surgery with insertion of an intraocular lens on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. </p><p>(Sec. 646) Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to establish a 5-year demonstration program under which the Secretary is required to approve demonstration projects that examine health delivery factors that encourage the delivery of improved quality in patient care. </p><p>(Sec. 647) Directs MEDPAC to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the feasibility and advisability of allowing Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries direct access to outpatient physical therapy services and physical therapy services furnished as a comprehensive rehabilitation facility service.</p><p>(Sec. 648) Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration projects under which the Secretary is required to evaluate methods that improve the quality of care provided to individuals with chronic conditions and that reduce expenditures that would otherwise be made under the Medicare program on behalf of such individuals for such chronic conditions. Requires the Secretary to conduct a demonstration project in at least one area that the Secretary determines has a population of individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A, and enrolled under Medicare part B, with a rate of incidence of diabetes that significantly exceeds the national average rate of all areas. </p><p>(Sec. 649) Directs the Secretary to establish a pay-for-performance demonstration program with physicians to meet the needs of eligible beneficiaries through the adoption and use of health information technology and evidence-based outcomes measures </p><p>(Sec. 650) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to the Congress on concierge care to determine the extent to which such care is used by Medicare beneficiaries and has impacted upon the access of Medicare beneficiaries to items and services for which reimbursement is provided under the Medicare program.</p><p>(Sec. 651) Directs the Secretary to establish demonstration projects for the purpose of evaluating the feasibility and advisability of covering chiropractic services under the Medicare program. Requires the Secretary to conduct an evaluation of the demonstration projects for a report to Congress along with such recommendations for legislation or administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate.</p><p><b>Title VII: Provisions Relating to Parts A and B - Subtitle A: Home Health Services - </b>(Sec. 701) Amends SSA title XVIII to change the time frame for the home health update from the Federal fiscal year to a calendar year basis beginning with 2004. </p><p>Increases home health agency payments by the full market basket percentage for the last quarter of 2003 (October, November, and September) and for the first quarter of 2004 (January, February, and March). Provides that the update for the remainder of 2004 and for 2005 and 2006 is the home health market basket percentage increase minus 0.8 percentage points. </p><p>(Sec. 702) Directs the Secretary to conduct a two-year demonstration project under Medicare part B under which Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions are deemed to be homebound for purposes of receiving home health services under the Medicare program. Authorizes appropriations. </p><p>(Sec. 703) Requires the Secretary to establish a demonstration project under which the Secretary is required, as part of a plan of an episode of care for home health services established for a Medicare beneficiary, to permit a home health agency, directly or under arrangements with a medical adult day-care facility, to provide medical adult day-care services as a substitute for a portion of home health services that would otherwise be provided in the beneficiary's home. </p><p>(Sec. 704) Prohibits the Secretary during a described period of suspension from requiring a home health agency to gather or submit OASIS (Outcomes and Assessment Information Set) information that relates to an individual who is not eligible for benefits under either Medicare or Medicaid (non-Medicare/Medicaid OASIS information).</p><p>Requires the Secretary to conduct a study for a report to Congress on how non-Medicare/Medicaid OASIS information is and can be used by large home health agencies.</p><p>(Sec. 705) Directs MEDPAC to conduct a study for a report to Congress on payment margins of home health agencies under the home health prospective payment system. </p><p>(Sec. 706) Allows a religious nonmedical health care institution to provide home health services to individuals meeting conditions for coverage of religious nonmedical health care institutional services. </p><p><b>Subtitle B: Graduate Medical Education - </b>(Sec. 711) Provides that hospitals with per resident amounts above 140 percent of the geographically adjusted national average amount would not get an update from FY 2004 through FY 2013.</p><p>(Sec. 712) Provides that Congress intended to provide an exception to the initial residency period for geriatric residency or fellowship programs to accomodate programs that require two years of training to initially become board eligible in the geriatric speciality. </p><p>(Sec. 713) Provides that for one year from January 1, 2004, for purposes of applying provisions for the payment of indirect medical education and direct medical education costs, the Secretary is required to allow all hospitals to count residents in osteopathic and allopathic family practice programs in existence as of January 1, 2002, who are training at non-hospital sites, without regard to the financial arrangement between the hospital and the teaching physician practicing in the non-hospital site to which the resident has been assigned. </p><p>Requires the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the appropriateness of alternative payment methodologies for the costs of training residents in non-hospital settings.</p><p><b>Subtitle C: Chronic Care Improvement -</b> (Sec. 721) Amends SSA title XVIII to require the Secretary to provide for the phased-in development, testing, evaluation, and implementation of chronic care improvement programs. Requires the programs to be designed to improve clinical quality and beneficiary satisfaction and achieve spending targets with respect to expenditures under Medicare for targeted beneficiaries with one or more threshold conditions. Makes necessary appropriations. </p><p>(Sec. 722) Requires each MA organization to have an ongoing quality improvement program for improving the quality of care provided to enrollees in each MA plan offered by such organization (other than an MA private fee-for-service plan or an MSA plan) effective for contract years beginning January 1, 2006. Requires as part of the quality improvement program for each MA organization to have a chronic care improvement program. </p><p>(Sec. 723) Directs the Secretary to develop a plan to improve quality of care and to reduce the cost of care for chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries. Authorizes appropriations. </p><p><b>Subtitle D: Other Provisions -</b> (Sec. 731) Requires the Secretary to make available to the public the factors considered in making national coverage determinations of whether an item or service is reasonable and necessary. Allows for public comment in national coverage determinations. Directs the Secretary to develop a plan to evaluate new local coverage determinations to determine which determinations should be adopted nationally and to what extent greater consistency can be acheived among local coverage determinations. Prohibits the Secretary in the case of an individual entitled to benefits under Medicare part A, or enrolled under part B, or both who participates in a category A clinical trial, from excluding payment for coverage of routine costs of care furnished to such individual in the trial. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to implement revised procedures for the issuance of temporary national HCPCS codes under Medicare part B. </p><p>(Sec. 732) Amends BIPA to provide that direct payment for the technical component of pathology services provided to Medicare beneficiaries who are inpatients or outpatients of acute care hospitals will be made for services furnished during 2005 and 2006. </p><p>(Sec. 733) Directs the Secretary, acting through the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disorders, to conduct a clinical investigation of pancreatic islet cell transplantation which includes Medicare beneficiaries. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary to pay for the routine costs as well as transplantation and appropriate related items and services in the case of Medicare beneficiaries who are participating in such a clinical trial as if such transplantation were covered under Medicare. </p><p>(Sec. 734) Directs the Secretary to transfer to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund an amount that would have been held by that fund if the clerical error had not occurred. Appropriates to the Trust Fund an amount determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be equal to the interest income lost by the Trust Fund through the date on which the appropriation is being made as a result of the clerical error involved.</p><p>(Sec. 735) Requires MEDPAC to examine the budgetary consequences of a recommendation before making the recommendation and to review the factors affecting the efficient provision of expenditures for services in different health care sectors under Medicare fee-for-service. </p><p>Requires the Commission to conduct a study for a report to Congress on the need for current data and sources of current data available to determine the solvency and financial circumstances of hospitals and other Medicare providers of services. Requires the Commission to submit to Congress a report on investments and capital financing of hospitals participating under Medicare and access to capital financing for private and not-for-profit hospitals. </p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to appoint experts in the area of pharmaco-economics or prescription drug benefit programs to the Commission.</p><p>(Sec. 736) Makes technical corrections.</p><p><b>Title VIII: Cost Containment - Subtitle A: Cost Containment - </b>Requires the Medicare Board of Trustees annual report to include information on: (1) projections of growth of general revenue Medicare spending as a percentage of the total Medicare outlays for the fiscal year and each of the succeeding six fiscal years, previous fiscal years, and 10, 50, and 75 years after such fiscal year; (2) comparisons with the growth trends for the gross domestic product, private health costs, national health expenditures, and other appropriate measures; (3) expenditures and trends in expenditures under Medicare part D; and (4) a financial analysis of the combined Medicare trust funds if general revenue funding for Medicare is limited to 45 percent of total Medicare outlays. Requires the trust fund reports to include a determination as to whether there is projected to be excess general revenue Medicare funding for any of the succeeding six fiscal years. Provides that an affirmative determination of excess general revenue funding of Medicare for two consecutive annual reports will be treated as a funding warning for Medicare in the second year for the purposes of requiring presidential submission of legislation to Congress. </p><p>(Sec. 802) Amends Federal money and finance law to provide in the event that a Medicare funding warning is made, the President is required to submit to Congress, within the 15-day period beginning on the date of the budget submission to Congress for the succeeding year, proposed legislation to respond to such warning. Provides that if during the year in which the warning is made, legislation is enacted which eliminates excess general revenue Medicare funding for the 7-fiscal-year period, then the President is not required to make a legislative proposal. </p><p>Expresses the sense of Congress that legislation submitted in this regard should be designed to eliminate excess general revenue Medicare funding for the seven-fiscal year period that begins in such year. </p><p>(Sec. 803) Sets out the procedures for House and Senate consideration of the President's legislative proposal. </p><p><b>Subtitle B: Income-Related Reduction in Part B Premium Subsidy - </b>(Sec. 811) Provides that beginning in 2007, beneficiaries with incomes over $80,000 for an individual or $160,000 for a married couple will be asked to contribute more to the cost of their Medicare benefits through payment of a higher premium since the monthly amount of the premium subsidy applicable to the premium shall be reduced by a monthly adjustment amount that is based on the product of the sliding scale percentage and the unsubsidized part B premium amount and is phased-in beginning in 2007 through 2010.</p><p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Secretary of the Treasury, upon written request from the Commissioner of Social Security, to make appropriate disclosure of tax return information to carry out the Medicare part B premium subsidy adjustment. </p><p><b>Title IX: Administrative Improvements, Regulatory Reduction, and Contracting Reform</b> - (Sec. 900) Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to establish within the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) a center to administer Medicare parts C and D, provide notice of Medicare benefits and related information to beneficiaries, and perform such other duties as the Secretary may specify.</p><p>Amends SSA title XI to require that an actuary within the office of Chief Actuary of CMS have duties exclusively related to parts C and D of Medicare and related provisions. </p><p>Amends Federal civil service law to increase the pay grade for the Administrator of CMS to Executive Level III, beginning January 1, 2004. </p><p>Changes references from the Health Care Financing Administration to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. </p><p><b>Subtitle A: Regulatory Reform - </b>(Sec. 901) Provides that the term &quot;supplier&quot; means, unless the context otherwise requires, a physician or other practitioner, a facility, or other entity (other than a provider of services) that furnishes items or services under this title.</p><p>(Sec. 902) Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to establish and publish a regular timeline for the publication of final regulations based on the previous publication of a proposed regulation or an interim final regulation. Prohibits the timeframe established from being no longer than three years except under exceptional circumstances. Provides that if the Secretary publishes a final regulation that includes a provision that is not a logical outgrowth of a previously published notice of proposed rulemaking or interim final rule, such provision shall be treated as a proposed regulation and shall not take effect until there is the further opportunity for public comment and a publication of the provision again as a final regulation. </p><p>(Sec. 903) Bars retroactive application of any substantive changes in regulations, manual instructions, interpretative rules, statements of policy, or guidelines unless the Secretary determines such retroactive application is needed to comply with statutory requirements or is in the public interest. Provides that no substantive change may go into effect until 30 days after the change is issued or published unless it is needed to comply with statutory requirements or is in the public interest. Prohibits compliance action from being taken against a provider of services or supplier with respect to noncompliance with such a substantive change for items and services furnished before the effective date of such a change. </p><p>Provides that if a provider or supplier follows written guidance provided by the Secretary or by a Medicare contractor when furnishing items or services or submitting a claim and the guidance is inaccurate, the provider or supplier is not subject to any penalty or interest (including interest on a repayment plan). </p><p>(Sec. 904) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress to determine the feasibility and appropriateness of establishing in the Secretary authority to provide legally binding advisory opinions on appropriate interpretation and application of regulations to carry out the Medicare program.</p><p>Requires the Secretary to periodically submit to Congress a report on the administration of Medicare and areas of inconsistency or conflict among various provisions under law and regulation.</p><p><b>Subtitle B: Contracting Reform - </b>(Sec. 911) Amends SSA title XVIII to permit the Secretary to contract competitively with any eligible entity to serve as a Medicare contractor. Eliminates the distinction between Medicare part A contractors (fiscal intermediaries) and Medicare part B contractors (carriers), and merges separate authorities for fiscal intermediaries and carriers into a single authority for the new contractor. Authorizes these new contractors, called Medicare Administrative Contractors, to assume all the functions of the current fiscal intermediaries and carriers: determining payments; making payments; providing education and outreach to beneficiaries; communicating with providers and suppliers; and additional functions as are necessary.</p><p>(Sec. 912) Requires Medicare administrative contractors to implement a contractor-wide information security program to provide information security for the operation and assets of the contractor with respect to such functions under Medicare. Requires Medicare administrative contractors to undergo an annual independent evaluation of their information security programs. </p><p><b>Subtitle C: Education and Outreach - </b>(Sec. 921) Amends SSA title XVIII to require the Secretary to: (1) coordinate the educational activities provided through Medicare administrative contractors to maximize the effectiveness of Federal education efforts for providers and suppliers; and (2) use specific claims payment error rates or similar methodology of Medicare administrative contractors in the processing or reviewing of Medicare develop and implement a methodology to measure the specific payment error rates in the processing or reviewing of Medicare claims to give such contractors an incentive to implement effective education and outreach programs for providers and suppliers. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to develop a strategy for communications with individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A or enrolled under Medicare part B, or both, and with providers of services and suppliers under Medicare. Requires Medicare administrative contractors, for those providers of services and suppliers which submit claims to the contractor for claims processing and for those individuals entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B, or both, with respect to whom claims are submitted for claims processing, provide general written responses (which may be through electronic transmission) in a clear, concise, and accurate manner to inquiries of providers of services, suppliers, and individuals entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B, or both, concerning the programs under Medicare within 45 business days. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to ensure that Medicare administrative contractors provide, for those providers of services and suppliers which submit claims to the contractor for claims processing and for those individuals entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B, or both, with respect to whom claims are submitted for claims processing, a toll-free telephone number at which such individuals, providers of services, and suppliers may obtain information regarding billing, coding, claims, coverage, and other appropriate information under Medicare. Requires monitoring of contractor responses. Authorizes appropriations. </p><p> Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary for enhanced provider and supplier training which are to be tailored for small providers or suppliers. </p><p>Requires the Secretary, and each Medicare contractor insofar as it provides services (including claims processing) for providers of services or supppliers, to maintain an Internet website which provides answers in an easily accessible format to frequently asked questions, and includes other published materials of the contractractor, that relate to providers of services and suppliers under Medicare. </p><p>Prohibits a Medicare contractor from using a record of attendance at (or failutre to attend) educational activities or other information gathered during an educational program to select or track providers of services or suppliers for the purpose of conducting any type of audit or prepayment review. </p><p>(Sec. 922) Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration program under which described technical assistance is made available, upon request and on a voluntary basis, to small providers of services or suppliers in order to improve compliance with the applicable requirements of the programs under Medicare. Authorizes appropriations.</p><p>(Sec. 923) Requires the Secretary to appoint within HHS a Medicare Beneficiary Ombudsman to receive complaints and provide assistance with respect to such complaints and who shall have expertise and experience in the fields of health care and education of (and assistance to) individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare. Authorizes appropriations.</p><p> Directs the Secretary to provide through the toll free telephone number 1-800-MEDICARE for a means by which individuals seeking information about, or assistance with, such programs who phone such toll-free numbers are transferred (without charge) to appropriate entities for the provision of such information or assistance. </p><p>Requires the Comptoller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress to monitor the accuracy and consistency of information provided to individuals entitled to benefits under part A or enrolled under part B, or both, through the toll-free telephone number. </p><p>(Sec. 924) Requires the Secretary to establish a demonstration program under which the Medicare specialists employed by HHS provide advice and assistance to individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A, or enrolled under part B, or both, regarding the Medicare program at the location of existing local offices of the Social Security Administration. </p><p>(Sec. 925) Directs the Secretary to provide information about the number of days of coverage remaining under the skilled nursing facility (SNF) benefit and the spell of illness involved in the explanation of Medicare benefits. </p><p>(Sec. 926) Requires the Secretary to publicly provide information that enables hospital discharge planners, Medicare beneficiaries, and the public to identify skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that are participating in the Medicare program. Requires hospital discharge planning to evaluate a patient's need for SNF care.</p><p><b>Subtitle D: Appeals and Recovery</b> - (Sec. 931) Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary to develop and transmit to Congress and the Comptroller General a transition plan under which the functions of administrative law judges responsbile for hearing cases under the Medicare program are transferred from the responsibility of the Commissioner and Social Security Administration to the Secretary and HHS. </p><p>Directs the Commissioner and the Secretary to implement the transition plan and transfer the administrative law judge functions from the Social Security Administration to the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to: (1) assure the independence of administrative law judges performing the administrative law judge functions transferred from the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services and its contractors; and (2) provide for an appropriate geographic distribution of administrative law judges performing the administrative law judge functions transferred throughout the United States to ensure timely access to such judges.</p><p>Authorizes additional appropriations to increase the number of administrative law judges, improve education and training opportunities for administrative law judges, and increase the staff of the Departmental Appeals Board. </p><p>(Sec. 932) Directs the Secretary to establish a process where a provider, supplier, or a beneficiary who has filed an appeal may obtain access to judicial review when a review entity determines, within 60 days of a complete written request, that the Departmental Appeals Board does not have the authority to decide the question of law or regulation relevant to the matters in controversy and there is no material issue of fact in dispute. Provides that the determination by such review entity shall be considered a final decision and not be subject to review by the Secretary. </p><p>Permits expedited access to judicial review for cases where the Secretary does not enter into or renew provider agreements. </p><p>Requires the Secretary to develop and implement a process to expedite appeals of provider terminations and certain other remedies imposed on SNFs, including denial of payment for new admissions and temporary management, if imposed on an immediate basis. Allows an expedited appeal where a finding of substandard quality of care has resulted in the disapproval of a skilled nursing facility's nurse aide training program. Requires the Secretary to give priority to cases where termination has been imposed on a provider. </p><p>Allows the Secretary to waive disapproval of a nurse aide training program, upon application by a nursing facility if the imposition of the civil monetary penalty was not related to the quality of care provided to residents of the facility. </p><p>Provides that in addition to any amounts otherwise appropriated, such additional sums are authorized to be appropriated for FY 2004 and each subsequent fiscal year as may be necessary to reduce by 50 percent the average time for administrative determinations on appeals. </p><p>(Sec. 933) Revises the Medicare appeals process to: (1) require providers and suppliers to present all evidence for an appeal at the reconsideration level that is conducted by a qualified independent contractor (QTC) unless good cause precluded the introduction of the evidence; (2) provide for the use of beneficiaries' medical records in QIC reconsiderations; (3) require that notice of decisions or determinations, redeterminations, reconsiderations, and appeals be written in a manner calculated to be understood by a beneficiary and include reasons for the decision or determination or redetermination and the process for further appeal; (4) specify the eligibility requirements for QICs and their reviewer employees that relate to medical and legal expertise, independence, and prohibitions linked to decisions being rendered; and (5) reduce the required number of QICs from 12 to four.</p><p>(Sec. 934) Permits Medicare contractors to conduct random prepayment reviews only to develop a contractor-wide or program-wide claims payment error rate or under such additional circumstances as may be provided under regulations, developed in consultation with providers of services and suppliers. Establishes limitations on initiation of non-random prepayment review. </p><p>(Sec. 935) Provides that in situations where repaying a Medicare overpayment within 30 days creates a hardship for a provider or supplier, the Secretary is required, upon the request of the provider or supplier, to enter into an extended repayment plan of at least six months duration, but not longer than three years (or five years in the case of extreme hardship, as determined by the Secretary). Provides that if the Secretary has reason to suspect that the provider or supplier may file for bankruptcy or otherwise cease to do business or discontinue participation in Medicare or there is an indication of fraud or abuse, the Secretary is not obligated to enter into an extended repayment plan with the provider or supplier. </p><p>Provides that if a provider or supplier fails to make a payment in accordance with a repayment plan, the Secretary may immediately seek to offset or otherwise recover the total balance outstanding under the repayment plan. </p><p> Provides that if post-payment audits are conducted, the Medicare contractor is required to provide the provider or supplier with written notice of the itent to conduct the audit. Provides that if a Medicare contractor audits a provider or supplier, the contractor shall: (1) give the provider or supplier a full review and explanation of the findings of the audit in a manner that is understandable to the provider or supplier and permits the development of an appropriate corrective action plan; (2) inform the provider or supplier of the appeal rights under Medicare as well as consent settlement options; (3) give the provider of services or supplier an opportunity to provide additional information to the contractor; and (4) take into account such information provided, on a timely basis, by the provider of services or supplier. Provides that such provisions shall not apply if the provision of notice or findings would compromise pending law enforcement activities, whether civil or criminal, or reveal findings of law enforcement-related audits. Requires the Secretary to establish a standard methodology for Medicare contractors to use in selecting a sample of claims for review in the case of an abnormal billing pattern. </p><p>(Sec. 936) Requires the Secretary to establish by regulation a provider enrollment process with hearing rights in the case of a denial or non-renewal. </p><p>(Sec. 937) Requires the Secretary to develop a process so providers and suppliers can correct minor errors in claims that were submitted for payment without having to initiate an appeal. </p><p>(Sec. 938) Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to establish a prior determination process where physicians and beneficiaries can request through the Medicare administrative contractor whether Medicare covers certain physicians' services before such services are provided only if the physician requestor is a participating physician, but only with respect to physicians' services to be furnished to an individual who is entitled to benefits under Medicare and who has consented to the physician making the request for those physician services and the beneficiary is an individual entitled to benefits under Medicare, but only with respect to a physicians' service for which the individual receives an advance beneficiary notice from a physician who receives direct payment for that service. </p><p>Requires the Secretary to establish a process for the collection of information on the instances in which an advance beneficiary notice has been provided and on instances in which a beneficiary indicates on such a notice that the beneficiary does not intend to seek to have the item or service that is the subject of the notice furnished. Directs the Secretary to establish a program of outreach and education for beneficiaries and providers of services and other persons on the appropriate use of advanced beneficiary notices and coverage policies under the Medicare program. </p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the use of advanced beneficiary notices under Medicare. Directs the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the use of the prior determination process under such section. </p><p>(Sec. 939) Directs the Secretary to permit a provider of services or supplier to appeal any determination of the Secretary relating to services rendered under Medicare to an individual who subsequently dies if there is no other party available to appeal such determination. </p><p>(Sec. 940) Adds 30 days to the timeframe for deciding an appeal at the redetermination and reconsideration levels of appeal. </p><p>Indexes the amount in controversary for appeals to the consumer price index for all urban consumers, rounded to the nearest multiple of $10 beginning in 2005. </p><p>(Sec. 940A) Directs the Secretary to establish a mediation process for local coverage determinations using a physician trained in mediation and employed by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services. </p><p>Requires the Secretary to include in the contract with Medicare administrative contractors the performance duties expected of a medical director of a Medicare administrative contractor.</p><p><b>Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions</b> - (Sec. 941) Prohibits the Secretary from implementing any new or modified documentation guidelines for evaluation and management physician services under Medicare on or after the enactment of this Act unless the Secretary: (1) has developed the guidelines in collaboration with practicing physicians (including both generalists and specialists) and provided for an assessment of the proposed guidelines by the physician community; (2) has established a plan that contains specific goals, including a schedule, for improving the use of such guidelines; (3) has conducted appropriate and representative pilot projects to test such guidelines; (4) finds, based on reports submitted with respect to pilot projects conducted for such or related guidelines, that described objectives for evaluation and management guidelines will be met in the implementation of such guidelines; and (5) has established, and is implementing, a program to educate physicians on the use of such guidelines and that includes appropriate outreach. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to carry out a study of the following for a report to Congress: (1) the development of a simpler, alternative system of requirements for documentation accompanying claims for evaluation and management physician services for which payment is made under Medicare; and (2) consideration of systems other than current coding and documentation requirements for payment for such physician services. Directs the MEDPAC to conduct an analysis of the results of the study included in the report for a report to Congress.</p><p>Requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the appropriateness of coding in cases of extended office visits in which there is no diagnosis made for a report to Congress. </p><p>(Sec. 942) Requires the Secretary to establish a Council for Technology and Innovation within the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services to coordinate the activities of coverage, coding, and payment processes under Medicare with respect to new technologies and procedures and to coordinate the exchange of information on new technologies between CMS and other entities that make similar decisions. </p><p>Directs the Secretary to establish by regulation procedures for determining the basis for, and amount of, payment for any clinical diagnostic laboratory test with respect to which a new or substantially revised HCPCS code is assigned on or after January 1, 2005.</p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study for a report to Congress that analyzes which external data can be collected in a shorter timeframe by the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services for use in computing payments for inpatient hospital services. </p><p>(Sec. 943) Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a hospital (including a critical access hospital) to ask questions (or obtain information) relating to Medicare secondary payor provisions in the case of reference laboratory services if the Secretary does not impose such requirement in the case of such services furnished by an independent laboratory. </p><p>(Sec. 944) Requires emergency room services provided to screen and stabilize a Medicare beneficiary after January 1, 2004 to be evaluated for Medicare's &quot;reasonable and necessary&quot; requirement on the basis of the information available to the treating physician or practitioner at the time the services were ordered. Provides that except in the case where a delay would jeopardize the health or safety of individuals, the Secretary is required to request a peer review organization review before making a compliance determination that would terminate a hospital's Medicare participation because of Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) violations.</p><p>(Sec. 945) Directs the Secretary to establish a Technical Advisory Group to review issues related to EMTALA and its implementation. </p><p>(Sec. 946) Permits a hospice to: (1) enter into arrangements with another hospice program to provide care in extraordinary, exigent or other non-routine circumstances, such as unanticipated high patient loads, staffing shortages due to illness or other events, or temporary travel by a patient outside the hospice's service area; and (2) bill and be paid for the hospice care provided under these arrangements. </p><p>(Sec. 947) Requires that public hospitals, not otherwise subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, comply with the Bloodborne Pathogens standard. Provides that a hospital that fails to comply with such requirement will be subject to a civil monetary penalty, but cannot be terminated from participating in Medicare. </p><p>(Sec. 948) Makes BIPA-related technical amendments and corrections. </p><p>(Sec. 949) Amends SSA title XI to permit the administrator of a Federal health care program to waive certain 5-year exclusions if the exclusion of a sole community physician or sole source of essential specialized services in a community will impose a hardship. Provides that the mandatory exclusions that can be waived are those related to convictions associated with program-related crimes; health care fraud; and controlled substances. </p><p>(Sec. 950) Amends SSA title XVIII to prohibit a group health plan providing supplemental or secondary coverage to Medicare beneficiaries from requiring dentists to obtain a claim denial from Medicare for dental benefits that are not covered by Medicare before paying the claim. </p><p>(Sec. 951) Requires the Secretary to arrange to furnish to &quot;subsection (d)&quot; hospitals the data necessary for such hospitals to compute the number of patient days used in computing the disproportionate patient percentage for that hospital for the current cost reporting year. </p><p>(Sec. 952) Allows physicians and non-physician practitioners to reassign payment for Medicare-covered services, regardless of where the service was provided so long as there is a contractual arrangement between the physician and the entity under which the entity submits the bill for such services. Allows the Secretary to provide for other enrollment qualifications to assure program integrity.</p><p>(Sec. 953) Requires the Comptroller General to report to Congress on: (1) the appropriateness of the updates in the conversion factor including the appropriateness of the sustainable growth rate formula for 2002 and subsequently; and (2) all aspects of physician compensation for services furnished under Medicare and how those aspects interact and the effect on appropriate compensation for physician services.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to provide, in an appropriate annual publication available to the public, a list of national coverage determinations made under Medicare in the previous year and information on how to get more information with respect to such determinations.</p><p>Requires the Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the implications if there were flexibility in the application of the Medicare conditions of participation for home health agencies with respect to groups or types of patients who are not Medicare beneficiaries. </p><p>Directs the Inspector General of HHS to submit a report to Congress on: (1) the extent to which hospitals provide notice to Medicare beneficiaries in accordance with applicable requirements before they use the 60 lifetime reserve days under the hospital benefit; and (2) the appropriateness and feasibility of hospitals providing a notice to such beneficiaries before the completely exhaust such lifetime reserve days.</p><p><b>Title X: Medicaid and Miscellaneous Provisions</b> <b>- Subtitle A: Medicaid Provisions - </b>(Sec. 1001) Amends SSA title XIX to establish a temporary increase in DSH allotments for FY 2004 and for certain subsequent fiscal years. </p><p>Raises the temporary floor for extremely low DSH states for FY 2004 and subsequent fiscal years. </p><p>Provides for an appropriate DSH allotment adjustment for FY 2004 and 2005 for States with statewide &quot;Section 1115&quot; waivers which have been revoked or terminated before the end of either such fiscal year and for which there is no DSH allotment for the State. Requires the State whose waiver was revoked or terminated to submit an amendment to its State plan that would describe the methodology to be used by the State to identify and make payments to DSH hospitals, including children's hospitals and institutions for mental diseases or other mental health facilities (other than State-owned institutions or facilities), on the basis of the proportion of patients served by such hospitals that are low-income patients with special needs.</p><p>Directs the Secretary to require, with respect to FY 2004 and each fiscal year thereafter, a State as a condition of receiving Medicaid payments to submit to the Secretary an annual report identifying each DSH hospital that received a payment, the amount such hospital received, and such other information as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure the appropriateness of the DSH payments for the previous fiscal year. </p><p>Requires the State to annually submit to the Secretary an independent certified audit that verifies: (1) the extent to which hospitals have reduced their uncompensated care costs to reflect the total amount of claimed expenditures; (2) payment compliance; (3) only the uncompensated care costs of providing inpatient hospital and outpatient hospital services to described individuals are included in the calculation of the hospital-specific limits; (3) the State included all payments under Medicaid, including supplemental payments, in the calculation of such hospital-specific limits; and (4) the State has separately documented and retained a record of all of its costs and claimed expenditures under Medicare, uninsured costs in determining payment adjustments, and any payments made on behalf of the uninsured from payment adjustments. </p><p>(Sec. 1002) Permits certain high-volume DSH safety net providers to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies and to receive discounts on the prices of inpatient drugs for the lowest price they can get. (Currently such entities are only able to receive discounts on the prices of outpatient drugs because of a Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services interpretation of the best price exemption under the Medicaid drug rebate program). Provides for the application of specified auditing and recordkeeping requirements with respect to such high-volume DSH hospital safety net providers.</p><p>(Sec. 1003) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 and the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to permanently extend the moratorium on the determination of Saginaw Community Hospital as an institution for mental disease. </p><p><b>Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions -</b> (Sec. 1011) Appropriates for FY 2005 through 2008 specified funding out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to the Secretary for the purpose of making allotments to States for payments to eligible providers for unreimbursable costs incurred by providing emergency health care services to: (1) undocumented aliens; (2) aliens who have been parolded into the United States at a United States port of entry for the purpose of receiving eligible services; and (3) Mexican citizens permitted to enter the United States for not more than 72 hours under the authority of a biometric machine readable border crossing identification card. </p><p>(Sec. 1012) Directs the Secretary to establish the Commission on Systemic Interoperability to develop a comprehensive strategy for the adoption and implementation of health care information technology standards, that includes a timeline and prioritization for such adoption and implementation. Authorizes appropriations.</p><p>(Sec. 1013) Provides that in order to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of health care delivered pursuant to Medicare, Medicaid, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Secretary is required to conduct and support research to meet the priorities and requests for scientific evidence and information identified by such programs with respect to: (1) the outcomes, comparative clinical effectiveness, and appropriateness of health care items and services; and (2) strategies for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of such programs, including the ways in which such items and services are organized, managed, and delivered under such programs. Requires the Secretary to establish a process to develop priorities that will guide the research, demonstrations, and evaluation activities undertaken pursuant to this section. Directs the Secretary to evaluate and synthesize available scientific evidence related to health care items and services identified as priorities and to disseminate such evaluations and syntheses to various prescription drug plans to enhance patient safety and quality of health care. Authorizes appropriations. </p><p>(Sec. 1014) Directs the Secretary to establish the Citizen's Health Care Working Group to hold hearings to examine: (1) the capacity of the public and private health care systems to expand coverage options; (2) the cost of health care and the effectiveness of care provided at all stages of the disease; (3) innovative State strategies used to expand health care coverage and lower health care costs; (4) local community solutions to accessing health care coverage; (5) efforts to enroll individuals currently eligible for public or private health care coverage; (6) the role of evidence-based medical practices that can be documented as restoring, maintaining, or improving a patient's health, and the use of technology in supporting providers in improving quality of care and lowering costs; and (7) strategies to assist purchasers of health care to become more aware of the impact of costs and to lower the costs of health care. Requires the Working Group to prepare and make available to health care consumers through the Internet and other appropriate public channels a report entitled &quot;The Health Report to the American People.&quot; Directs the Working Group to initiate health care community meetings throughout the United States to address certain topics and to prepare and make available to the public initial recommendations on health care coverage and ways to improve and strengthen the health care system. Requires the Working Group to submit to Congress for appropriate action the final set of recommendations put together after the period of public comment. Authorizes appropriations. </p><p>(Sec. 1015) Makes appropriations to carry out this Act to be transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund: (1) not to exceed $1,000,000,000 for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and (2) not to exceed $500,000,000 for the Social Security Administration. Provides from these latter funds for the Social Security Administration to reimburse the Internal Revenue Service for expenses in carrying out this Act. Allows the President to transfer such amounts between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Social Security Administration. </p><p>(Sec. 1016) Amends SSA title XVIII to direct the Secretary to establish a loan program that provides loans to qualifying hospitals for payment of the capital costs of projects designed to improve the cancer-related health care infrastructure of the hospital, including construction, renovation, or other capital improvements. Makes appropriations.</p><p><b>Title XI: Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals - Subtitle A: Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals</b> - (Sec. 1101) - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise provisions (Hatch-Waxman Act) with respect to abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) to require the ANDA applicant to submit a more detailed statement when filing a paragraph IV certification than currently mandated.</p><p>Requires the ANDA applicant to notify the patent holder and the brand name company (if different) of a paragraph IV certification within 20 days.</p><p>Prohibits the ANDA applicant from amending the application to include a drug different from that approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but allows the applicant to amend the application if seeking approval for a different strength of the same drug.</p><p>Authorizes the FDA to approve the ANDA on the date of an appeals court decision, the date of a settlement order or consent decree, or when a district court decision is not appealed.</p><p>Allows the paragraph IV ANDA applicant to request a declaratory judgment regarding the validity of the patent if an infringement suit is not filed within 45 days of the notification but provides however if sued that the patent holder and the brand name company (if different) may file a counter claim to require that changes be made to correct the patient information submitted.</p><p>Disallows damages from being awarded in either case.</p><p>Provides that: (1) if a declaratory judgment is pursued, the action is to be brought in the judicial district where the defendant has its principle place of business; and; (2) in a declaratory judgment the holder of an approved new drug application may obtain access to confidential information contained in the application; and (3) the 180-day exclusivity period is to begin on the date of the first commercial marketing of the generic drug by any first ANDA applicants.</p><p>Requires a first ANDA applicant to forfeit the 180-day exclusivity period under certain circumstances including failure to market within a specified time frame, withdrawal of the application, amendment of the certification and failure to obtain tentative marketing approval. </p><p>Prohibits other subsequent ANDA applicants from being permitted the 180-day exclusivity period if all first ANDA applicants forfeit.</p><p> (Sec. 1103) Defines &quot;bioavailability&quot; as the rate and extent to which the active ingredient or therapeutic ingredient is absorbed from a drug and becomes available at the site of drug action. </p><p><b>Subtitle B: Federal Trade Commission Review - </b>(Sec. 1112) Requires that agreements between brand name companies and generic firms regarding the manufacture or sale of a generic drug that is equivalent to the pharmaceutical marketed by the patent owner must be filed with the Assistant Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for review within ten days after the agreements are executed. </p><p> (Sec. 1114) Exempts from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act any information or documentary material filed with the Assisstant Attorney General or FTC pursuant to this subtitle, and prohibits such information or documentary material from being made public, except as may be relevant to any administrative or judicial action or proceeding. </p><p>(Sec. 1115) Subjects parties which fail to file such agreements to civil penalties. </p><p>(Sec. 1116) Allows the FTC to engage in rulemaking to carry out this subtitle. </p><p><b>Subtitle C: Importation of Prescription Drugs</b> - (Sec. 1121) Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations permitting pharmacists and wholesalers to import prescription drugs from Canada into the United States. Sets forth specified provisions respecting: (1) importer and foreign seller recordkeeping and information requirements; (2) qualified laboratory drug testing; (3) registration with the Secretary of Canadian sellers; and (4) approved labeling.</p><p>Declares that the Secretary should: (1) focus enforcement on cases in which individual importation poses a significant public health threat; and (2) exercise discretion to permit individuals to make such importation for non-risk personal use.</p><p>Authorizes the Secretary to grant individuals a waiver of the prohibition of importation of a prescription drug or device. Directs the Secretary to grant individuals a waiver of such prohibition for an approved prescription drug imported from Canada that is: (1) imported from a licensed pharmacy for not more than 90-day personal use; (2) accompanied by a valid prescription; (3) in a final finished dosage that was manufactured in a registered establishment; and (4) imported under such other conditions as the Secretary determines necessary to ensure public safety.</p><p>(Sec. 1122) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study on the importation of drugs into the United States for submission in a report to the Congress.</p><p><b>Title XII: Tax Incentives For Health And Retirement Security</b> - (Sec. 1201) Amends the IRC to permit eligible individuals who are covered by a high deductible health plan with a deductible of at least $1,000 up to $2,250 (subject to an annual cost of living adjustment) for self-only coverage with annual out of pocket expenses (deductibles, co-payments, not premiums) not exceeding $5,000, and a deductible of at least $2,000 up to $4,500 (subject to an annual cost of living adjustment) for family coverage with annual out of pocket expenses (deductibles, co-payments, not premiums) not exceeding $10,000, and not covered by any other other health plan that is not a high deductible health plan (except plans for any benefit provided by permitted insurance and plans for coverage for accidents, disability, dental care, vision care, or long-term care) to establish Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) for taxable years beginning with 2004 to pay for qualified medical expenses. Provides that: (1) contribution levels are to be determined monthly based on how many months of the year the individual is covered by a HDHP; and (2) a plan shall not fail to be treated as a high deductible health plan by reason of failing to have a deductible for preventive care. Prohibits Medicare-eligible individuals from participating in HSAs.</p><p>Includes as qualified medical expenses any expense for coverage under: (1) a COBRA continuation plan; (2) a qualified long-term care insurance contract; (3) a health plan during a period in which the individual is receiving unemployment compensation; and (4) health insurance premiums for individuals eligible for Medicare, other than premiums for Medigap policies program</p><p>Allows an eligible individual establishing an HSA to take a tax deduction for the taxable year of an amount equal to the aggregate contributions paid during the taxable year by or on behalf of such individual to an HSA of such individual, up to the limits specified above for self-only and family coverage. Allows the deduction whether or not the individual itemizes other deductions. </p><p>Allows contributions to remain in the HSA at the end of the year and to earn tax-exempt interest until they are withdrawn for uses other than for qualified medical expenses in which case they are to be included in the gross income of the account beneficiary and subjected to a ten percent penalty, except in cases of disability or death or where the contributions are distributed after the account beneficiary attains Medicare eligibility. Requires contributions to be in cash, except in the case of certain rollover contributions. Allows additional &quot;catch up&quot; contributions for eligible individuals age 55 or older. </p><p>Allows an HSA trustee to be a bank, an insurance company, or another person.</p><p>Permits rollovers from Archer MSAs.</p><p>Prohibits any payment or distribution out of an HSA for qualified medical expenses from being treated as an expense paid for medical care.</p><p>Allows employers to contribute to the HSAs of their employees and excludes amounts contributed from the employee's income and from employment taxes. </p><p>Imposes an excise tax on: (1) the failure of employer to make comparable HSA contributions; and (2) excess contributions.</p><p>Allows HSAs to be offered under cafeteria plans.</p><p>(Sec. 1202) Excludes from gross income any special subsidy payment received under employer-sponsored qualified retiree prescription drug plan programs.</p><p>(Sec. 1203) Creates an exception to information reporting requirements relating to information at the source for flexible spending arrangements and a health reimbursement arrangement that is treated as employer-provided coverage.</p>", "update_date": "2005-08-29T16:54:08Z", "version_code": "49" } ]

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Record Vote Number: 179.(consideration: CR S6474-6475; text as passed Senate: CR 5/20/2003 S6741-6786)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-05-15", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S.1054 amended.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-05-12", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Received in the Senate.", "type": "IntroReferral" }, { "action_code": "H38800", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H38310", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H37100", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On passage Passed by recorded vote: 222 - 203 (Roll no. 182). (text: CR H3910-3913)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "8000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "9", "name": "Library of Congress" }, "text": "Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 222 - 203 (Roll no. 182).(text: CR H3910-3913)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36110", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Ways and Means Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hswm00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 202 - 218 (Roll no. 181).", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8A000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Moore motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment that provides that the bill's provisions will not take effect until the Federal budget is in balance.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36100", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Ways and Means Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hswm00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Moore moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means. (consideration: CR H3940-3956; text: CR H3940-3953)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36610", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion to table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair Agreed to by recorded vote: 222 - 202 (Roll No. 180).", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36600", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Thomas moved to table the appeal of the ruling of the Chair.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36800", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Rangel appealed the ruling of the chair. The question was then put on sustaining the ruling of the chair.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H81000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Thomas raised a point of order against the motion to recommit with instructions. The provisions of the motion to recommit with instructions are not germane. Sustained by the Chair.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H36110", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Point of order sustained against the motion to recommit with instructions.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Subsequently, unanimous consent was granted to dispense with further reading of the motion to recommit with instructions.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Floor summary: READING OF MOTION - The House proceeded with the reading of the proposed amendment in the nature of a substitute contained in the motion to recommit.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36100", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Ways and Means Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hswm00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Rangel moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H35000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 with 1 hour of general debate. Rule provides for debate in the House equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill (H.Rept. 108-94) shall be considered as adopted. The rule waives all points of order against the bill, as amended, and against its consideration. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H30000", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 227. (consideration: CR H3902-3956)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H1L220", "action_date": "2003-05-09", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Rule H. Res. 227 passed House.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H1L210", "action_date": "2003-05-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 227 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 with 1 hour of general debate. Rule provides for debate in the House equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means. The amendment recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means now printed in the bill (H.Rept. 108-94) shall be considered as adopted. The rule waives all points of order against the bill, as amended, and against its consideration. 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[ { "number": "108-27", "type": "Public Law" } ]

[ { "links": [ { "name": "H.R. 2", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2" } ], "text": "H.R. 2 is the Tax Cut bill." } ]

[ { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 6, 2003</p>", "pub_date": "2003-05-08T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14429" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 6, 2003", "pub_date": "2003-05-08T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14429" }, { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 23, 2003</p>", "pub_date": "2003-05-23T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14462" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill as cleared by the Congress on May 23, 2003", "pub_date": "2003-05-23T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 2, Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14462" } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2003-02-27", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": "Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate the following previously enacted tax reductions: (1) the 10-percent individual income tax rate bracket expansion: (2) the reduction in individual income tax rates; (3) the 15-percent individual income tax rate bracket expansion for married taxpayers filing joint returns; (4) the increase in the standard deduction for married taxpayers filing joint returns; and (5) the increase in the child tax credit.<p>Triples the small business expensing limit.<p>Excludes from gross income the excludable portion of dividends. Sets forth definitions and rules concerning such exclusion.", "update_date": "2006-11-28T17:35:40Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2003-05-08", "action_desc": "Reported to House with amendment(s)", "text": "Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of 2003 - <b>Title I: Acceleration of Certain Previously Enacted Tax Reductions</b> - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the 2003, 2004, and 2005 child tax credit to $1,000. Provides for advance payment for 2003. Maintains the 2006, 2007, and 2008 credit at $700.<p>(Sec. 102) Accelerates the increase in the 15 percent bracket for joint filers to twice that of single filers to make such increase applicable to 2003, 2004, and 2005.<p>(Sec. 103) Accelerates the increase in the standard deduction for joint filers to twice that of single filers to make such increase applicable to 2003, 2004, and 2005.<p>(Sec. 104) Revises the expansion of the 10 percent bracket for married taxpayers filing jointly scheduled to increase from $12,000 to $14,000 in 2008 as follows: (1) $14,000 through 2005; (2) $12,000 for 2006 and 2007; and (3) $14,000 for 2008 and beyond. Revises inflation adjustment provisions.<p>(Sec. 105) Accelerates to 2003 individual income tax rate reductions scheduled to begin in 2006.<p>(Sec. 106) Increases the $49,000 and $35,750 alternative minimum tax exemption amounts to $64,000 and $43,250, respectively.<p><b>Title II: Growth Incentives for Business</b> - (Sec. 201) Revises provisions concerning the special allowance for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001, and before September 11, 2004, with respect to certain property the original use of which commenced after May 5, 2003, to increase the 30 percent bonus to 50 percent and extend the placed in service date through January 1, 2006 (2007, in certain cases).<p>(Sec. 202) Increases the expensing allowance to $100,000 and the phaseout limit to $400,000 for 2003 through 2007. Provides inflation adjustments.<p>(Sec. 203) Increases the net operating loss carryback period from two to five years and extends it from 2002 through 2005.<p><b>Title III: Reduction in Taxes on Dividends and Capital Gains</b> - (Sec. 301) Reduces, for the regular and alternative minimum tax, the 10 and 20 percent adjusted net capital gain rates to 5 and 15 percent, respectively, with transition rules for years that include May 6, 2003.<p>(Sec. 302) Provides, for the regular and alternative minimum tax, for the taxation of dividends received by an individual from domestic corporations at net capital gain rates.<p>(Sec. 303) Makes the provisions of this title effective through 2012.<p><b>Title IV: Corporate Estimated Tax Payments for 2003</b> - (Sec. 401) States that, notwithstanding Code provisions concerning failure to pay corporate estimated taxes, 52 percent of the amount of any required installment of corporate estimated tax which is otherwise due in September 2003 shall not be due until October 1, 2003.", "update_date": "2006-11-28T17:35:40Z", "version_code": "17" }, { "action_date": "2003-05-09", "action_desc": "Passed House amended", "text": " <b>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 8, 2003. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b><p>Jobs and Growth Reconciliation Tax Act of 2003 - <b>Title I: Acceleration of Certain Previously Enacted Tax Reductions</b> - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the 2003, 2004, and 2005 child tax credit to $1,000. Provides for advance payment for 2003. Maintains the 2006, 2007, and 2008 credit at $700.<p>(Sec. 102) Accelerates the increase in the 15 percent bracket for joint filers to twice that of single filers to make such increase applicable to 2003, 2004, and 2005.<p>(Sec. 103) Accelerates the increase in the standard deduction for joint filers to twice that of single filers to make such increase applicable to 2003, 2004, and 2005.<p>(Sec. 104) Revises the expansion of the 10 percent bracket for married taxpayers filing jointly scheduled to increase from $12,000 to $14,000 in 2008 as follows: (1) $14,000 through 2005; (2) $12,000 for 2006 and 2007; and (3) $14,000 for 2008 and beyond. Revises inflation adjustment provisions.<p>(Sec. 105) Accelerates to 2003 individual income tax rate reductions scheduled to begin in 2006.<p>(Sec. 106) Increases the $49,000 and $35,750 alternative minimum tax exemption amounts to $64,000 and $43,250, respectively.<p><b>Title II: Growth Incentives for Business</b> - (Sec. 201) Revises provisions concerning the special allowance for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001, and before September 11, 2004, with respect to certain property the original use of which commenced after May 5, 2003, to increase the 30 percent bonus to 50 percent and extend the placed in service date through January 1, 2006 (2007, in certain cases).<p>(Sec. 202) Increases the expensing allowance to $100,000 and the phaseout limit to $400,000 for 2003 through 2007. Provides inflation adjustments.<p>(Sec. 203) Increases the net operating loss carryback period from two to five years and extends it from 2002 through 2005.<p><b>Title III: Reduction in Taxes on Dividends and Capital Gains</b> - (Sec. 301) Reduces, for the regular and alternative minimum tax, the 10 and 20 percent adjusted net capital gain rates to 5 and 15 percent, respectively, with transition rules for years that include May 6, 2003.<p>(Sec. 302) Provides, for the regular and alternative minimum tax, for the taxation of dividends received by an individual from domestic corporations at net capital gain rates.<p>(Sec. 303) Makes the provisions of this title effective through 2012.<p><b>Title IV: Corporate Estimated Tax Payments for 2003</b> - (Sec. 401) States that, notwithstanding Code provisions concerning failure to pay corporate estimated taxes, 52 percent of the amount of any required installment of corporate estimated tax which is otherwise due in September 2003 shall not be due until October 1, 2003.", "update_date": "2006-11-28T17:35:40Z", "version_code": "36" }, { "action_date": "2003-05-15", "action_desc": "Passed Senate amended", "text": " Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Tax Act of 2003 - <b>Title I: Acceleration of Certain Previously Enacted Tax Reductions; Increased Expensing for Small Businesses</b> - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate, from 2008 to 2003, the expansion, from $12,000 to $14,000, of the 10 percent bracket for married taxpayers filing jointly.<p>Revises inflation adjustment provisions and makes them effective in 2004.<p>(Sec. 102) Accelerates, to 2003, individual income tax rate reductions scheduled to begin in 2006.<p>(Sec. 103) Increases, for individuals, the alternative minimum tax exemption amounts for 2003, 2004, and 2005.<p>(Sec. 104) Accelerates, to 2003, the increase in the standard deduction for joint filers to twice that of single filers.<p>(Sec. 105) Accelerates, to 2003, the increase in the 15 percent bracket for joint filers to twice that of single filers.<p>(Sec. 106) Accelerates, to 2003, the increase to the $1,000 child tax credit.<p>(Sec. 107) Increases the expensing allowance to $75,000, the phaseout limit to $325,000, and provides for inflation adjustments. Permits the expensing of off-the-shelf computer software.<p>(Sec. 108) States the each amendment made by this title (other than section 107) shall be subject to title IX (Compliance with the Congressional Budget Act) of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 to the same extent and in the same manner as the provision of such Act to which such amendment relates.<p><b>Title II: Partial Exclusion of Dividends</b> - (Sec 201) Excludes up to $500 of qualified dividend income on a joint return ($250 on an individual return), plus 10 percent (20 percent after 2007) of such income in excess of such amount from gross income.<p><b>Title III: Revenue Provisions</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Provisions Designed to Curtail Tax Shelters</b> - (Sec. 301) Sets forth rules for use in applying the economic substance doctrine, including defining economic substance.<p>(Sec. 302) Imposes penalties on individuals who fail to include on any return or statement required information regarding reportable transactions (transactions needing a return or statement because the Secretary determines they have a potential for tax avoidance or evasion). Authorizes the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to rescind all or any portion of such penalties under certain specified conditions.<p>(Sec. 303) Prescribes an accuracy related civil penalty of 20 percent (or higher in certain specified cases) of the amount of any reportable transaction understatement for such understatement (with exceptions). Specifies a formula for determining such figure. Provides for coordination with penalties on other understatements, including prohibiting penalties under this section from applying to the penalty for fraud.<p>(Sec. 304) Imposes a penalty of 40 percent (20 percent, if there has been adequate disclosure) of the understatement for a noneconomic substance transaction understatement.<p>(Sec. 305) Modifies the substantial understatement penalty for nonreportable transactions in the cases of corporations other than an S corporation or a personal holding company.<p>(Sec. 306) Expands the scope of provisions that do not give the confidentiality privilege to communications between a corporation and its tax practitioner concerning tax shelters to make such provisions applicable to communications (with respect to tax shelters) between any taxpayer and the taxpayer's tax practitioner.<p>(Sec. 307) Directs a material advisor, with respect to any reportable transaction, to make a return (in such form as the Secretary may prescribe) describing the transaction, its potential tax benefits, and other information prescribed by the Secretary. Defines material advisor as any person who provides material aid, assistance or advice regarding a reportable transaction and who derives gross income in excess of a specified threshold amount. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe exemptions from such requirements.<p>(Sec. 308) Modifies the monetary penalty and revises provisions for failing to register a tax shelter with the Secretary. Allows the Commissioner to rescind such penalties.<p>(Sec. 309) Modifies the penalty levied on material advisors for failure to furnish required information regarding reportable transactions to the Secretary.<p>(Sec. 310) Revises provisions authorizing a civil action in the name of the United States to enjoin promoters of abusive tax shelters.<p>(Sec. 311) Amends provision dealing with understatement of a taxpayer's liability by an income tax preparer, including to raise the amount of the penalty for such an offense.<p>(Sec. 312) Amends provisions of Federal law pertaining to a civil penalty for violations concerning records and reports on foreign financial agency transactions to authorize the Secretary to impose a penalty of up to $5,000 in cases not involving willful violations (presently the maximum is $100,000 and applies to willful violations). Sets forth an exemption under specified circumstances. Permits a penalty of between $25,000-$100,000 in instances of willful violation, with no exemption. Specifies criteria for calculating the amount of such penalties.<p>(Sec. 313) Modifies prohibition of filing a frivolous tax return, and increases the amount of the civil penalty for committing such an offense. Imposes a civil penalty for a specified frivolous submissions (to be waived if such submission is withdrawn within 30 days). Allows the Secretary to reduce penalties for frivolous submissions.<p>(Sec. 314) Penalizes an individual for making a statement with respect to certain tax statements (deductions, credits, and etc.) that an individual knows is false or fraudulent as to any material matter at the rate of 50 percent of the gross income derived from such activity.<p>(Sec. 315) Permits, with respect to the failure to include any information with respect to a listed (tax avoidance) transaction, tax assessment at any time within six years after the filing of the related return.<p>(Sec. 316) Prohibits the deduction for interest paid on any underpayment of tax attributable to nondisclosed reportable transaction and noneconomic substance transaction understatements.<p><b>Subtitle B: Enron-Related Tax Shelter Provisions</b> - (Sec. 321) Limits the basis of certain corporate property acquired by the issuance of stock or as paid-in surplus and for which there is the importation of net built-in loss to the property's fair market value immediately after the transfer of such property.<p>(Sec. 322) Prohibits an allocation of any decrease in the adjusted basis of partnership property to stock in a corporation which is a partner in the partnership.<p>(Sec. 323) Repeals part V (Financial Asset Securitization Investment Trusts) of subchapter M (Regulated Investment Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts).<p>(Sec. 324) Expands the definition of a disqualified debt instrument with respect to deduction disallowance on certain debt instruments of corporations.<p>(Sec. 325) Expands the authority to disallow deductions, credits, or other allowances under provisions disallowing such benefits due to acquisitions made to evade or avoid income tax.<p>(Sec. 326) Amends provisions affecting passive foreign investment companies to state that the term \"qualified portion\" (of a shareholder's holding period) does not include any period if there is only a remote likelihood of an inclusion in gross income under subpart F (Controlled Foreign Income).<p>(Sec. 327) Adds to the definition of the term \"real estate investment trust\" by stating that such term includes a corporation, trust, or association which is not a controlled entity.<p><b>Subtitle C: Other Corporate Governance Provisions - Part I: General Provisions</b> - (Sec. 331) Permits the Secretary of the Treasury, in prescribing regulations governing the tax liability of an affiliated group of corporations making a consolidated return, to prescribe rules applicable to corporations filing consolidated returns that are different from other provisions concerning consolidated returns that would apply if such corporations filed separate returns.<p>(Sec. 332) Requires the signing of corporate tax returns by the chief executive officer.<p>(Sec. 333) Permits an exception to the denial of the deduction for fines paid to allow a deduction for amounts constituting restitution.<p>(Sec. 334) Prohibits a deduction for amounts paid as punitive damages, with exceptions for a wrongful death action and certain other cases.<p>Includes in gross income amounts paid by insurance as punitive damages.<p>(Sec. 335) Increases penalties for fraudulent underpayments or overpayments, attempting to evade or defeat taxes, and fraudulent or false statements.<p><b>Part II: Executive Compensation Reform </b>- (Sec. 336) Provides for the treatment of creditors claims on nonqualified deferred compensation funded with assets located outside of the United States.<p>(Sec. 337) Includes funded deferred compensation of disqualified (corporate insider) individuals in gross income.<p>(Sec. 338) Prohibits the deferral of gain from the exercise of stock options and restricted stock gains through deferred compensation arrangements.<p>(Sec. 339) Increases the withholding from supplemental wage payments in excess of $1 million.<p><b>Subtitle D: International Provisions</b> - <b>Part I: Provisions to Discourage Expatriation</b> - (Sec. 340) Revises IRC expatriation tax provisions.<p>States that all property of a \"covered expatriate\" (a U.S. citizen who relinquishes citizenship, or a long-term U.S. resident who ceases to be a lawful permanent resident or who commences foreign residency under the provisions of a tax treaty) shall be treated as sold on the day before the \"expatriation date\" for its fair market value, and that gain (in excess of $600,000) and loss shall be taken into account for the taxable year of the sale (with subsequent adjustment). Permits an individual to defer payments of the additional tax imposed by such deemed sale (but not beyond such person's death). Sets forth interest provisions. Requires provision of tax payment security.<p>Exempts certain U.S. citizens from being treated as a covered expatriate who: (1) became a citizen of the United States and another country at birth; or (2) relinquished U.S. citizenship before reaching 18 and 1/2 years old.<p>Permits an individual to make an irrevocable decision to be taxed as a U.S. citizen with respect to all property otherwise covered by the expatriation provisions. Requires an individual to: (1) furnish tax payment security; and (2) waive any rights under U.S. treaties that would preclude assessment or collection of relevant tax.<p>Excludes certain U.S. real property interests from the provisions of this Act. Subjects the following retirement plans to the provisions of this Act: (1) qualified retirement plans, including specified annuity plans and individual retirement accounts; (2) specified deferred compensation plans; and (3) foreign retirement or pension plans.<p>Establishes special rules for covered expatriates' interests in trusts and qualified trusts.<p>Includes in a recipient's gross income the value of property received by gift or bequest from a covered expatriate, with exceptions for transfers otherwise subject to estate or gift tax. Makes such provisions applicable to gifts and bequests received on or after February 5, 2003, from an individual whose expatriation date occurs after such date.<p>Makes such expatriate tax provisions, unless otherwise provided for by this Act, effective on or after February 5, 2003.<p>Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny a former citizen reentry into the United States for noncompliance with the provisions of this title. (Current law denies reentry based upon tax-motivated expatriation.) Permits IRS-Immigration and Naturalization Service information sharing for such purpose. Makes such provisions effective upon enactment of this Act.<p>(Sec. 341) Treats a foreign incorporated entity treated as an inverted domestic corporation as a domestic corporation.<p>(Sec. 342) Imposes on an individual who is a disqualified individual with respect to any inverted corporation a tax equal to 20 percent of the value of the specified stock compensation held (directly or indirectly) by or for the benefit of such individual or a member of such individual's family at any time during the 12-month period beginning on the date which is 6 months before the inversion date.<p>(Sec. 343) Revises provisions relating to allocation in the case of a reinsurance agreement involving tax avoidance or evasion.<p><b>Part II: Other Provisions</b> - (Sec. 344) Provides, as a general rule, that if: (1) a taxpayer eligible to participate in the Department of the Treasury's Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative did not participate in such initiative; and (2) any interest or applicable penalty is imposed with respect to any arrangement to which such initiative applied or to any underpayment of Federal income tax attributable to items arising in connection with such arrangement, then, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount of such interest or penalty shall be equal to twice that determined without regard to this section.<p>(Sec. 345) Includes certain foreign source income as effectively connected income.<p>(Sec. 346) Sets forth a rule for determining the basis of amounts paid from foreign pension plans.<p>(Sec. 347) Sets forth a rule concerning the recapture of overall foreign losses on the sale of controlled foreign corporations.<p>(Sec. 348) Establishes a special rule to prevent the mismatching of interest and original issue discount deductions and income inclusion transactions with related foreign persons.<p>(Sec. 349) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 concerning the sale of gasoline and diesel fuel at duty-free sales enterprises.<p>(Sec. 350) Repeals the earned income exclusion of citizens or residents living abroad.<p><b>Subtitle E: Other Revenue Provisions</b> - (Sec. 351) Directs the Secretary to establish a program requiring the payment of user fees, until September 30, 2013, for: (1) requests to the Internal Revenue Service for ruling letters, opinion letters, and determination letters; and (2) other similar requests.<p>(Sec. 352) Includes any vaccine against hepatitis A under the 75-cents-per-dose manufacturer's excise tax.<p>(Sec. 353) Provides for the treatment of property contributed to a partnership with a built-in loss. Permits the adjustment to the basis of undistributed partnership property if there is a substantial basis reduction.<p>(Sec. 354) Permits the application of stripped preferred stock rules and stripped bond rules in the case of an account or entity substantially all of the assets of which consist of bonds, preferred stock, or combination thereof.<p>(Sec. 355) Requires a corporation making a taxable acquisition to report specified information.<p>(Sec. 356) Establishes a minimum holding period for withholding tax on gain and income other than dividends in order to claim the foreign tax credit.<p>(Sec. 357) Permits the IRS to enter into qualified tax collection contracts.<p>(Sec. 358) Extends the authority for customs user fees through December 31, 2013.<p>(Sec. 359) Increases from $350,000 to $600,000 the maximum amount of premiums that may be written annually by a tax-exempt insurance company (other than a life insurance company) in order to remain tax-exempt.<p>(Sec. 360) Authorizes the IRS to enter into partial payment installment agreements with taxpayers. Requires review of such agreements at least every two years.<p>(Sec. 361) Permits (currently, prohibits) the amortization of intangibles by sports franchises.<p>(Sec. 362) Permits making a cash deposit to suspend the running of interest on potential underpayments.<p>(Sec. 363) Revises provisions concerning the treatment of certain stock purchases as asset acquisitions and the tax on a deemed sale not being taken into account for estimated tax purposes.<p>(Sec. 364) Limits a charitable deduction with respect to any patent, copyright, trademark, trade name, trade secret, know-how, software, or similar property, or applications or registrations of such property.<p>(Sec. 365) Extends provisions (including ERISA provisions) permitting the transfers of excess pension assets to retiree health accounts for eight additional years.<p>(Sec. 366) Revises rules concerning the taxable income insurance companies.<p>(Sec. 367) Modifies rules concerning the treatment of transfers to creditors in divisive reorganizations.<p>(Sec. 368) Increases from under 14 to under 18 the age of minor children whose unearned income is taxed at the parent's taxation rate.<p>(Sec. 369) Modifies provisions concerning start-up and organizational expenditures.<p>(Sec. 370) Modifies the definition of nonqualified preferred stock.<p>(Sec. 371) Assigns, for depreciation purposes, a class life for electric utility (20 years) and gas utility (15 years) clearing and grading costs (Sec. 372) Treats as dividend distributions earnings by certain U.S. holding companies to a completely liquidated foreign corporation.<p>(Sec. 373) Sets forth, with respect to depreciation, a special rule concerning certain service contract lease terms.<p>(Sec. 374) Makes the exclusion for gain on the sale of a principal residence inapplicable if the principal residence was acquired in a like-kind exchange in which the gain was not recognized within the required five year period.<p><b>Subtitle F: Other Provisions</b> - (Sec. 381) Authorizes appropriations, through December 31, 2004, to States for: (1) improving education or job training; (2) improving health care services; (3) improving transportation or other infrastructure; (4) improving law enforcement or public safety; and (5) maintaining essential government services.<p>Provides for increased Medicaid payments to States through December 31, 2004.<p>(Sec. 382) Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency blindness and disability determinations.<p>(Sec. 383) Amends title XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the use of SCHIP funds to provide coverage to childless adults, except for pregnant women.<p>(Sec. 384) Increases, temporarily, the cap on Medicaid payments to extremely low DSH (Disproportionate Share Hospitals) States.<p><b>Title IV: Small Business and Agricultural Provisions</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Small Business Provisions</b> - (Sec. 401) Modifies the debt-financed property provisions by excluding from the definition of acquisition indebtedness any indebtedness incurred by a small business investment company licensed under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 that is evidenced by a debenture: (1) issued by such company under such Act, or (2) held or guaranteed by the Small Business Administration.<p>(Sec. 402) Repeals the special occupational taxes on producers and marketers of alcoholic beverages.<p>(Sec. 403) Exempts a person who manufactures, produces, and imports fewer than 50 firearms per year from the firearms excise tax.<p>(Sec. 404) Revises the excise tax provisions on bows, arrows, and other archery equipment, including to increase the minimum draw weight for a taxable bow from 10 to 30 pounds.<p><b>Subtitle B: Agricultural Provisions</b> - (Sec. 411) Provides for the application of capital gain treatment to outright sales of timber whether or not the owner retains economic interest.<p>(Sec. 412) Extends, with respect to involuntary conversion rules, the replacement period, from two to four years, for livestock sold on account of weather related conditions.<p>(Sec. 413) Excludes from gross income amounts received as loan repayments under the Nation Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program established under the Public Health Service Act.<p>(Sec. 414) Provides that the patronage dividends of cooperatives shall not be reduced by stock dividends to the extent the stock dividends are in addition to amounts otherwise payable.<p><b>Title V: Simplification and Other Provisions</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Uniform Definition of Child</b> - (Sec. 501) Rewrites the provision defining the term \"dependent\" in the Code and modifies head of household, dependent care credit, child tax credit, earned income credit, personal exemption, and other provisions to be consistent with such definition.<p><b>Subtitle B: Simplification</b> - (Sec. 511) Repeals: (1) the provision that a life insurance corporation is not an includible corporation unless the common parent makes an election to treat life insurance companies as includible corporations; and (2) the five-year limitation providing that a life insurance company may not be treated as an includible corporation until it has been a member of the group for the five taxable years immediately preceding the taxable year for which the consolidated return is filed.<p>(Sec. 512) Provides that, for a mutual life insurance company's taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2009, the differential earnings rate is treated as zero for purposes of computing both the differential earnings amount and the recomputed differential earnings amount, under the rules requiring reduction in certain deductions of mutual life insurance companies.<p>(Sec. 513) Modifies the active business definition by determining the active business test by reference to the relevant affiliated group.<p><b>Subtitle C: Other Provisions</b> - (Sec. 521) Allows a deduction for attorneys' fees and costs paid in connection with a claim of unlawful discrimination or certain claims against the Federal Government.<p>(Sec. 522) Doubles, for 2004 and 2005, the amount of the section 382 limitation (the limitation on net operating loss carry forwards and certain built-in losses following ownership change) applicable to corporations that experience an ownership change emerging from a bankruptcy or a similar case.<p>(Sec. 523) Increases the historic rehabilitation credit from 20 to 25 percent for certain low-income housing for the elderly.<p>(Sec. 524) Modifies rules concerning the application of the income forecast method of depreciation.<p>(Sec. 525) Permits a second or third advance refunding of bonds if the original bond was issued to finance governmental facilities used for a public elementary or secondary school in any State in which the Sate's highest court ruled by opinion issued on November 21, 2002, that the Sate school funding system violated the State constitution and was constitutionally inadequate.<p>(Sec. 526) Excludes from \"gross income\" income derived by a nonresident alien individual from a legal wagering transaction initiated outside the United States in a parimutuel pool with respect to a live horse race in the United States.<p>(Sec. 527) Appropriates $48,000,000 for FY 2004 for allotments to States for reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.<p>(Sec. 528) Allows the deduction of premiums for mortgage insurance. Provides for the phaseout of such deduction based on income.<p>(Sec. 529) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate Finance Committee should report out the Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2003, S. 514, to repeal the tax on seniors not later than July 31, 2003, and the Senate shall consider such bill not later than September 30, 2003, in a manner consistent with the preservation of the Medicare Trust Fund.<p>(Sec. 530) Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Senate Finance Committee and the Joint Economic Committee should undertake a comprehensive analysis of simplification including flat tax proposals, including appropriate hearings and consider legislation providing for a flat tax.<p>(Sec. 531) Permits certain distributions received by a U.S. corporation from a controlled foreign corporation to be taxed at 5.25 percent.<p>Repeals the 10 percent rehabilitation tax credit for buildings placed in service before 1936.<p>(Sec. 532) Includes unpaid child support in the gross income of the delinquent debtor.<p>(Sec. 533) Expresses the sense of the senate that any reduction or elimination of the taxation on dividends should include provisions to preserve the success of the low-income housing tax credit.<p>(Sec. 534) Permits a taxpayer to elect to treat any qualified broadband expenditure which is paid or incurred by the taxpayer as an expense which is not chargeable to capital account and any expenditure which is so treated shall be allowed as a deduction.<p>(Sec. 535) Establishes a credit for wholesale distributors, distillers, and importers of distilled spirits for the financing costs of the federal excise tax on such spirits.<p>(Sec. 536) Defines the term \"contribution in aid of construction\" for water and sewage disposal utilities.<p>(Sec. 537) Repeals the provision prohibiting the deduction of travel expenses for spouses and dependents accompanying a taxpayer.<p>(Sec. 538) Exempts small sightseeing aircraft from the air travel transportation tax.<p>(Sec. 539) Requires a group health plan providing medical and surgical benefits with respect to a mastectomy to provide coverage for reconstructive surgery following a mastectomy.<p>(Sec. 540) Permits the expansion of a designated renewal community area.<p>(Sec. 541) Permits renewal community employers to qualify for the credit by employing certain residents of another renewal community if the other community is within the five miles and within the same State.<p>(Sec. 542) Treats direct transit to a combat zone as service in a combat zone for purposes of the combat zone tax exclusion.<p>(Sec. 543) Treats service at Guantanamo at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, and service performed on the Island of Diego Garcia as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and treats such service in the same manner as if such services were in a combat zone.<p>(Sec. 544) Allows taxpayers to take citrus canker tree replacement payments into account as income or gain ratably over the ten-year period beginning with the taxable year in which the taxpayer receives or accrues the payment.<p>(Sec. 545) Excludes from gross income punitive damages paid to a State under a split-award statute.<p>(Sec. 546) Amends the Small Business Job Protection Act of 1986 to provide for the tax treatment of certain imported recycled halons.<p>(Sec. 547) Modifies the involuntary conversion rules for businesses affected by the September 11th terrorist attacks to permit replacement property to be purchased by a member of an affiliated group.<p><b>Subtitle D: Medicare Provisions</b> - (Sec. 561) Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to raise the inpatient base rate for hospitals in rural areas to equal the rate in urban areas.<p>(Sec. 562) Equalizes the Medicare DSH rates for rural and urban hospitals.<p>(Sec. 563) Increases payments to low-volume hospitals.<p>(Sec. 564) Adjusts the Medicare inpatient hospital prospective payment system (PPS) wage index to reduce the labor-related share of the index to 62 percent.<p>(Sec. 565) Extends, for an additional year, the hold harmless provisions affecting rural hospitals from a decline in payment under the OPD (outpatient department services) PPS.<p>(Sec. 566) Permits hospitals to allocate swing beds and acute care inpatient beds subject to a total limit of 25 beds.<p>Eliminates the isolation test for cost-based Medical critical access hospital (CAH) facility ambulance services.<p>(Sec. 567) Extends, temporarily, the 10 percent increase for rural home health services.<p>(Sec. 568) Extends, temporarily, the five percent increase in PPS payments for certain rural hospital outpatient services.<p>(Sec. 569) Extends, temporarily, the five percent increase in rural ground ambulance trips.<p>(Sec. 570) Exempts rural health clinic practitioners providing skilled nursing facility services from certain bill filing requirements.<p>(Sec. 571) Makes revisions to the Medicare Incentive Payment program.<p>(Sec. 572) Extends, temporarily, payment at reasonable for laboratory tests performed in sole community hospitals.<p>(Sec. 573) Establishes physician practice expense and malpractice geographic indices at 1.0.<p>(Sec. 574) Freezes, temporarily, consumer price index updates in payments for durable medical equipment, orthotics, and prosthetics.<p>(Sec. 575) Extends to clinical diagnostic laboratory tests the same coinsurance and deductible rules that apply to other part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) services.<p>(Sec. 576) Lowers the amount paid for covered outpatient drugs.<p>(Sec. 577) Makes the sunset provisions of title X of this Act inapplicable to the provisions of this subtitle.<p><b>Subtitle E: Provisions Relating to S Corporation Reform and Simplification - Part I: Maximum Number of Shareholders of an S Corporation</b> - (Sec. 581) Treats a husband and wife as one shareholder. Permits, and sets forth criteria for, an election to treat all members of a family as one shareholder.<p>(Sec. 582) Increases to 100 the maximum number of shareholders a small business organization may have to be eligible to elect S corporation treatment.<p>(Sec. 583) Allows nonresident aliens as beneficiaries of an electing small business trust.<p><b>Part II: Termination of Election and Additions to Tax Due to Passive Investment Income</b> - (Sec. 584) Increases, to 60 percent, the 25 percent passive income threshold for S corporations.<p>Excludes capital gain as a category of passive income.<p><b>Part III: Treatment of S Corporation Shareholders</b> - (sec. 585) Provides for the treatment of suspended losses incident to a divorce.<p>(Sec. 586) Allows the beneficiary of a qualified S trust suspended losses under the at-risk and passive loss rules upon disposition of the stock.<p>(Sec. 587) Disregards the unexercised powers of appointment in determining the beneficiaries of an electing small business trust.<p>(Sec. 588) Revises electing small business trust distribution rules.<p><b>Part IV: Provisions Relating to Banks</b> - (Sec. 589) Exempts from prohibited transaction rules the sale of IRA stock held in trust.<p>(Sec. 590) Excludes interest and dividends from the passive income test for bank S corporations.<p>(Sec. 591) Provides for the treatment of qualifying director shares.<p><b>Part V: Qualified Subchapter S Subsidiaries</b> - (Sec. 592) Allows inadvertent qualified subchapter S subsidiary elections and terminations to be waived by the IRS.<p>(Sec. 593) Provides authority with respect to information returns of wholly owned subsidiaries.<p><b>Part VI: Additional Provisions</b> - (Sec. 594) Eliminates all accumulated earnings and profits of a corporation accumulated in a taxable year beginning before 1983 for which the corporation was an electing small business corporation under subchapter S.<p><b>Title VI: Blue Ribbon Commission on Comprehensive Tax Reform</b> - (Sec. 601) Fundamental Tax Reform Commission Act of 2003 - Establishes the Blue Ribbon Commission on Comprehensive Tax Reform to: (1) conduct a thorough study of all matters relating to a comprehensive reform of the Federal tax system, including the reform of the Internal Revenue Code and the implementation (if appropriate) of other types of tax systems; (2) develop recommendations on how to comprehensively reform the Federal tax system in a manner that generates appropriate revenue for the Federal Government; and (3) issue a report. Terminates the Commission after issuance of the report. Authorizes appropriations.<p><b>Title VII: Real Estate Investment Trusts - Subtitle A: REIT Corrections</b> - (Sec. 701) Modifies REIT rules concerning: (1) straight debt; (2) the limited rental exception; (3) the customary services exception relating to redetermined rents; (4) the treatment of certain hedging instruments; (5) the 90 percent gross income test; and (6) prohibited transactions relating to timberland sales. <p><b>Subtitle B: REIT Savings Provisions</b> - (sec. 711) Revises REIT rules concerning income and asset requirements and permits exceptions to such requirements if there is reasonable cause, specified corrective actions are taken, and a specified tax is paid. <p><b>Title VIII: Extensions of Certain Expiring Provisions - Subtitle A: Extensions of Expiring Provisions</b> - (Sec. 801) Extends, for one year, provisions concerning: (1) parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits; (2) the allowance of nonrefundable personal credits against regular and minimum tax liability; (3) the credit for electricity produced from certain nonrenewable sources; (3) the work opportunity credit; (5) the welfare-to-work credit; (6) the income limit on percentage depletion for oil and gas produced from marginal wells; (7) qualified zone academy bonds; (8) the cover over of the tax on distilled spirits; (9) the deduction for corporate donations of computer technology; (10) the credit for qualified electric vehicles; (11) the deduction for clean-fuel vehicles and certain refueling property; (12) the deduction of school teacher's expenses; (13) medical savings accounts; and (14) the expensing of environmental remediation costs. <p><b>Title IX: Improving Tax Equity for Military Personnel</b> - Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003 - (Sec. 901) Authorizes a member of the uniformed services or the Foreign Service serving on \"qualified official extended duty\" (any duty in excess of 90 days while serving at a duty station which is at least 50 miles from the principal residence or while residing under Government orders in Government quarters), to extend for ten years the five-year period utilized in determining full exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence.<p>Includes among the uniformed services: (1) the armed forces; (2) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (3) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.<p>Makes such provisions effective as if included in section 312 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.<p>States that if a refund or credit resulting from this section is prevented before the close of the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act by the operation of any law or rule of law (including res judicata), such refund or credit may be allowed if claimed before the close of such period.<p>(Sec. 902) Excludes from gross income as a qualified military benefit the amount of the death gratuity payable under chapter 75 of title 10 of the United States Code, effective with respect to deaths occurring after September 10, 2001.<p>(Sec. 903) Exempts amounts received under the Homeowners Assistance Program from inclusion as gross income.<p>(Sec. 904) Extends combat zone filing rules to contingency operations.<p>(Sec. 905) Includes ancestors or lineal descendants of past or present members of the armed forces or of cadets as qualifying members of veterans' organizations for purposes of such organizations' tax-exempt status determination.<p>(Sec. 906) Includes dependent care assistance provided under a dependent care assistance program for a member of the uniformed services by reason of such member's status or service as an income-excludable qualified military benefit.<p>(Sec. 907) Exempts distributions from an education individual retirement account from the ten percent additional tax for non-educational use: (1) if made for an account holder at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Coast Guard Academy, or the United States Merchant Marine Academy; and (2) to the extent that the distribution does not exceed the costs of advanced education.<p>(Sec. 908) Suspends the tax-exempt status of a designated terrorist organization (as defined by this Act). Denies: (1) deductions for contributions made to such an organization; and (2) administrative or judicial challenge to such suspension or denial. Provides for refund or credit in a case of erroneous designation.<p>(Sec. 909) Provides a deduction for itemizers and non-itemizers for unreimbursed overnight travel, meals, and lodging expenses of National Guard and Reserve members who must travel more than 100 miles away from home and stay overnight as part of their official duties.<p>(Sec. 910) Provides tax relief for families of the Columbia Space Shuttle by making the tax relief provisions applicable to terrorist attack victims applicable to the Columbia Space Shuttle.<p><b>Title X: Sunset</b> - (Sec. 1001) Provides that, except for title I (other than section 107) and title III (other than section 362), the provisions of, and amendments made, by this Act shall not apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, and the Internal Revenue Code shall be applied and administered to such years as if such amendments had never been enacted.", "update_date": "2003-07-16T14:59:17Z", "version_code": "35" }, { "action_date": "2003-05-22", "action_desc": "Conference report filed in House", "text": " Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 - <b>Title I: Acceleration of Certain Previously Enacted Tax Reductions</b> - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate the increase to the $1,000 child tax credit to include 2003 and 2004. Maintains the levels and the sunset established under the Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) for years following.<p>Provides for advance payment for 2003.<p>(Sec. 102) Accelerates the increase in the 15 percent bracket for joint filers to twice that of single filers to make such increase applicable to 2003 and 2004. Maintains the levels and the sunset established under EGTRRA for years following.<p>(Sec. 103) Accelerates the increase in the standard deduction for joint filers to twice that of single filers to make such increase applicable to 2003 and 2004. Maintains the levels and the sunset established under EGTRRA for years following.<p>(Sec. 104) Revises the expansion of the 10 percent bracket for married taxpayers filing jointly scheduled to increase from $12,000 to $14,000 in 2008 as follows: (1) $14,000 through 2004; and (2) $12,000 for 2005 through 2007. Maintains the levels and the sunset established under EGTRRA for years following. Revises inflation adjustment provisions.<p>(Sec. 105) Accelerates to 2003 individual income tax rate reductions scheduled to begin in 2006. Maintains that level and the sunset established under EGTRRA for years following.<p>(Sec. 106) Increases the $49,000 (for 2001 through 2004) and $35,750 (for 2001 through 2004) alternative minimum tax exemption amounts to $58,000 (for 2003 and 2004) and $40,250 (for 2003 and 2004), respectively.<p>(Sec. 107) Establishes that the sunset provisions of EGTRRA apply to this title.<p><b>Title II: Growth Incentives for Business</b> - (Sec. 201) Revises provisions concerning the special allowance for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001, and before September 11, 2004, with respect to certain property the original use of which commenced after May 5, 2003, to increase the 30 percent bonus to 50 percent and extend the placed in service date through January 1, 2005 (2006, in certain cases).<p>(Sec. 202) Increases the $25,000 expensing allowance to $100,000 for 2003 through 2005, the $200,000 phaseout limit to $400,000 for 2003 through 2005, and includes off-the-shelf computer software placed in service in 2003 through 2005 as qualifying property. Provides for inflation adjustments.<p><b>Title III: Reduction in Taxes on Dividends and Capital Gains</b> - (Sec. 301) Reduces, for the regular and alternative minimum tax, the 10 and 20 percent adjusted net capital gain rates to 5 (zero percent in 2008) and 15 percent, respectively, for taxable years beginning on or after May 6, 2003, with transition rules for years that include May 6, 2003.<p>(Sec. 302) Provides, for the regular and alternative minimum tax, for the taxation of dividends received by an individual from domestic corporations at net capital gain rates. Includes as qualified dividend income dividends from qualified foreign corporations (foreign corporations incorporated in the United States or certain corporations eligible for benefits of a comprehensive tax treaty with the United States).<p>(Sec. 303) Sunsets provisions of this title December 31, 2008. <p><b>Title IV: Temporary State Fiscal Relief</b> - (Sec. 401) Provides $10 billion for State and local government assistance and $10 billion for Medicaid assistance through September 30, 2004. Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title, Temporary State Fiscal Relief. <p><b>Title V: Corporate Estimated Tax Payments for 2003</b> - (Sec. 501) Requires payment of 25 percent of September 2003 corporate estimated taxes by October 1, 2003.", "update_date": "2003-07-16T15:00:50Z", "version_code": "48" }, { "action_date": "2003-05-28", "action_desc": "Public Law", "text": " Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 - <b>Title I: Acceleration of Certain Previously Enacted Tax Reductions</b> - (Sec. 101) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to accelerate the increase to the $1,000 child tax credit to include 2003 and 2004. Maintains the levels and the sunset established under the Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA) for years following.<p>Provides for advance payment for 2003.<p>(Sec. 102) Accelerates the increase in the 15 percent bracket for joint filers to twice that of single filers to make such increase applicable to 2003 and 2004. Maintains the levels and the sunset established under EGTRRA for years following.<p>(Sec. 103) Accelerates the increase in the standard deduction for joint filers to twice that of single filers to make such increase applicable to 2003 and 2004. Maintains the levels and the sunset established under EGTRRA for years following.<p>(Sec. 104) Revises the expansion of the 10 percent bracket for married taxpayers filing jointly scheduled to increase from $12,000 to $14,000 in 2008 as follows: (1) $14,000 through 2004; and (2) $12,000 for 2005 through 2007. Maintains the levels and the sunset established under EGTRRA for years following. Revises inflation adjustment provisions.<p>(Sec. 105) Accelerates to 2003 individual income tax rate reductions scheduled to begin in 2006. Maintains that level and the sunset established under EGTRRA for years following.<p>(Sec. 106) Increases the $49,000 (for 2001 through 2004) and $35,750 (for 2001 through 2004) alternative minimum tax exemption amounts to $58,000 (for 2003 and 2004) and $40,250 (for 2003 and 2004), respectively.<p>(Sec. 107) Establishes that the sunset provisions of EGTRRA apply to this title.<p><b>Title II: Growth Incentives for Business</b> - (Sec. 201) Revises provisions concerning the special allowance for certain property acquired after September 10, 2001, and before September 11, 2004, with respect to certain property the original use of which commenced after May 5, 2003, to increase the 30 percent bonus to 50 percent and extend the placed in service date through January 1, 2005 (2006, in certain cases).<p>(Sec. 202) Increases the $25,000 expensing allowance to $100,000 for 2003 through 2005, the $200,000 phaseout limit to $400,000 for 2003 through 2005, and includes off-the-shelf computer software placed in service in 2003 through 2005 as qualifying property. Provides for inflation adjustments.<p><b>Title III: Reduction in Taxes on Dividends and Capital Gains</b> - (Sec. 301) Reduces, for the regular and alternative minimum tax, the 10 and 20 percent adjusted net capital gain rates to 5 (zero percent in 2008) and 15 percent, respectively, for taxable years beginning on or after May 6, 2003, with transition rules for years that include May 6, 2003.<p>(Sec. 302) Provides, for the regular and alternative minimum tax, for the taxation of dividends received by an individual from domestic corporations at net capital gain rates. Includes as qualified dividend income dividends from qualified foreign corporations (foreign corporations incorporated in the United States or certain corporations eligible for benefits of a comprehensive tax treaty with the United States).<p>(Sec. 303) Sunsets provisions of this title December 31, 2008. <p><b>Title IV: Temporary State Fiscal Relief</b> - (Sec. 401) Provides $10 billion for State and local government assistance and $10 billion for Medicaid assistance through September 30, 2004. Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title, Temporary State Fiscal Relief. <p><b>Title V: Corporate Estimated Tax Payments for 2003</b> - (Sec. 501) Requires payment of 25 percent of September 2003 corporate estimated taxes by October 1, 2003.", "update_date": "2003-07-16T15:04:33Z", "version_code": "49" } ]

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[ { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 4, 2003</p>", "pub_date": "2003-02-13T06:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14280" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on February 4, 2003", "pub_date": "2003-02-13T06:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14280" }, { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 10, 2003.</p>", "pub_date": "2003-10-03T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 4, Personal Responsibiltiy and Individual Development for Everyone Act", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14790" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Finance on September 10, 2003.", "pub_date": "2003-10-03T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 4, Personal Responsibiltiy and Individual Development for Everyone Act", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14790" }, { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill amendment proposed on March 30, 2004, to H.R. 4, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003</p>", "pub_date": "2004-05-03T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 4, S.A. 2945, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/15642" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill amendment proposed on March 30, 2004, to H.R. 4, the Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003", "pub_date": "2004-05-03T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 4, S.A. 2945, the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2004", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/15642" } ]

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[ { "action_date": "2003-02-04", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": "Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 - Amends title IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to reauthorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) to award state family assistance grants.<p>Authorizes States to use grants for marriage promotion activities and requires the Secretary to make bonus grants to each State that has achieved formulated employment goals.<p>Revises: (1) requirements for the consideration of certain child care expenditures in determining State compliance with contingency fund requirements; (2) State work participation requirements, incorporating a 40-hour work week standard, and creating a State superachiever participation rate credit; and (3) requirements for the use of TANF grants.<p>Authorizes the Secretary to establish TANF performance goals and plans. Makes appropriations for research, demonstrations, and technical assistance. Repeals waiver continuation authority.<p>Promotion and Support of Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Act of 2003 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary to make grants to public and nonprofit community entities for demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of various approaches to create a Fatherhood Program.<p>Permits States the option to make TANF programs mandatory partners with one-stop employment training centers.<p>Caring for Children Act of 2003 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to specify consumer education information States are required to collect and disseminate.<p>Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to income tax benefits.<p>Reauthorizes funding for State child care entitlement programs and revises State requirements for child support payments.<p>Amends: (1) SSA title XI (General Provisions) to eliminate specified limitations on the Secretary's authority to approve demonstration projects and grant waivers; and (2) SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to require the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency blindness and disability determinations.<p>Authorizes the administering Secretary to authorize innovative State demonstration projects involving individual programs, or integrating multiple public assistance, employment security, and other programs to support working families.<p>Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary to establish a program to make grants to States to provide food assistance and funds to operate employment and training programs for needy individuals.<p>Extends abstinence education funding and reauthorizes transitional medical assistance.", "update_date": "2006-11-28T17:35:40Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2003-02-13", "action_desc": "Passed House without amendment", "text": " <b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced in the House on February 4, 2003. However, because action occurred on the measure, the summary has been expanded.)</b><p>Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003 - (Sec. 4) Expresses the sense of Congress that increasing success in moving families from welfare to work, as well as in promoting healthy marriage and other means of improving child well-being, are very important Government interests and the policy contained in part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) (as amended by this Act) is intended to serve these ends.<p><b>Title I: TANF</b> - (Sec. 102) Amends SSA title IV part A to reauthorize, revise, and extend State family assistance grants for FY 2004 through 2008 and make annual appropriations.<p>(Sec. 103) Requires States to express in their State TANF plans how they would operate programs to encourage equitable treatment of married, two-parent families. Provides for healthy marriage promotion grants, replacing current bonuses to reward State decreases in illegitimacy ratio (hereby repealed). Makes appropriations for such grants for FY 2003 through FY 2008.<p>Provides that mandatory qualified State maintenance of effort expenditures include those on non-TANF-eligible families to prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies and establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidence of these pregnancies and to encourage the formation and maintenance of healthy, two-parent married families and responsible fatherhood.<p>(Sec. 104) Reauthorizes and extends annual supplemental grants for population increases in certain States through FY 2007 and makes appropriations. <p>(Sec. 105) Replaces the high performance bonus with a bonus to reward employment achievement, and makes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2009. <p>(Sec. 106) Reestablishes a $2 billion contingency fund in FY 2004 through 2008 and permits States to count child care spending and all spending in separate State programs toward the maintenance of effort requirement for accessing the contingency fund. Revises the annual reconciliation process and the definition of a \"needy State\" under the food stamp program.<p>(Sec. 107) Modifies requirements on the use of grants: (1) allowing States to use grant funds for any purposes or activities for which the State was authorized to use amounts received under TANF or permitted before enactment of TANF; (2) repealing requirements on treatment of interstate immigrants (which after enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (the 1996 law) were found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court); (3) increasing to 50 percent the overall limit on transfers from State TANF grants for other purposes (including child care); (4) increasing the limit on transfers from State TANF grants to carry out State programs pursuant to SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) (restoring the original limit established in the 1996 law) for FY 2004 and each succeeding fiscal year; (5) permitting States to use carry-over TANF funds for any TANF benefit or service without fiscal year limitation; and (6) expressly allowing a State or tribe to designate any portion of a grant made to it under TANF as a contingency reserve.<p>(Sec. 108) Repeals the authority for Federal loans for State welfare programs.<p>(Sec. 109) Eliminates the current: (1) State plan requirement for a parent or caretaker receiving TANF assistance to engage in work, replacing it with requirements for parents in families receiving TANF assistance to engage in work or alternative self-sufficiency activities; and (2) State option to develop individual responsibility plans, replacing it with requirements for a State receiving a TANF grant to establish for each family that includes a work-eligible individual receiving TANF assistance a self-sufficiency plan that specifies appropriate activities designed to assist the family in achieving its maximum degree of self-sufficiency, and that provides for the ongoing participation of the individual in the activities.<p>(Sec. 110) Replaces mandatory work requirements with work participation requirements. Sets the minimum participation rate for States for FY 2004 at 50 percent, raising it by five percentage points each subsequent fiscal year until it reaches 70 percent in FY 2008. Eliminates the separate standard for two-parent families. Incorporates a 40-hour work week standard in monthly participation rates, under which a work-eligible individual must, for an average of 40 hours per week for four weeks per month, 48 weeks per year, engage in: (1) a direct work activity, of which an average total of at least 24 hours per week must be in unsubsidized employment, subsidized private sector employment, subsidized public sector employment, on-the-job training, supervised work experience, or supervised community service; or (2) a qualified activity under a family sufficiency plan, of which an average of up to 16 hours per week of activities specified by the State must be in substance abuse counseling or treatment, rehabilitation treatment and services, work-related education or training directed at enabling the family member to work, job search or job readiness assistance, and any other activity that addresses a purpose specified for TANF. Recalibrates the current credit for caseload reduction (thus reducing the effective State work participation rate target for States with falling caseloads). Allows States to qualify for superachiever credit if the State caseload for FY 2001 has declined by at least 60 percent from the State caseload for FY 1995. Provides that States must reduce the amount of assistance payable to the family pro-rata or terminate assistance if the individual refuses to engage in work or in activities under a family sufficiency plan.<p>(Sec. 111) Continues the existing maintenance of effort requirement through FY 2009 and authorizes a State, territorial, or tribal organization to which a Federal TANF grant is made for marriage promotion to use a grant made under any other provision of TANF for marriage promotion activities, and the amount of any such grant so used shall be considered State funds for purposes of such grant program. Declares that any Federal TANF funds so used, however, may not be counted towards State maintenance of effort requirements.<p>(Sec. 112) Requires each State in its TANF plan to outline how it would encourage the formation and maintenance of married, two-parent families and describe any strategies it may be undertaking to address: (1) employment retention and advancement for recipients; (2) efforts to reduce teen pregnancy; (3) services for struggling and noncompliant families and for clients with special problems; and (4) program integration, including the extent to which employment and training services are provided through the One-Stop delivery system created under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.<p>Repeals the State TANF plan special requirement for community service employment after two months of benefits. Requires a State to describe strategies and programs it is undertaking to engage religious organizations in the provision of services and strategies to improve program management and performance.<p>Requires a tribal assistance plan to provide assurance that the State in which the tribe is located has been consulted regarding the plan and its design.<p>Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop uniform performance measures designed to assess the degree of effectiveness, and the degree of improvement, of State programs funded under TANF in accomplishing the purposes of TANF.<p>Revises the factors for the annual ranking of States for success in placing TANF recipients. Repeals the requirement that private sector jobs be long-term. Adds employment retention and wage increase factors.<p>(Sec. 113) Modifies data collection and reporting requirements. Permits the Secretary of HHS to limit the use of sampling by designating core elements that must be reported for all families. Adds race and educational level of each minor parent to the core reporting elements. Repeals the requirement for States to report on the education level of each child. Requires annual State reports to the Secretary of HHS on the characteristics of the State TANF program. Describes additional State reports required. Requires annual State reports to the Secretary on State program characteristics. Requires the Secretary to analyze State single audit reports within three months after receipt to identify problems related to State oversight of non-governmental contractors.<p>(Sec. 114) Continues Indian tribal family assistance grants and grants for Indian tribes that received JOBS funds through FY 2008.<p>(Sec. 115) Makes appropriations for FY 2003 through 2008 to the Secretary of HHS for: (1) research and demonstration projects by public or private entities; and (2) technical assistance to States, Indian tribal organizations, and other entities receiving a TANF grant, primarily for activities described under the marriage promotion grants.<p>Earmarks a specified amount of such funds for demonstration projects to test the effectiveness of tribal governments or tribal consortia in coordinating the provision of child welfare services and services to tribal families at risk of child abuse or neglect.<p>Continues funding of studies and demonstrations through FY 2008 under research, evaluations, and national studies requirements.<p>Directs the Secretary of HHS to report to Congress on the enforcement of affidavits of support and sponsor deeming as required under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.<p>Requires the Secretaries of HHS and of Labor to report jointly to Congress on common or conflicting data elements, definitions, performance measures, and reporting requirements in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the TANF program, and, to the degree each Secretary deems appropriate, at the discretion of either Secretary, any other program administered by the respective Secretary, to allow greater coordination between the welfare and workforce development systems.<p>(Sec. 116) Directs the Bureau of the Census to: (1) implement or enhance a new longitudinal survey of program participation to allow for the assessment of the outcomes of continued welfare reform on the economic and child well-being of low-income families with children, including those who received assistance or services from a State TANF program; and (2) provide State representative samples to the extent possible.<p>Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the combined effect of the phase-out rates for Federal programs and policies which provide support to low-income families and individuals as they move from welfare to work, at all earning levels up to $35,000 per year, for at least five States including Wisconsin and California, and any potential disincentives the combined phase-out rates create for families to achieve independence or to marry.<p>(Sec. 117) Defines \"assistance\" as payment, by cash, voucher, or other means (except on a short-term, non-recurring basis), to or for an individual or family to meet a subsistence need (excluding costs of transportation or child care).<p>(Sec. 119) Promotion and Support of Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage Act of 2003 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to add a new SSA title IV Part C (Fatherhood Program) to provide for projects and activities by public entities and by nonprofit community entities to test promising approaches for: (1) promoting responsible, caring, and effective parenting and encouraging positive father involvement; (2) enhancing the abilities and commitment of unemployed or low-income fathers to provide material support for their families and to avoid or leave welfare; (3) improving fathers' ability to manage family business affairs effectively; and (4) encouraging and supporting healthy marriages and married fatherhood.<p>Requires the Fatherhood Program to: (1) improve outcomes for children such as increased family income and economic security, improved school performance, better health, improved emotional and behavioral stability and social adjustment, and reduced risk of delinquency, crime, substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, teen sexual activity, and teen suicide; and (2) evaluate approaches and disseminate findings to encourage and facilitate replication of effective approaches to accomplishing the desired outcomes for both parents and children.<p>Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 and 2008.<p>(Sec. 120) Amends the TANF program to provide that a State TANF program shall be considered a mandatory one-stop employment training center partner unless after enactment of this Act the Governor of the State notifies the Secretaries of HHS and of Labor of his or her decision not to make the State program a mandatory partner.<p>(Sec. 121) Expresses the sense of Congress that a State welfare-to-work program should include a mentoring program.<p><b>Title II: Child Care</b> - Caring for Children Act of 2003 - (Sec. 202) Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to make it the goals of such Act to: (1) assist States to provide child care to low-income parents; (2) encourage States to improve the quality of child care available to families; and (3) promote school readiness by encouraging the exposure of young children in child care to nurturing environments and developmentally-appropriate activities.<p>(Sec. 203) Reauthorizes, revises, and extends the child care block grant program at increased levels through FY 2008. Revises State plan requirements for dissemination of information on child care, coordination with other early child care services and early childhood education programs, public-private partnerships, child care service quality, and access to care for certain populations, and activities to improve the quality of child care services.<p>(Sec. 206) Requires the Secretary of HHS, not later than October 1, 2005, and biennially thereafter, to report to specified congressional committees: (1) a summary and analysis of the data and information in State audit reports; (2) aggregate statistics on the supply of, demand for, and quality of child care, early education, and non-school-hours programs; and (3) an assessment of, and appropriate recommendations for Congress concerning, efforts that should be undertaken to improve the access of the public to quality and affordable child care.<p>(Sec. 207) Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to revise the definition of \"eligible child\" from an individual whose family income does not exceed 85 percent of the State median income for a same size family to an individual whose family income does not exceed income levels as established by the State, prioritized by need.<p>(Sec. 208) Amends the TANF program to make appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 for child care block grants to States.<p><b>Title III: Child Support</b> - Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to provide for Federal matching funds to a State for a specified limited pass-through of child support payments to families receiving TANF.<p>(Sec. 302) Provides that if the family has left TANF, a State may distribute to it the full amount of child support collected on its behalf.<p>(Sec. 304) Requires the State to impose a $25 annual user fee for each case in which successful child support collection services are furnished on behalf of an individual who has never been on TANF and for whom the State has collected at least $500 of support.<p>(Sec. 305) Directs the Secretary of HHS to report to specified congressional committees on the procedures that the States use generally to locate custodial parents for whom child support has been collected but not yet distributed.<p>(Sec. 306) Amends SSA title IV part D to provide that if a State agency responsible for the administration of an unemployment compensation program under Federal or State law transmits to the Secretary an individual's name and social security number, the Secretary shall, if the information in the National Directory of New Hires indicates that the individual may be employed, disclose to the State agency the individual's name, address, and the employer identification number of any putative employer. Requires the Secretary to make such a disclosure only to the extent that it would not interfere with the effective operation of the program.<p>(Sec. 307) Reduces from $5,000 to $2,500 the amount of child support arrearage that triggers passport denial, revocation, or limitation.<p>(Sec. 308) Allows the Federal income tax refund offset program to be used to collect child support arrearages on behalf of a child who is not a minor.<p>(Sec. 309) Changes the treatment of disability compensation benefits of veterans for purposes of paying child support. Allows withholding from veterans benefits to pay child support if the veteran is 60 days or more in arrears, but not to pay alimony. Limits to not more than 50 percent of any compensation payment the amount of disability payment that can be withheld.<p>(Sec. 310) Expands the Federal administrative offset program to allow certain social security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (SSA title XVI) benefits to be offset to collect past due support being enforced by the State.<p>(Sec. 311) Revises funding for technical assistance and for the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS). Authorizes the Secretary to use: (1) one percent of the Federal share of child support collected the preceding year, or the amount appropriated for FY 2002, whichever is greater, to provide for specified technical assistance and other activities; and (2) two percent of the Federal share of child support collected the preceding year, or the amount appropriated for FY 2002, whichever is greater, to operate FPLS to the extent that system costs are not recovered by user fees.<p><b>Title IV: Child Welfare</b> - Amends SSA title XI with respect to demonstration projects which the Secretary finds are likely to promote the objectives of part B (Child-Welfare Services) or E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of SSA title IV to: (1) extend through FY 2008 the Secretary's authority to permit States to conduct demonstration projects; (2) remove the limitation on the number of demonstration projects the Secretary may authorize in each fiscal year; (3) prohibit the Secretary from refusing to grant a waiver to a State to conduct the same or similar demonstration projects, or from imposing a limit on the number of waivers that may be granted to, or the number of demonstration projects that may be conducted by, a State; (4) direct the Secretary to develop a streamlined process for consideration of amendments and extensions proposed by States to demonstration projects; and (5) require the Secretary to make available to any State or other interested party any evaluation report provided to or made by the Secretary with respect to a demonstration project, with a focus on information that may promote best practices and program improvements.<p><b>Title V: Supplemental Security Income</b> - Amends SSA title XVI to require the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency determinations that adult applicants are blind or disabled as of a specified onset date before any action is taken to implement the determination.<p><b>Title VI: State and Local Flexibility</b> - Prescribes procedures for Federal administration of a program of demonstration projects in a State or portion of a State to coordinate multiple public assistance, workforce development, and other programs, for the purpose of supporting working individuals and families, helping families escape welfare dependency, promoting child well-being, or helping build stronger families, using innovative approaches to strengthen service systems and provide more coordinated and effective service delivery.<p>(Sec. 602) Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to make grants to States to provide: (1) food assistance to needy individuals and families residing in the State; (2) funds to operate an employment and training program for needy individuals under the program; and (3) funds for administrative costs incurred in providing the assistance.<p><b>Title VII: Abstinence Education</b> - Amends SSA title V (Maternal and Child Health Services) to continue the appropriation for the separate program for abstinence education through FY 2008.<p><b>Title VIII: Transitional Medical Assistance</b> - Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to extend through FY 2004 the authorization for transitional medical assistance for families that cease to be eligible for TANF.<p>(Sec. 802) Makes adjustments to payments for Medicaid administrative costs under State plans for medical assistance requirements to prevent duplicative payments and to fund the extension through FY 2005 of transitional medical assistance.<p><b>Title IX: Effective Date</b> - Establishes the effective date of this Act.", "update_date": "2003-12-12T15:20:50Z", "version_code": "81" }, { "action_date": "2003-10-03", "action_desc": "Reported to Senate with amendment(s)", "text": " <p>Personal Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone Act or PRIDE Act - <b>Title I: TANF</b> - (Sec. 101) Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to require State TANF plans to: (1) establish specific measurable performance objectives for pursuing TANF purposes; (2) describe any strategies and programs the State plans to use to address employment retention and advancement, reduction of teen pregnancy, services for struggling and noncompliant families, and for clients with special problems, and program integration; and (3) describe any strategies and programs the State is undertaking to engage faith-based organizations in the provision of services funded by TANF.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to develop a proposed Standard State Plan Form for use by the States to submit their FY 2005 TANF plans. Requires States to ensure that the State plan that is in effect for any fiscal year is available to the public through an appropriate State maintained Internet website and through other means the State deems appropriate. Directs the Secretary to develop uniform performance measures designed to evaluate State TANF programs. Requires the Secretary annually to rank States receiving State family assistance grants in order of their success in placing State TANF recipients into private sector jobs, the success of recipients in retaining employment, the ability of recipients to increase wages, and the degree to which recipients have workplace attachment and advancement. </p> <p>(Sec. 102) Amends SSA title IV part A, as amended by the Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2003, to reauthorize, revise, and extend State family assistance grants for FY 2004 through 2008 and make annual appropriations. </p> <p>(Sec. 103) Requires States to express in their State TANF plans how they would operate programs to encourage equitable treatment of healthy two-parent married families. Provides for healthy marriage promotion grants, replacing current bonuses to reward State decreases in illegitimacy ratio (hereby repealed). Makes appropriations for such grants for FY 2004 through 2008. Requires such funds to remain available to the Secretary until expended. Provides that mandatory qualified State maintenance of effort expenditures include those on non-TANF-eligible families to: (1) prevent and reduce the incidence of out-of-wedlock pregnancies; (2) establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidence of these pregnancies; and (3) encourage the formation and maintenance of healthy, two-parent married families and responsible fatherhood. Makes one purpose of the State TANF program the encouragement of the formation and maintenance of healthy two-parent married families and to encourage responsible fatherhood.</p> <p>(Sec. 104) Reauthorizes and extends annual supplemental grants for population increases in certain States through FY 2007 and makes appropriations. </p> <p>(Sec. 105) Replaces the high performance bonus with a bonus to reward employment achievement, and makes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2009. Requires the Secretary's formula for measuring State performance to measure absolute progress towards the goals of job entry, job retention, earnings rate gain, and workplace attachment and advancement for families receiving assistance under TANF. Makes tribal organizations eligible for bonuses and directs the Secretary to consult with tribal organizations in determining the criteria for awards for them.</p> <p>(Sec. 106) Modifies contingency fund requirements. Eliminates a separately designated Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs. Limits contingency fund grants to needy States, defined by specified criteria for economy-related increases in the number of families receiving assistance. Limits the total amount paid to a single State during a fiscal year to ten percent of the State family assistance grant. Eliminates the annual reconciliation process. Repeals the penalty for State failure to maintain 100 percent of historic effort.</p> <p>(Sec. 107) Revises requirements for the use of TANF grants. Repeals the authority of a State operating a TANF program to apply to an interstate immigrant family the rules (including benefit amounts) of the TANF program of another State if the family has moved to the State from the other State and has resided in the new State for less than 12 months.</p> <p>Restores authority of a State to transfer up to ten percent (currently 4.25 percent) of its TANF State family assistance grant for a fiscal year to carry out State programs pursuant to SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services).</p> <p>Revises the current authorization for a State or tribe to reserve TANF block grant amounts for any fiscal year to provide TANF without fiscal year limitation. Permits a State or tribe to designate a portion of its TANF grant as a contingency reserve which may be used, without fiscal year limitation, to provide any benefit or service that may be provided under the State or tribal TANF program.</p> <p>Authorizes a State receiving a TANF grant to use it to establish an undergraduate postsecondary or a vocational educational training program for up to ten percent of the total number of families receiving TANF, under which support services such as child care and transportation services may be provided, and have the hours of participation in these programs counted toward meeting State work requirements.</p> <p>(Sec. 108) Repeals the Secretary's authority to make loans to State welfare programs.</p> <p>(Sec. 109) Revises mandatory work requirements. Eliminates the separate work participation rate for two parent families beginning with FY 2003. Increases the all-family standard from the current 50 percent level to 55 percent for FY 2005, 60 percent for FY 2006, 65 percent for FY 2007, and 70 percent for FY 2008 and thereafter.</p> <p>Replaces the current caseload reduction credit with an employment credit, while giving States the option to phase-in the replacement. Limits the reduction of a State's required participation rate through the application of employment, caseload reduction, or other credits.</p> <p>Gives a State the option on a case-by-case basis to: (1) exclude a family from the determination of the State's monthly participation rate during their first month of TANF; or (2) not require a family with a child under age one to engage in work, and disregard such family in determining the State's minimum participation rate for not more than 12 months. </p> <p>Revises requirements for determining if a TANF recipient is engaged in work for a month. Provides for determination of countable hours engaged in work for a single parent or relative with a child over age six, a single-parent or relative with a child under age six, two-parent families (as under current law), and two-parent families that receive federally funded child care.</p> <p>Expands the list of activities that may be counted towards meeting work participation requirements by a single parent or relative with a child over age six. Includes, subject to certain conditions, such activities as substance abuse counseling or treatment, and programs or activities designed to remove work barriers. Requires an average of 24 hours per week in participation in direct work activities.</p> <p>Modifies special rules to: (1) establish a general limitation of 30 percent for the number of individuals in all families in a State who may be treated as engaged in work by reason of participation in educational activities; and (2) give States the option of deeming a single parent caring for a child or adult dependent with a physical or mental impairment to be meeting all or part of a family's work participation requirements for a month. Provides for optional modification of work requirements for recipients residing in areas of Indian country or an Alaskan native village with high joblessness.</p> <p>(Sec. 110) Eliminates the current State plan requirement for a parent or caretaker receiving TANF to engage in work. Replaces it with requirements for such individuals to engage in work or alternative self-sufficiency activities (as defined by the State), while no longer requiring that such work commence after 24 months of assistance, or once the State determines such an individual as ready to engage in work, whichever is earlier.</p> <p>Replaces individual responsibility plans with family self-sufficiency plans. Requires a State receiving a TANF grant to establish a family self-sufficiency plan for each family that includes an adult or minor child head of household receiving TANF who has attained age 18 or has not completed high school and is not attending secondary school. Requires the family self-sufficiency plan to specify appropriate work activities, provide for the individual's ongoing participation in them, and assist the family in achieving its maximum degree of self-sufficiency. </p> <p>Requires a State receiving a TANF grant to: (1) monitor the participation of each adult recipient or minor child head of household in the activities specified in the self-sufficiency plan, and regularly review the family's progress toward self-sufficiency; and (2) revise the plan and the activities required under it, upon such a review, as the State deems appropriate in consultation with the family.</p> <p>Requires the State, before imposing a sanction against an adult recipient, minor child head of household, or a family for failure to comply with a requirement of the self-sufficiency plan or the State TANF program, to: (1) review the self-sufficiency plan; and (2) make a good faith effort to consult with the family. Applies family self-sufficiency requirements in the case of a family that includes an adult or minor child head of household recipient of assistance who is subject to a partial sanction. Bases the penalty for failure to comply with such requirements on the severity of failure. Gives the Secretary authority to reduce the penalty under certain circumstances. Includes a transitional compliance period for teen parents.</p> <p>Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate for specified congressional committees the implementation of the universal work engagement requirements added by this Act. </p> <p>(Sec. 111) Extends through FY 2009 the requirement that States maintain their own funding at 75 percent of its historic level (80 percent in case of failure to satisfy work standards), or incur reductions in funding as a penalty.</p> <p>(Sec. 112) Extends State quarterly reporting requirements to cover families receiving assistance under State programs funded with other qualified State expenditures. Requires annual reports on program characteristics and monthly reports on caseload. Replaces the quarterly report on transitional services with a quarterly report on the number of families and total number of individuals that, during each month, became ineligible to receive assistance under the State TANF program.</p> <p>(Sec. 113) Reauthorizes and extends tribal family assistance grants and grants for Native Employment Works programs through FY 2008 at current levels. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a tribal TANF improvement fund. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p>(Sec. 114) Makes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 for research, demonstrations, and technical assistance, of which not less than 80 percent must be expended in connection with marriage promotion activities.</p> <p>Extends through FY 2008 the current annual appropriation of $15 million (and its designated 50-50 allocation) for the funding of certain research, studies, and demonstration projects. </p> <p>Establishes a demonstration program for up to ten States to improve coordination of assistance provided under TANF, including TANF's mandatory child care program, and SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services).</p> <p>(Sec. 115) Revises requirements for the Census Bureau study of the impact of title I of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 on a random national sample of TANF recipients. Changes the study into a longitudinal survey of program participation to allow for the assessment of the outcomes of continued welfare reform on the economic and child well-being of low-income families with children, including those who received TANF or services from a State program. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to report to Congress on the well-being of children and families using data collected under the study. Makes appropriations to continue such study through FY 2008 at the current level. </p> <p>(Sec. 116) Increases the level of appropriations for the mandatory child care program for FY 2004 through 2008, and includes a set-aside of such funds for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. </p> <p>(Sec. 117) Defines &quot;assistance&quot; as payment, by cash, voucher, or other means, to or for an individual or family for the purpose of meeting a subsistence need (including food, clothing, shelter, and related items, but not including costs of transportation or child care). Excludes from such definition any payment to or for an individual or family on a short-term, nonrecurring basis (as defined by the State in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary).</p> <p>(Sec. 118) Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to add to TANF a new part C (Responsible Fatherhood Program) directing the Secretary to award grants to: (1) up to ten eligible States to conduct demonstration programs to promote responsible fatherhood through, among other means, marriage promotion; and (2) eligible entities, such as charities or faith-based organizations, to conduct demonstration programs to carry out such purposes. Authorizes appropriations. </p> <p>Directs the Secretary to contract with a nationally recognized, nonprofit fatherhood promotion organization to: (1) develop, promote, and distribute to interested States, local governments, public agencies, and private entities a media campaign that encourages the appropriate involvement of parents in the life of any child; and (2) develop a national clearinghouse to assist States and communities in efforts to promote and support marriage and responsible fatherhood by collecting, evaluating, and making available to other States information regarding such media campaigns. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p> Establishes a program of block grants to States for media campaigns for FY 2004 through 2008. Authorizes appropriations.</p> <p>(Sec. 119) Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to: (1) entities for capitalizing and developing the role of sustainable social services that are critical to the success of moving TANF recipients into work; and (2) States, counties, localities, Indian tribes, and nonprofit entities to promote improving access to dependable, affordable automobiles by low-income families with children. Authorizes appropriations. </p> <p><b>Title II: Abstinence Education</b> - (Sec. 201) Revises, reauthorizes, and extends the program for abstience education under SSA title V (Maternal and Child Services Block Grant) through FY 2008, allowing funds that the Secretary determines will not be required to carry out an abstinence program of a particular State to be reallocated among the States with abstinence education programs.</p> <p><b>Title III: Child Support</b> - (Sec. 301) Amends SSA title IV part A to modify the rule requiring assignment to the State of child support rights as a condition of receiving TANF to provide that assignment covers only child support that accrues during the period that the family receives TANF (thereby eliminating coverage under assignment of any support that accrued before the family began receiving TANF). </p> <p>Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to revise the rules for the distribution of collected child support. Provides that a State shall not be required to pay to the Federal Government its share of child support collections passed through to TANF families by the State, if the State disregards in determining the amount and type assistance to the family up to $400 per month in the case of a family with one child, or $600 per month in the case of two or more children.</p> <p>Provides that with respect to former TANF families, current child support payments must be paid to the family. Allows States with &quot;section 1115 demonstration waivers&quot; (on or before October 1, 1997) that are related to child support pass-through provisions to continue to pass through payments to families without regard to the waiver's expiration date. Requires the State part D plan to include election as to which rules to apply in distributing child support arrearages collected on behalf of families formerly receiving assistance. Gives States the option to discontinue certain older support assignments.</p> <p>(Sec. 302) Repeals the requirement that the State first receive a request from a parent or from that State agency under the State TANF plan before conducting mandatory review and (if appropriate) adjustment of child support orders in TANF cases every three years, if it has been assigned child support payments under TANF. (Thus requires the State to conduct a review and adjustment every three years, regardless of whether a review is requested.)</p> <p>(Sec. 303) Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on the procedures that the States use generally to locate custodial parents for whom child support has been collected but not yet distributed.</p> <p>(Sec. 304) Amends SSA title IV part D to provide that, if a State agency responsible for the administration of an unemployment compensation program under Federal or State law transmits to the Secretary for administration purposes an individual's name and social security number, the Secretary shall disclose to the State agency information on the individual and the individual's employer that is maintained in the National Directory of New Hires.</p> <p>Requires the Secretary to make such a disclosure only to the extent that it would not interfere with the effective operation of the program. Requires a State agency to which information is provided to have in effect data security and control policies adequate to ensure the security of information obtained and to ensure that access to it is restricted to authorized persons. Establishes a penalty for misuse of information. Requires a State agency to reimburse the Secretary for the costs incurred by the Secretary in furnishing the information requested.</p> <p>(Sec. 305) Reduces from $5,000 to $2,500 the amount of child support arrearage triggering passport denial, revocation, or limitation with respect to noncustodial parents.</p> <p>(Sec. 306) Allows the Federal income tax refund offset program to be used to collect child support arrearages on behalf of a child who is not a minor.</p> <p>(Sec. 307) Prohibits the garnishment of any veteran's disability compensation in order to collect alimony, unless that disability compensation is being paid because retirement benefits are being waived.</p> <p>(Sec. 308) Expands the Federal administrative offset program to allow certain social security benefits to be offset to collect past due child support being enforced by the State on behalf of families receiving child support enforcement services under SSA title IV part D.</p> <p>(Sec. 309) Revises funding for technical assistance and for the Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS). Authorizes the Secretary to use: (1) one percent of the Federal share of child support collected the preceding year, or the amount appropriated for FY 2002, whichever is greater, to provide for specified technical assistance and other activities; and (2) two percent of the Federal share of child support collected the preceding year, or the amount appropriated for FY 2002, whichever is greater, to operate FPLS to the extent that system costs are not recovered by user fees.</p> <p>(Sec. 311) Authorizes the Secretary via the FPLS to: (1) seize assets, held by multistate financial institutions, of individuals who owe past-due support, and transfer them to the appropriate State agencies for distribution; and (2) compare information concerning individuals owing past-due support with information maintained by insurers (or their agents) concerning insurance claims, settlements, awards, and payments, and furnish any information resulting from a match to the appropriate State agencies. </p> <p>(Sec. 313) Includes Indian tribes and tribal organizations as authorized persons for purposes of tribal access to FPLS.</p> <p>(Sec. 314) Requires the Secretary of Education to reimburse the Secretary for any costs incurred by the Secretary in providing requested new hires information.</p> <p>(Sec. 316) Amends the Longshore and Harbor Worker's Compensation Act to ensure that longshore or harbor workers benefits provided by the Federal Government or by private insurers are subject to garnishment for purposes of paying child support obligations. </p> <p>(Sec. 317) Amends SSA title IV part D, with respect to high-volume, automated administrative enforcement in interstate cases, to declare that if the State provides assistance to another State with respect to a case, the assisting State may establish a corresponding case based on the other State's request for assistance.</p> <p>(Sec. 318) Authorizes the Secretary, through FPLS, to: (1) intercept gambling winnings of an individual owing past-due support which is being enforced by a State agency; and (2) transmit such winnings to the State agency for distribution. Prohibits a gambling establishment from paying individuals gambling winnings until it has furnished the Secretary certain information so that a data match can be performed to see if the individual owes past-due child support. Requires the gambling establishment, if such a match occurs, to withhold specific winnings and transfer them to the Secretary for transfer to the appropriate State agency. Establishes sanctions against gambling establishments for non-compliance. Requires Indian tribes and tribal organizations to comply with such requirements in order to receive direct child support enforcement funding. </p> <p>(Sec. 319) Requires each State's Uniform Interstate Family Support Act to include any amendments officially adopted as of August 2001 by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. </p> <p>Amends Federal law to provide that the court of a State that has made a child support order has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order if it is the controlling order, and: (1) the State is the child's State or the residence of any individual contestant; or (2) if the State is not the residence of the child or an individual contestant, the contestants consent in a record or in open court that the court may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order. Revises the current rules regarding the enforcement of modified orders. </p> <p>(Sec. 320) Amends SSA title IV part D with respect to grants to States for access and visitation programs to extend such program to Indian tribes and tribal organizations that have received direct child support enforcement payments from the Federal government for at least one year. Increases minimum allotment to the States for FY 2004 though 2007. Includes a specified set-aside for Indian tribes and tribal organizations for FY 2004 through 2007. </p> <p>(Sec. 321) Changes the timing of the corrective action year for States that are found to be in noncompliance with child support enforcement program hearings to the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the Secretary makes a finding of noncompliance and recommends a corrective action plan.</p> <p><b>Title IV: Child Welfare</b> - (Sec. 401) Amends SSA title XI with respect to demonstration projects which the Secretary finds are likely to promote the objectives of part B (Child-Welfare Services) or E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of SSA title IV. Extends through FY 2008 the Secretary's authority to permit States to conduct such demonstration projects. </p> <p>(Sec. 402) Removes from Puerto Rico's overall funding ceiling foster care payments made to Puerto Rico for FY 2005 or any later year that exceed the total amount of foster payments made to the Commonwealth for FY 2002. Limits the amount that can be disregarded to $6.25 million for each of FY 2005 through 2008. </p> <p><b>Title V: Supplemental Security Income</b> - (Sec. 501) Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to require the Commissioner of Social Security to review State agency blindness and disability determinations for SSI. Calls for a review of at least 20 percent of determinations made in FY 2004, 40 percent in FY 2005, and 50 percent in FY 2006 or thereafter. </p> <p><b>Title VI: Transitional Medical Assistance</b> - (Sec. 601) Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to continue the transitional medical assistance (TMA) program until September 30, 2008. Permits States to extend TMA for up to 24 months, allowing continuous eligibility for 12 months by making reporting requirements optional. Eases access by permitting States to waive the requirements for previous receipt of Medicaid (for three of the previous six months). Makes requirements concerning the extension of eligibility for medical assistance optional for States that extend coverage to children and parents through 185 percent of the Federal poverty level. Requires notice for all families whose aid under SSA title IV part A or E has terminated but whose eligibility for Medicaid continues. Extends use of outstationed workers to accept applications for TMA. </p> <p>(Sec. 602) Amends title SSA XXI (State Children's Health Insurance Program) (SCHIP) to prohibit the spending of SCHIP funds on childless couples.</p> <p><b>Title VII: Effective Date</b> - Sets forth the effective date of this Act.</p>", "update_date": "2004-04-28T22:22:56Z", "version_code": "01" } ]

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[ { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 5, 2003</p>", "pub_date": "2003-03-10T06:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14309" }, { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 6, 2003</p>", "pub_date": "2003-03-10T06:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14316" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 5, 2003", "pub_date": "2003-03-10T06:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14309" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 6, 2003", "pub_date": "2003-03-10T06:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 5, Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14316" } ]

[ "Accident insurance", "Blood", "Bribery", "Child health", "Civil actions and liability", "Collection of accounts", "Commerce", "Conflict of interests", "Crime and Law Enforcement", "Damages", "Department of Health and Human Services", "Disability insurance", "Disabled", "Drug approvals", "Drug industry", "Drugs", "Evidence (Law)", "Families", "Federal officials", "Federal preemption", "Finance and Financial Sector", "Fines (Penalties)", "Fraud", "Government Operations and Politics", "Health insurance", "Labeling", "Labor and Employment", "Law", "Legal fees", "Liability (Law)", "Liability insurance", "Liens", "Limitation of actions", "Medical malpractice", "Medical supplies", "Minors", "Misconduct in office", "Packaging", "Parties to actions", "Product safety", "Products liability", "Punitive damages", "State laws", "Vaccines", "Workers' compensation" ]

[ { "action_date": "2003-02-05", "action_desc": "Introduced in House", "text": "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003 - Makes changes to the health care liability system, including compensation for injured patients and other issues arising out of health care law suits.<p>Requires a suit to be brought within three years of the date of injury or one year after the claimant discovers or should have discovered the injury, whichever occurs first. Specifies exceptions when a suit may be brought later than three years after the date of injury.<p>Sets forth requirements and permissible recovery amounts for compensating patient injury, including: (1) the full amount of economic loss without limitation; (2) noneconomic damages as specified; and (3) a fair share rule.<p>Requires the court to supervise payment-of-damage arrangements, limiting contingency fees.<p>Permits the introduction of evidence of collateral source benefits, except that this section shall not apply to provisions of the Social Security Act pertaining to State plans for medical assistance and Medicare as secondary payer.<p>Limits the availability of punitive damages, requiring clear and convincing evidence of malicious intent to injure or a deliberate failure to avoid substantially certain, unnecessary injury. Prohibits their award for products that comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards, except if the manufacturer or distributor of a particular medical product or the supplier of a component or raw material of such a product causes harm by failing to comply with a specific requirement of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.<p>Authorizes periodic payment of future damages to claimants.<p>Excludes suits for vaccine-related death or injury from the requirements of this Act if otherwise covered under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.<p>Preempts State law unless such law imposes greater protections for health care providers and organizations from liability, loss, or damages.<p>Expresses the sense of Congress that a health insurer should be liable for damages for harm caused when it makes a decision as to what care is medically necessary and appropriate.", "update_date": "2006-11-28T17:35:40Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2003-03-11", "action_desc": "Reported to House amended, Part I", "text": " Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003 - (Sec. 3) Makes changes to the health care liability system, including compensation for injured patients and other issues arising out of health care lawsuits. <p>Requires a suit to be brought within three years of the date of injury or one year after the claimant discovers or should have discovered the injury, whichever occurs first. Specifies exceptions when a suit may be brought later than three years after the date of injury. Sets forth rules for actions by minors.<p>(Sec. 4) Sets forth requirements and permissible recovery amounts for compensating patient injury, including: (1) the full amount of economic loss without limitation; (2) noneconomic damages as specified; and (3) a fair share rule.<p>(Sec. 5) Requires the court to supervise payment-of-damage arrangements, limiting contingency fees.<p>(Sec. 6) Permits the introduction of evidence of collateral source benefits, except that this section shall not apply to provisions of the Social Security Act pertaining to State plans for medical assistance and Medicare as secondary payer.<p>(Sec. 7) Limits the availability of punitive damages, requiring clear and convincing evidence of malicious intent to injure or a deliberate failure to avoid substantially certain, unnecessary injury. Prohibits punitive damages from being awarded where no judgment for compensatory damages is rendered. Prohibits their award for products that comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards, except if the manufacturer or distributor of a particular medical product or the supplier of a component or raw material of such a product causes harm by failing to comply with a specific requirement of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.<p>Declares that in cases involving alleged harm due to packaging or labeling of a drug required to have tamper resistant packaging, the manufacturer or product seller shall not be held liable for punitive damages unless the trier of fact finds evidence that the labeling or packaging is out of compliance with FDA regulations. <p>Allows punitive damages in cases where a person: (1) withholds from the FDA information pertaining to the alleged harm suffered; or (2) made an illegal payment to an FDA official to secure or maintain approval or clearance of a product. <p>(Sec. 8) Authorizes periodic payment of future damages to claimants.<p>(Sec. 10) Excludes suits for vaccine-related death or injury from the requirements of this Act if otherwise covered under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.<p>(Sec. 11) Preempts a specified section of Federal law governing health care lawsuits to the extent that such section differs from this Act in certain ways, including if it provides for a greater amount of damages or contingent fees or a longer period in which a health care lawsuit may be commenced. Preempts State law unless such law imposes greater protections for health care providers and organizations from liability, loss, or damages.<p>(Sec. 13) Expresses the sense of Congress that a health insurer should be liable for damages for harm caused when it makes a decision as to what care is medically necessary and appropriate.", "update_date": "2003-07-24T17:04:24Z", "version_code": "18" }, { "action_date": "2003-03-11", "action_desc": "Reported to House amended, Part II", "text": "Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003 - (Sec. 3) Makes changes to the health care liability system, including compensation for injured patients and other issues arising out of health care lawsuits.<p>Requires a suit to be brought within three years of the date of injury or one year after the claimant discovers or should have discovered the injury, whichever occurs first. Specifies exceptions when a suit may be brought later than three years after the date of injury. Sets forth rules for actions by minors.<p>(Sec. 4) Sets forth requirements and permissible recovery amounts for compensating patient injury, including: (1) the full amount of economic loss without limitation; (2) noneconomic damages as specified; and (3) a fair share rule.<p>(Sec. 5) Requires the court to supervise payment-of-damage arrangements, limiting contingency fees.<p>(Sec. 6) Permits the introduction of evidence of collateral source benefits, except that this section shall not apply to provisions of the Social Security Act pertaining to State plans for medical assistance and Medicare as secondary payer.<p>(Sec. 7) Limits the availability of punitive damages, requiring clear and convincing evidence of malicious intent to injure or a deliberate failure to avoid substantially certain, unnecessary injury. Prohibits punitive damages from being awarded where no judgment for compensatory damages is rendered. Prohibits their award for products that comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards, except if the manufacturer or distributor of a particular medical product or the supplier of a component or raw material of such a product causes harm by failing to comply with a specific requirement of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.<p>Allows punitive damages in cases where: (1) a person knowingly misrepresented to the FDA information required to be submitted; or (2) a person made an illegal payment to an FDA official to secure or maintain approval or clearance of a product.<p>(Sec. 8) Authorizes periodic payment of future damages to claimants.<p>(Sec. 10) Excludes suits for vaccine-related death or injury from the requirements of this Act if otherwise covered under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.<p>(Sec. 11) Preempts a specified section of Federal law governing health care lawsuits to the extent that such section differs from this Act in certain ways, including if it provides for a greater amount of damages or contingent fees or a longer period in which a health care lawsuit may be commenced. Preempts State law unless such law imposes greater protections for health care providers and organizations from liability, loss, or damages.<p>(Sec. 13) Expresses the sense of Congress that a health insurer should be liable for damages for harm caused when it makes a decision as to what care is medically necessary and appropriate.", "update_date": "2006-11-28T17:35:40Z", "version_code": "19" }, { "action_date": "2003-03-13", "action_desc": "Passed House without amendment", "text": " <b>(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 11, 2003. 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Sets forth rules for actions by minors.<p>(Sec. 4) Sets forth requirements and permissible recovery amounts for compensating patient injury, including: (1) the full amount of economic loss without limitation; (2) noneconomic damages as specified; and (3) a fair share rule.<p>(Sec. 5) Requires the court to supervise payment-of-damage arrangements, limiting contingency fees.<p>(Sec. 6) Permits the introduction of evidence of collateral source benefits, except that this section shall not apply to provisions of the Social Security Act pertaining to State plans for medical assistance and Medicare as secondary payer.<p>(Sec. 7) Limits the availability of punitive damages, requiring clear and convincing evidence of malicious intent to injure or a deliberate failure to avoid substantially certain, unnecessary injury. Prohibits punitive damages from being awarded where no judgment for compensatory damages is rendered. Prohibits their award for products that comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards, except if the manufacturer or distributor of a particular medical product or the supplier of a component or raw material of such a product causes harm by failing to comply with a specific requirement of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.<p>Declares that in cases involving alleged harm due to packaging or labeling of a drug required to have tamper resistant packaging, the manufacturer or product seller shall not be held liable for punitive damages unless the trier of fact finds evidence that the labeling or packaging is out of compliance with FDA regulations. <p>Allows punitive damages in cases where a person: (1) withholds from the FDA information pertaining to the alleged harm suffered; or (2) made an illegal payment to an FDA official to secure or maintain approval or clearance of a product. <p>(Sec. 8) Authorizes periodic payment of future damages to claimants.<p>(Sec. 10) Excludes suits for vaccine-related death or injury from the requirements of this Act if otherwise covered under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.<p>(Sec. 11) Preempts a specified section of Federal law governing health care lawsuits to the extent that such section differs from this Act in certain ways, including if it provides for a greater amount of damages or contingent fees or a longer period in which a health care lawsuit may be commenced. Preempts State law unless such law imposes greater protections for health care providers and organizations from liability, loss, or damages.<p>(Sec. 13) Expresses the sense of Congress that a health insurer should be liable for damages for harm caused when it makes a decision as to what care is medically necessary and appropriate.", "update_date": "2003-07-24T16:59:36Z", "version_code": "81" } ]

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Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 6 with 1 hour of general debate.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H25200", "action_date": "2003-11-18", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Conference report H. Rept. 108-375 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order. (text of conference report: CR H11207-11356)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "20900", "action_date": "2003-11-18", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "9", "name": "Library of Congress" }, "text": "Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 108-375 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.(text of conference report: CR H11207-11356)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H27200", "action_date": "2003-11-17", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Moran (KS) asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until 6:00 a.m. on Nov. 18 to file a conference report on H.R. 6. Agreed to without objection.", "type": "Committee" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-11-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-11-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 188 - 210 (Roll No. 618). (consideration: CR H11009)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-11-07", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Filner moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H11008-11009)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-11-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the Filner motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Filner demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-11-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-11-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-11-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Filner motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 6.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-11-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Filner moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H10521-10528; text: CR H10521)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-10-30", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-30", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 232 (Roll no. 598). (consideration: CR 10/31/2003 H10210)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-29", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the Johnson motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Barton demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-10-29", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-29", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the E. B. Johnson motion to instruct conferees.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-29", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Ms. Johnson, E. B. moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H10090-10106; text: CR H10090)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-10-28", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-28", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 346 - 59 (Roll no. 571). (consideration: CR H9965-9966)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-21", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion of debate on the Markey motion to instruct conferees, the Speaker put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Markey demanded the yeas and nays and the Speaker postponed further proceedings on the adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-21", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Markey (MA) motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 6.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-21", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Markey moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9777-9780; text: CR H9777-9778)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-10-15", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-15", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 229 - 182 (Roll no. 540). (consideration: CR H9440-9441)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED ROLL CALL VOTE - At the conclusion debate on the Capps motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on adoption of the motion and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Capps demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-10-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Capps motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 6.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-08", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mrs. Capps moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9336-9346; text: CR H9336)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41931", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H9171)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41400", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Inslee motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 6.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-10-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Inslee moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H9168-9171; text: CR H9168)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Conference held.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "20800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "9", "name": "Library of Congress" }, "text": "Conference committee actions: Conference held.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Ways and Means Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hswm00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of Division D of the House bill and Division H and I of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Thomas, McCrery, and Rangel.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Transportation and Infrastructure Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hspw00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for consideration of secs. 11001-11004, 11006, 11009-11011, 12001-12012, 12014, 12401, 12403, 13001, 13201, 13202, 15021-15024, 15031-15034, 15041, 15043, 15051, 16012, 16021, 16022, 16023, 16031, 16081, 16082, 16092, 23001-23004, 30407, 30410, and 30901 of the House bill and secs. 102, 201, 205, 301, 701-783, 812, 814, 816, 823, 911-916, 918-920, 949, 1214, 1261-1262, and 1351-1352 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Young (AK), Petri, and Oberstar.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees Provided that Mr. Lampson is appointed in lieu of Mr. Hall of Texas for consideration of sec. 21708 and Division F of the House bill, and secs. 824 and 1223 of the Senate amendment and modifications committed to conference.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees Provided that Mr. Costello is appointed in lieu of Mr. Hall of Texas for consideration of Division E of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Science, Space, and Technology Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hssy00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Science for consideration of secs. 11009, 11025, 12301-12312, 14001-14007, 14009-14015, 14029, 15021-15024, 15031-15034, 15041, 15045, Division B, sec. 30301, Division E, and Division F of the House bill and secs. 501-507, 509, 513-516, 770-772, 807-809, 814-816, 824, 832, 1001-1022, Title XI, Title XII, Title XIII, Title XIV, secs. 1502, 1504-1505, Title XVI, and secs. 1801-1805 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Boehlert, Biggert, and Hall.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees Provided that Mr. Kind is appointed in lieu of Mr. Rahall for consideration of Title IV of Division C of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Natural Resources Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsii00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Resources for consideration of secs. 12005, 12007, 12011, 12101, 13001, 21501, 21521-21530, Division C, and sec. 60009 of the House bill and secs. 201, 265, 272, 301, 401-407, 602-606, 609, 612, 705, 707, 712, 721, 1234, 1351-1352, 1704, and 1811 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Pombo, Cubin, and Rahall.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Judiciary Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsju00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on the Judiciary for consideration of secs. 12008, 12401, 14014, 14026, 14027, 14028, 14033, 16012, 16045, 16084, 30101, 30210, and 30408 of the House bill and secs. 206, 209, 253, 531-532, 708, 767, 783, and 1109 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Sensenbrenner, Smith (TX), and Conyers.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Oversight and Accountability Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsgo00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Government Reform for consideration of secs. 11002, 11005, 11006, 11010, 11011, 14025, 14033, and 22002 of the House bill and secs. 263, 805, 806, 914-916, 918, 920, 1406, and 1410 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Davis, Tom, Murphy, and Tierney.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Financial Services Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsba00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Financial Services for consideration of Division G of the House bill and secs. 931-940 and 950 of the Senate amendment and modifications committed to conference: Oxley, Ney, and Waters.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Education and the Workforce Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsed00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Education and the Workforce for consideration of secs. 11021, 12014, 14033, and 30406 of the House bill and secs. 715, 774, 901, 903, 1505, and 1507 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: McKeon, Johnson, Sam, and Miller, George.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Armed Services Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsas00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Armed Services for consideration of secs. 11005, 11010, 14001-14007, 14009-14015, 21805 and 21806 of the House bill and secs. 301, 501-507, 509, 513, 809, 821, 914, 920, 1401, 1407-1409, 1411, 1801, and 1803 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Hunter, Weldon (PA), and Skelton.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Agriculture Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsag00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Agriculture for consideration of secs. 30202, 30208, 30212, Title III of Division C, secs. 30604, 30901, and 30903 of the House bill and secs. 265, 301, 604, 941-948, 950, 1103, 1221, 1311-1313, and 2008 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Goodlatte, Lucas (OK), and Stenholm.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41800", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Energy and Commerce Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsif00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Energy and Commerce for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Tauzin, Bilirakis, Barton (TX), Upton, Stearns, Gillmor, Shimkus, Dingell, Waxman, Markey, Boucher, and Rush.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H38310", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-09-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 176 - 211 (Roll no. 476). (consideration: CR H7953)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-04", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Dingell motion to instruct conferees, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the motion and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Dingell demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-09-04", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Dingell motion to instruct conferees.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H40150", "action_date": "2003-09-04", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Dingell moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H7922; text: CR H7922)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H41610", "action_date": "2003-09-04", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": "H40110", "action_date": "2003-09-04", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Tauzin asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and agree to a conference. (consideration: CR H7922-7930)", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-09-04", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Message on Senate action sent to the House.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-09-04", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Senate appointed conferee(s) Domenici; Nickles; Craig; Campbell; Thomas; Grassley; Lott; Bingaman; Dorgan; Graham FL; Wyden; Johnson; Baucus under authority of the order of July 31, 2003.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-09-02", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Senate ordered measure printed as passed.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-31", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference.", "type": "ResolvingDifferences" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-31", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 14. Record Vote Number: 317.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "17000", "action_date": "2003-07-31", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "9", "name": "Library of Congress" }, "text": "Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 84 - 14. Record Vote Number: 317.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-07-31", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (CR 8/1/2003 S10569-10570)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-05-06", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 85.", "type": "Calendars" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-05-05", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.", "type": "Calendars" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-04-29", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": null, "name": "Senate" }, "text": "Received in the Senate.", "type": "IntroReferral" }, { "action_code": "H38900", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 6.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H38310", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H37100", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On passage Passed by recorded vote: 247 - 175 (Roll no. 145).", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "8000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "9", "name": "Library of Congress" }, "text": "Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 247 - 175 (Roll no. 145).", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36110", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Energy and Commerce Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsif00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 171 - 250 (Roll no. 144).", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8A000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Dingell motion to recommit with instructions.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H36100", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Energy and Commerce Committee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsif00", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Mr. Dingell moved to recommit with instructions to Energy and Commerce. (consideration: CR H3329-3331; text: CR H3329)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H34400", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H35000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H32600", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 6.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "VITIATED RECORDED VOTE - The Chair put the question on the support for the demand for a recorded vote on the Schakowsky amendment and announced that an insufficient number had arisen and subsequently announced the previous voice vote on which the ayes had prevailed would stand.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Reynolds amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Cantor amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Rahall amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Rahall demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Rahall amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Kind amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Kind demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Kind amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Capps amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H32050", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H30000", "action_date": "2003-04-11", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3309-3332)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Schakowsky amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Tauzin demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Schakowsky amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the amendment offered by Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the amendment offered by Mr. Bluemenauer.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Barrett (SC) amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H32050", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H30000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3231-3279)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Reynolds amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Nadler amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Udall (NM) amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Udall (NH) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Udall (NM) amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Brown (OH) amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Brown (OH) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Brown (OH) amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Oberstar amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Davis amendment the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Davis demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Davis, Tom amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Vitter amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Markey amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Markey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Markey amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Peterson (PA) amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Wilson (NM) amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Markey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Wilson (NM) amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - At the conclusion of debate on the Dingell amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Boucher demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Dingell amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Boehlert amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Markey demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the amendment until a later time.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "DEBATE - Pursuant to the provsions of H. Res. 189, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Boehlert amendment.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with ninety minutes of debate on H.R. 6.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "The Speaker designated the Honorable Michael K. Simpson to act as Chairman of the Committee.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H32020", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 189 and Rule XXIII.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H8D000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6 with 1 hour and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Rule provides for a structured rule providing one hour and 30 minutes of general debate with 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairmen and ranking minority members of each of the following Committees: Science, Resources, and Ways and Means. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. Makes in order amendments printed in the Rules Committee report (H. Rept. 108-70). Provides that the amendments may be offered only in the order printed in the report, offered only by a Member designated, considered as read, debatable for ...", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H30000", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 189. (consideration: CR H3087-3194; text of measure as introduced: CR H3108-3192)", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H1L220", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Rule H. Res. 189 passed House.", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H1L210", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "committees": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 189 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 6 with 1 hour and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Rule provides for a structured rule providing one hour and 30 minutes of general debate with 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairmen and ranking minority members of each of the following Committees: Science, Resources, and Ways and Means. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. Makes in order amendments printed in the Rules Committee report (H. Rept. 108-70). Provides that the amendments may be offered only in the order printed in the report, offered only by a Member designated, considered as read, debatable for ...", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-04-09", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hsag22", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "1", "name": "House committee actions" }, "text": "Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.", "type": "Committee" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-04-08", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hspw13", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "1", "name": "House committee actions" }, "text": "Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.", "type": "Committee" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-04-08", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Highways and Transit Subcommittee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hspw12", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "1", "name": "House committee actions" }, "text": "Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.", "type": "Committee" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-04-08", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee", "subcommittees": [], "system_code": "hspw07", "type": null } ], "source_system": { "code": "1", "name": "House committee actions" }, "text": "Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.", "type": "Committee" }, { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-04-08", "committees": [ { "activities": [], "chamber": null, "name": "Aviation 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[ { "description": "<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on April 7, 2003</p>", "pub_date": "2003-04-08T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 6, A bill to enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14373" }, { "description": "Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on April 7, 2003", "pub_date": "2003-04-08T04:00:00Z", "title": "H.R. 6, A bill to enhance energy conservation and research and development, to provide for security and diversity in the energy supply for the American people, and for other purposes", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14373" }, { "description": "<p>Letter based on a preliminary review of the November 18, 2003, conference agreement for H.R. 6, the Energy Policy Act of 2003</p>", "pub_date": "2003-11-18T06:00:00Z", "title": "Conference Agreement for H.R. 6, the Energy Policy Act of 2003", "url": "http://www.cbo.gov/publication/14994" }, { "description": "Letter based on a preliminary review of the November 18, 2003, conference agreement for H.R. 6, the Energy Policy Act of 2003", "pub_date": "2003-11-18T06:00:00Z", "title": "Conference Agreement for H.R. 6, the Energy Policy Act of 2003", "url": "https://www.cbo.gov/publication/14994" } ]

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Provides for private development of energy resources on previously proscribed Federal lands.<p>Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to energy conservation, energy assistance, and energy efficiency programs, including the Energy Star programs.<p>Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2003 - Sets forth a statutory framework for the expedited approval, construction, and operation of an Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Project as an alternative to the framework provided in the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Act of 1976.<p>Instructs the President to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to full capacity.<p>Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to repeal the temporary funding and exercise of authorities governing the SPR (thus making permanent the authority to operate the SPR and other energy programs).<p>Prescribes guidelines for the Secretary of Energy to implement a program for the recovery of unproven oil and natural gas reserves.<p>Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend to August 1, 2017, the authority to indemnify Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees, Department of Energy (DOE) contractors, and nonprofit educational institutions.<p>Amends the Federal Power Act to set forth implementation guidelines for: (1) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) establishment of incentive-based transmission rate treatments to promote capital investment in electric energy transmission facilities in interstate commerce; (2) the siting of interstate electrical transmission facilities; and (3) open access transmission by unregulated transmitting utilities.<p>Creates a statutory mechanism for electric reliability standards incorporating Electric Reliability Organizations to establish and enforce reliability standards for the bulk-power system, subject to FERC review.<p>Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2003 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act.<p>Amends the Federal Power Act to: (1) direct FERC to promulgate market transparency rules governing sales of electric energy at wholesale in interstate commerce, or transmission services in interstate commerce; (2) prohibit round trip trading; and (3) extend FERC jurisdiction to certain interstate sales of electric energy that violate FERC rules.<p>Requires the Federal Trade Commission to issue rules that prohibit in the absence of consumer consent: (1) the change of selection of an electric utility (\"slamming\"); and (2) the sale of goods and services to an electric consumer (\"cramming\").<p>Establishes a safe harbor for renewable fuels containing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) that is used for or intended as a motor vehicle fuel.<p>Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish a loan guarantee program for private sector construction of facilities to process and convert municipal solid waste into fuel ethanol and other commercial byproducts.<p>Directs the Secretary of Energy to conduct energy research and development programs concerning: (1) energy efficiency; (2) distributed energy and electric energy systems; and (3) renewable, fossil, and nuclear energy.<p>Targets the following areas for program implementation: (1) bioenergy programs; (2) renewable energy in public buildings; (3) nuclear energy research programs; (4) advanced fuel recycling technology; (5) university nuclear science and engineering support; (6) fossil energy research, including coal mining technologies; and (7) technologies for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources.<p>Provides loan guarantees for: (1) a certain coal gasification project that produces power in deregulated energy generation markets; (2) a petroleum coke gasification polygeneration project; and (3) the owner of a specified experimental plant on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Energy determines, including interest rates and upfront payments.<p>Outer Continental Shelf Shallow Water Deep Gas Royalty Relief Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to suspend royalties under existing leases for natural gas produced from deep wells on oil and gas lease tracts in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.<p>Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to: (1) mandate that a specified statutory bidding system be used on certain prospective oil or gas lease sales located on tracts within certain Planning Areas in the Gulf of Mexico and all tracts in a frontier area offshore Alaska; and (2) extend the royalty-suspension authority of the Secretary of the Interior to the planning areas offshore Alaska.<p>National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program.<p>Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Deepwater Port Act of 1974, and the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980 to permit easements for specified activities not otherwise authorized when such activities: (1) support exploration, development, production, transportation, or storage of oil, natural gas, or other minerals; or (2) produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas.<p>Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2003 - Sets forth an oil and gas leasing program for lands within the Coastal Plain. Repeals the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980.<p>Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal the 160-acre limitation for coal leases; (2) authorize further extension of the diligent development period for mining plans beyond the statutory forty-year maximum; and (3) prohibit requirement of financial assurance for certain coal leases.<p>Prescribes implementation guidelines for: (1) corridor designations needed or useful for oil and gas pipelines and electricity transmission and facilities on Federal lands in specified Western States; (2) electricity transmission rights-of-way through a specified National Forest and other public lands; and (3) wind energy development projects on public lands.<p>Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to credits and deductions pertaining to energy conservation, distribution, and production.<p>Prescribes tax treatment of corporate expatriation.<p>Amends specified statutes relating to Federal housing mortgage insurance to increase mortgage insurance incentives for energy efficient housing.", "update_date": "2006-11-28T17:35:40Z", "version_code": "00" }, { "action_date": "2003-04-11", "action_desc": "Passed House amended", "text": " <p>(Sec. 2) Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should take all actions necessary in the areas of conservation, efficiency, alternative source, technology development, and domestic production to reduce the United States dependence on foreign energy sources from 58 percent to 45 percent by January 1, 2013.</p> <p><b>Division A: Energy and Commerce </b>- Energy Policy Act of 2003 - <b>Title I: Energy Conservation - Subtitle A: Federal Leadership in Energy Conservation </b>- (Sec. 11001) Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to prescribe energy and water savings measures in congressional buildings, including metering of energy use and Federal building performance standards.</p> <p>(Sec. 11006) Repeals sunset provisions affecting Federal authority to enter into energy savings performance contracts (thereby granting permanent extension to such authority).</p> <p>(Sec. 11007) Instructs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to enter into voluntary agreements with persons in industrial sectors that consume significant amounts of primary energy per unit of physical output to reduce the energy intensity of their production activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 11009) Instructs the Secretary to establish an Advanced Building Efficiency Testbed demonstration program for advanced engineering systems, components, and materials to enable innovations in building technologies.</p> <p>(Sec. 11010) Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to mandate increased use of recovered mineral component in Federally funded projects involving procurement of cement or concrete.</p> <p>(Sec. 11011) Amends Federal law governing Public Buildings, Property, and Works, to authorize use of photovoltaic energy in public buildings. </p> <p>(Sec. 11012) Directs the Secretary to study and report to the President and Congress on the energy conservation implications of the widespread adoption of telecommuting by Federal employees.</p> <p><b>Subtitle B: Energy Assistance and State Programs</b> - (Sec. 11021) Amends the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 and the Energy Conservation and Production Act to extend through FY 2006 low-income home energy assistance and weatherization programs.</p> <p>(Sec. 11022) Amends EPCA to increase from ten percent to 25 percent mandatory state energy efficiency goals in calendar year 2010 as compared to calendar year 1990.</p> <p>(Sec. 11023) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) a State energy efficient appliance rebate program; (2) Federal grants to the States for energy efficient public buildings; and (3) for a low income community energy efficiency pilot program.</p> <p><b>Subtitle C: Energy Efficient Products</b> - (Sec. 11041) Amends EPCA to: (1) establish a program to identify and promote energy-efficient products and buildings (Energy Star Program) at the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (2) direct the Secretary to implement a consumer education program for homeowners and small business owners on energy efficiency benefits of air conditioning, heating, and ventilation systems; and (3) prescribe rulemaking procedures for standby mode electric energy consumption and energy labeling.<br> <br> <b>Title II: Oil and Gas - Subtitle A : Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline</b> - Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2003 - (Sec. 1204) Prescribes guidelines for expedited approval, construction, and operation of an Alaska natural gas transportation project other than the Alaska natural gas transportation system. Authorizes pipeline expansion to facilitate such project.</p> <p>(Sec. 12007) Establishes the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects as an independent office in the Executive branch to: (1) coordinate the expeditious discharge of Federal agency activities with respect to such projects; and (2) enter into a Joint Surveillance and Monitoring Agreement with the State of Alaska to monitor construction of the Alaska natural gas transportation project. </p> <p>Prohibits: (1) any terms and conditions proposed by a Federal officer or agency; or (2) any modification or abrogation of an authorization issued to an Alaska natural gas transportation project if the Federal Coordinator determines that it would prevent or significantly impair expeditious project construction and operation.</p> <p>(Sec. 12009) Establishes State of Alaska jurisdiction over in-state delivery of natural gas.</p> <p>(Sec. 12014) Establishes the Alaska Pipeline Construction Training Program which authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award grants to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development to develop a training plan for adult and dislocated workers (including Alaska Natives) in the skills required to construct and operate an Alaska gas pipeline system.</p> <p><b>Subtitle B: Strategic Petroleum Reserve</b> - (Sec. 12101) Instructs the President to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to full capacity.</p> <p>(Sec. 12102) Instructs the Secretary to transmit to Congress a plan to expand the SPR to one billion barrels.</p> <p>(Sec. 12103) Amends EPCA to repeal the temporary funding and exercise of authorities governing the SPR and the summer fill and fuel budgeting programs (thus making permanent the authority to operate the SPR and such energy programs).</p> <p><b>Subtitle C: Hydraulic Fracturing</b> - (Sec. 12201) Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to exclude from the definition of underground injection: (1) the underground injection of natural gas for purposes of storage; and (2) the underground injection of fluids or propping agents pursuant to hydraulic fracturing operations related to oil or gas production activities.</p> <p><b>Subtitle D: Unproven Oil and Natural Gas Reserves Recovery Program </b>- (Sec. 12301) Instructs the Secretary to implement a program to demonstrate technologies for the recovery of oil and natural gas reserves from specified reservoirs that may focus upon coal-bed methane, deep drilling, natural gas production from tight sands, natural gas production from gas shales, innovative production techniques (including horizontal drilling, fracture detection methodologies, and three-dimensional seismic), and enhanced recovery techniques.</p> <p><b>Subtitle E: Miscellaneous</b> - (Sec. 12401) Requires Federal Administrative appeals relating to interstate pipeline construction projects to employ as the exclusive record for all purposes the record compiled by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).</p> <p>(Sec. 12402) Directs FERC to issue rules authorizing or establishing an electronic information system to provide the public with timely access to information concerning the market price of natural gas sold in interstate commerce.</p> <p>(Sec. 12404) Instructs the Secretary to establish a Complex Well Technology Testing Facility at the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center to increase the range of extended drilling technology to 50,000 feet, so that more energy resources can be realized with fewer drilling facilities.</p> <p><b>Title III: Hydroelectric - Subtitle A: Alternative Conditions</b> - (Sec. 13001) Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe guidelines for hydroelectric licensing proposals for alternative conditions and requirements governing project works within a Federal reservation.</p> <p><b>Subtitle B: Additional Hydropower</b> - (Sec. 13201) Requires the Secretary to make incentive payments to the owner or operator of: (1) a qualified hydroelectric facility; and (2) hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to make capital improvements directly related to improving facility efficiency by at least three percent.</p> <p>(Sec. 13203) Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act to redefine an &quot;existing dam&quot; as one constructed before March 4, 2003.</p> <p>(Sec. 13204) Instructs the Secretary to study and report to designated congressional committees on cost-effective opportunities to increase hydropower generation at existing federally-owned or operated water regulation, storage, and conveyance facilities. </p> <p><b>Title IV: Nuclear Matters - Subtitle A : Price-Anderson Act Amendments</b> - Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003 - (Sec. 14002) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to extend to August 1, 2017, the authority to indemnify Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees, Department of Energy (DOE) contractors, and nonprofit educational institutions.</p> <p>(Sec. 14004) Prescribes guidelines governing DOE liability limits with respect to contractors and with respect to accidents outside the United States.</p> <p>(Sec. 14008) Treats a combination of certain-sized modular reactors as a single facility.</p> <p>(Sec. 14011) Sets forth NRC guidelines for the secure transfer of nuclear materials.</p> <p>(Sec. 14012) Directs the President to study and report to Congress and the NRC on the types of threats that pose an appreciable risk to the security of various classes of NRC- licensed facilities.</p> <p>Instructs the NRC to establish an operational safeguards response evaluation program that ensures the physical protection capability and operational safeguards response for sensitive nuclear facilities.</p> <p>(Sec. 14013) Requires the NRC, before entering into an indemnification agreement regarding a utilization facility, to consult with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security on whether facility location and design provide adequate protection of public health and safety if subjected to a terrorist attack.</p> <p>Requires the NRC, before issuing a license or license renewal for a sensitive nuclear facility, to consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security concerning emergency evacuation plans for nearby communities.</p> <p>(Sec. 14014) Authorizes the Attorney General to bring an action to recover from a contractor of the Secretary amounts paid under an agreement of indemnification for public liability resulting from intentional misconduct on the part of senior contractor personnel (including a subcontractor or supplier).</p> <p>(Sec. 14015) Repeals the automatic remission of civil penalties for designated nonprofit institutions.</p> <p><b>Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Matters</b> - (Sec. 14022) Requires that: (1) transcript recordings be made available to the public if an NRC quorum is present to discuss official business: and (2) an NRC training and fellowship program be established to address shortages of individuals with critical nuclear safety regulatory skills.</p> <p>(Sec. 14025) Exempts from the statutory pension offset an annuitant who was formerly a NRC employee and is rehired as consultant to the NRC if the annuitant's skills are critical to NRC duties.</p> <p>(Sec. 14026) Authorizes guards at certain NRC nuclear facilities to carry firearms and make warrantless arrests to protect facility property.</p> <p>(Sec. 14029) Authorizes appropriations for cooperative research, development, and special demonstration projects for the uranium mining industry.</p> <p>(Sec. 14031) Cites conditions under which the NRC may issue an export license for highly enriched uranium for medical isotope production. </p> <p>(Sec. 14032) Amends the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary to report to Congress on reducing the threat resulting from the theft or diversion of highly enriched uranium.</p> <p>(Sec. 14033) Encompasses within the Act's whistleblower protections Federal employees of either DOE or NRC, including all contractor and subcontractor employees. Permits whistleblower complaints to be brought directly in U.S. district court if the Secretary of Labor fails to issue a final order within the statutory time frame.</p> <p>(Sec. 14034) Prohibits a Federal agency from issuing any license, approval, or authorization for the export or reexport, or the transfer or retransfer, of nuclear materials and technology to any government identified by the Secretary of State as engaged in state sponsorship of terrorist activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 14036) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) transmit to Congress a plan for the transfer to the Secretary of full title and full responsibility for the possession, transportation, disposal, stewardship, maintenance, and monitoring of all facilities, property, and radioactive waste at the Western New York Service Center in West Valley, New York; and (2) determine the feasibility of developing commercial nuclear energy production facilities at existing DOE sites.</p> <p><b>Title V: Vehicles and Fuels - Subtitle A: Energy Policy Act Amendments</b> - (Sec. 15011) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to set forth a statutory mechanism for the Secretary to allocate credits for : (1) substantial contribution toward use of dedicated vehicles or neighborhood electric vehicles in noncovered fleets; and (2) alternative fuel infrastructure.</p> <p>(Sec. 15013) Instructs the Secretary to report to Congress on the effect of specified provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 upon: (1) development of alternative fueled vehicle technology; (2) the availability of alternative fueled vehicles in the market; (3) the cost of alternative fueled light duty motor vehicles; and (4) the availability, cost, and use of alternative fuels and biodiesel.</p> <p>(Sec. 15014) Requires the General Services Administration to allocate across the entire fleet the incremental costs of alternative fuel vehicles.</p> <p><b>Subtitle B: Advanced Vehicles </b>- (Sec. 15022) Instructs the Secretary to establish and report to Congress on a competitive grant pilot program administered through the Clean Cities Program of DOE to provide geographically dispersed project grants to State and local governments, or metropolitan transportation authorities, for: (1) the acquisition of alternative fueled vehicles, hybrid vehicles, or fuel cell vehicles and ultra-low sulfur diesel vehicles; and (2) the infrastructure necessary to directly support such vehicles. </p> <p><b>Subtitle C: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Heavy-Duty Vehicles</b> - (Sec. 15033) Directs the Secretary to fund hydrogen infrastructure demonstration sites for fuel cell bus operation in order to enable the widespread utilization of fuel cell buses. </p> <p><b>Subtitle D: Miscellaneous</b> - (Sec. 15041) Directs the Secretary to establish a public-private research partnership to develop and demonstrate locomotive technologies that increase fuel economy, reduce emissions, and lower costs.</p> <p>(Sec. 15042) Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to report to Congress on EPA experience with the trading of mobile source emission reduction credits for use by owners and operators of stationary source emission sources to meet emission offset requirements within a nonattainment area.</p> <p>(Sec. 15043) Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on potential fuel savings resulting from use of idle reduction technologies.</p> <p>Directs the Administrator of EPA to review: (1) mobile source air emissions models used under the Clean Air Act to determine whether they accurately reflect the emissions resulting from long-duration idling (updating such models as appropriate); and (2) the appropriate emissions reductions credit that should be allotted under such Act for the use of advanced idle reduction technologies, and whether such credits should be subject to an emissions trading system.</p> <p>Directs the Secretary to study and report to specified congressional committees on where heavy duty and other vehicles stop for long duration idling.</p> <p>(Sec. 15044) Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Administrator of EPA jointly to study and report to Congress on the impact of aircraft emissions on air quality in nonattainment areas, identifying ways to promote fuel conservation measures for enhanced fuel efficiency and emissions reductions. </p> <p>(Sec. 15045) Directs the Secretary to accelerate efforts to improve diesel combustion and after-treatment technologies for use in diesel fueled motor vehicles.</p> <p>(Sec. 15046) Amends EPCA to authorize the Secretary to grant waivers of the statutory mandate for dual fueled vehicle operation for specified geographic areas.</p> <p>(Sec. 15047) Directs the Secretary to conduct studies that target: (1) total integrated thermal systems; (2) oil bypass filtration technology; and (3) natural gas condensate.</p> <p> (Sec. 15050) Requires the Administrator of General Services to study and report to Congress on the merits of establishing performance measures to guide reduction of petroleum consumption by Federal fleets. </p> <p>(Sec. 15051) Establishes within the Department of Transportation the &quot;Conserve by Bicycling Program&quot;, comprising ten pilot projects dispersed geographically throughout the United States.</p> <p><b>Title VI: Electricity - Subtitle A: Transmission Capacity</b> - (Sec. 16011) Amends the Federal Power Act to set forth implementation guidelines for: (1) FERC establishment of incentive-based transmission rate treatments to promote capital investment in electric energy transmission facilities in interstate commerce; and (2) the siting of interstate electrical transmission facilities (including a mandatory triennial study and report by the Secretary on electric transmission congestion).</p> <p><b>Subtitle B: Transmission Operation - </b>(Sec. 16021) Authorizes FERC to require unregulated transmitting utilities to provide open access transmission.</p> <p>(Sec. 16022) Expresses the sense of Congress regarding regional transmission organizations that: (1) all transmitting utilities in interstate commerce should voluntarily become members of independently administered regional transmission organizations that have operational control of interstate transmission facilities and neither own nor control generation facilities used to supply electric energy for sale at wholesale; and (2) FERC should provide a return on equity sufficient to attract new investment capital for expansion of transmission capacity to any transmitting utility that becomes a member of a FERC-approved operational regional transmitting organization.</p> <p>Authorizes the appropriate Federal regulatory authority to enter into a contractual arrangement transferring control and use of all or part of a Federal utility's transmission system to a FERC-approved regional transmission organization.</p> <p>(Sec. 16023) Sets forth the service obligations of load-serving entities. </p> <p><b>Subtitle C: Reliability </b>- (Sec. 16031) Creates a statutory mechanism for FERC jurisdiction to establish and enforce electric reliability standards governing: (1) Electric Reliability Organizations; (2) regional entities; and (3) all users, owners and operators of the bulk-power system.</p> <p>Urges the President to negotiate agreements with Canada and Mexico to provide effective compliance with reliability standards and the effectiveness of the Electric Reliability Organization in the United States and Canada or Mexico.</p> <p>Exempts Alaska and Hawaii from the electric reliability requirements.</p> <p> <b>Subtitle D: PUHCA Amendments</b> - (Sec. 16043) - Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2003 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 (PUHCA).</p> <p>(Sec. 16043) Requires Federal and State access to the books and records of public utility holding companies and their affiliates and subsidiaries.</p> <p><b>Subtitle E: PURPA Amendments</b> - (Sec. 16061) Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to prescribe real-time pricing and time-of-use metering standards.</p> <p>(Sec. 16062) Terminates certain purchase and sale requirements pertaining to cogeneration and small power production facilities.</p> <p>(Sec. 16063) Prescribes implementation guidelines for mandatory time-based metering and communications.</p> <p><b>Subtitle F: Renewable Energy</b> - (Sec. 16071) Amends PURPA to require each electric utility to make net metering service available upon customer request.</p> <p>(Sec. 16072) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to instruct the Secretary to assign specified percentages of appropriated funds to facilities that use solar, wind, geothermal, or closed-loop biomass technologies (dedicated energy crops) to generate electricity, if there are insufficient appropriations to make full payments for electric production from all qualified renewable energy facilities in any given year.</p> <p>(Sec. 16073) Directs the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, to develop and report to Congress recommendations on opportunities to develop renewable energy on certain public lands under their respective jurisdictions.</p> <p>(Sec. 16074) Instructs the Secretary to review and report annually to Congress on assessments of renewable domestic energy resources, including solar, wind, biomass, ocean, geothermal, and hydroelectric energy resources.</p> <p><b> Subtitle G: Market Transparency, Round Trip Trading Prohibition, and Enforcement</b> - (Sec. 16081) Amends the Federal Power Act to: (1) direct FERC to promulgate rules establishing an electronic information system for price transparency and participation in markets, including the availability and market price of sales in interstate commerce of electric energy at wholesale and transmission of electric energy; and (2) prohibit round trip trading.</p> <p>(Sec. 16081) Increases criminal penalties for violations of the Act.</p> <p><b>Subtitle H: Consumer Protections</b> - (Sec. 16091) Changes the refund effective date in FERC ratemaking proceedings to the date of the filing of the complaint.</p> <p>(Sec. 16092) Subjects to FERC refund authority a non-public utility entity that makes a spot market sale of electric energy in violation of FERC rules.</p> <p>(Sec. 16093) Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to issue rules protecting the privacy of electric consumers from the disclosure of consumer information obtained in connection with the sale or delivery of electric energy to them.</p> <p>(Sec. 16094) Requires the FTC to promulgate rules that prohibit in the absence of consumer consent: (1) the change of selection of an electric utility (&quot;slamming&quot;); and (2) the sale of goods and services to an electric consumer (&quot;cramming&quot;).</p> <p><b>Subtitle I: Merger Review Reform and Accountability</b> - (Sec. 16101) Instructs the Secretary to report to certain congressional committees on: (1) the extent to which certain FERC authorities are duplicative, and how to eliminate them; and (2) FERC orders issued within the preceding year that impose a condition upon the disposition of public utility facilities, and the alternative authorities for such orders.</p> <p><b>Subtitle J: Study of Economic Dispatch</b> - (Sec. 16111) Instructs the Secretary to study and report to Congress and the States on: (1) procedures used by electric utilities to perform economic dispatch (defined as the operation of generation facilities to produce energy at the lowest cost to reliably serve consumers, recognizing any operational limits of generation and transmission facilities); (2) possible procedure revisions to improve the ability of nonutility generation resources to offer their output for sale for the purpose of inclusion in economic dispatch; and (3) potential benefits to consumers if such revisions were implemented.</p> <p><b>Title VII: Motor Fuels - Subtitle A: General Provisions</b> - (Sec. 17101) Amends the Clean Air Act to set forth implementation guidelines for a renewable fuels program.</p> <p>Directs the Administrator of EPA to promulgate regulations ensuring that gasoline sold or dispensed to consumers in the 48 contiguous States contains specified volumes of renewable fuel for specified calendar years.</p> <p>(Sec. 17102) Establishes a safe harbor for renewable fuels containing methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) that is used for or intended as a motor vehicle fuel.</p> <p>(Sec. 17103) Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to merchant producers of MTBE in order to assist them in making the transition from producing MTBE to producing other fuel additives.</p> <p>(Sec. 17104) Eliminates the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline.</p> <p>Requires the Administrator of EPA to establish, for each refinery or importer, standards for toxic air pollutants from reformulated gasoline that maintain the reduction of the average annual aggregate emissions of such pollutants produced or distributed during specified calendar years.</p> <p>(Sec. 17106) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to require the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to conduct and publish the results of a monthly survey of renewable fuels demand in the motor vehicle fuels market.</p> <p>(Sec. 17107) Directs the Administrator of EPA and the Secretary to jointly study and report to Congress on motor vehicle fuel requirements .</p> <p>(Sec. 17108) Instructs the Secretary to establish a loan guarantee program for construction of private sector facilities to process and convert municipal solid waste into fuel ethanol and other commercial byproducts.</p> <p><b>Subtitle B: MTBE Cleanup</b> - (Sec. 17201) Authorizes funding for MTBE cleanup as the Administrator of EPA deems necessary to protect human health, welfare, and the environment from underground storage tank releases of fuel containing fuel oxygenates.</p> <p>Restricts such actions to site assessment (including exposure assessment), corrective action, inspection of underground storage tank systems, and groundwater monitoring.</p> <p><b>Title VIII: Automobile Efficiency</b> - (Sec. 18001) Authorizes appropriations for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to implement and enforce average fuel economy standards.</p> <p>(Sec. 18002) Directs the NHTSA Administrator to study and report to Congress on the feasibility and effects of reducing the use of fuel for automobiles by a significant percentage by model year 2012.</p> <p><b>Division B: Science</b> - (Sec. 20001) Instructs the Secretary to conduct a prescribed program of energy research, development, demonstration (RD&amp;D), and commercial application including: (1) energy efficiency; (2) distributed energy and electric energy systems; (3) renewable energy; (4) fossil energy; (5) nuclear energy; and (6) hydrogen.</p> <p><b>Title I: Research and Development - Subtitle A: Energy Efficiency - Part 1: Authorization of Appropriations</b> - (Sec. 21101) Authorizes appropriations for RD&amp;D, and commercial application activities targeting energy efficiency and conservation.</p> <p><b>Part 2: Lighting Systems</b> - (Sec. 21111) Instructs the Secretary to implement a Next Generation Lighting Initiative to support RD&amp;D activities related to advanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes. Prescribes implementation guidelines.</p> <p><b>Part 3: Buildings</b> - (Sec. 21121) Instructs the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an interagency group to develop a National Building Performance Initiative to integrate Federal, State, and voluntary private sector efforts to reduce the costs of construction, operation, maintenance, and renovation of commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential buildings.</p> <p>(Sec. 21122) Directs the Secretary to conduct an RD&amp;D program on advanced control devices to improve the energy efficiency of electric motors used in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and comparable systems.</p> <p><b>Part 4: Vehicles</b> - (Sec. 21132) Directs the Secretary to conduct an RD&amp;D and commercial application program for the secondary use of batteries.</p> <p><b>Part 5: Energy Efficiency Science Initiative</b> - (Sec. 21141) Requires the Secretary to establish and report to Congress on an Energy Efficiency Science Initiative for grants to be competitively awarded and subject to peer review for research relating to energy efficiency.</p> <p><b>Part 6: Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Centers</b> - (Sec. 21151) Directs the Secretary to make grants to nonprofit institutions, State and local governments, or universities (or consortia thereof), to establish a geographically dispersed network of Advanced Energy Technology Transfer Centers.</p> <p><b>Subtitle B: Distributed Energy and Electric Energy Systems - Part 1: Authorization of Appropriations</b> - (Sec. 21201) Authorizes appropriations for distributed energy and electric energy systems activities, including micro-cogeneration energy technology.</p> <p><b>Part 2: Distributed Power</b> - (Sec. 21211) Instructs the Secretary to develop and transmit to Congress a strategy for a comprehensive RD&amp;D and commercial application program to develop hybrid distributed power systems that combine: (1) specified renewable electric power generation technologies; and (2) nonintermittent electric power generation technologies suitable for use in a distributed power system.</p> <p>(Sec. 21212) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) establish a comprehensive RD&amp;D and commercial application program to improve energy efficiency of high power density facilities, including data centers, server farms, and telecommunications facilities; and (2) make competitive, merit-based grants to consortia for development of micro-cogeneration energy technology.</p> <p><b>Part 3: Transmission Systems - </b>(Sec. 21221) Directs the Secretary to develop, implement, and report to Congress on a comprehensive RD&amp;D and commercial application program to promote improved reliability and efficiency of electrical transmission systems. </p> <p><b>Subtitle C: Renewable Energy - Part 1: Authorization of Appropriations</b> - (Sec. 21301) Authorizes appropriations for renewable energy RD&amp;D and commercial application activities.</p> <p><b>Part 2: BioEnergy - </b> (Sec. 21311) Instructs the Secretary to conduct a RD&amp;D and commercial application program for bioenergy.</p> <p><b>Part 3: Miscellaneous Projects - </b> (Sec. 21321) Instructs the Secretary to conduct RD&amp;D and commercial application programs for: (1) ocean energy, including wave energy; (2) the combined use of renewable energy technologies with one another and with other energy technologies, including the combined use of wind power and coal gasification technologies; and (3) hydrogen carrier fuels.</p> <p>(Sec. 21322) Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration program for innovative technologies for renewable energy sources in government buildings.</p> <p><b>Subtitle D: Nuclear Energy - Part 1: Authorization of Appropriations</b> - (Sec. 21401) Authorizes appropriations for nuclear energy RD&amp;D and commercial application activities that target: (1) nuclear infrastructure support; (2) advanced fuel recycling program; and (3) university programs.</p> <p>Prohibits such funds from being used for decommissioning the Fast Flux Test Facility.</p> <p><b>Part 2: Nuclear Energy Research Programs</b> - (Sec. 21411) Instructs the Secretary to implement the following nuclear energy research programs: (1) nuclear energy research initiative; (2) nuclear energy plant optimization program; (3) nuclear power 2010 program; (4) generation IV nuclear energy systems initiative; and (5) nuclear infrastructure support.</p> <p><b>Part 3: Advanced Fuel Recycling </b>- (Sec. 21421) Instructs the Secretary to conduct and report on an advanced fuel recycling technology research and development program to evaluate proliferation-resistant fuel recycling and transmutation technologies which minimize environmental or public health and safety impacts as an alternative to certain aqueous reprocessing technologies.</p> <p><b>Part 4: University Programs</b> - (Sec. 21431) Requires the Secretary support a program to invest in human resources and infrastructure in the nuclear sciences and engineering and related fields (including health physics and nuclear and radiochemistry), consistent with departmental missions related to civilian nuclear research and development.</p> <p><b>Part 5: Geological Isolation of Spent Fuel</b> - (Sec. 21441) Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of deep borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste.</p> <p><b>Subtitle E: Fossil Energy - Part 1: Authorization of Appropriations</b> - (Sec. 21501) Authorizes appropriations for fossil energy RD&amp;D and commercial application activities.<br> </p> <p>Mandates that specified percentages of certain royalties, rents, and bonuses derived from certain Federal onshore and offshore oil and gas leases be deposited into the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund. </p> <p>Authorizes appropriations for: (1) fuel cell proton exchange membrane technology; (2) coal mining technologies; and (3) the Office of Arctic Energy.</p> <p>Prohibits the use of funds authorized under this section for either Fossil Energy Environmental Restoration, or Import/Export Authorization.</p> <p><b>Part 2: Research Programs</b> - (Sec. 21511) Directs the Secretary to conduct an RD&amp;D and commercial application program for: (1) specified coal and power systems; (2) specified oil and gas research; (3) fuel cells for low-cost, high-efficiency, fuel-flexible, modular power systems; and (4) coal mining technologies.</p> <p><b>Part 3: Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Resources</b> - ( Sec. 21521) Instructs the Secretary to implement an RD&amp;D and commercial application program for ultra-deepwater and unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resource exploration and production, and safe operations and environmental mitigation (including reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration of carbon).</p> <p>Confers upon the Secretary ultimate responsibility and oversight of all program aspects. </p> <p>(Sec. 21523) Directs the Secretary to: (1) increase the supply of onshore unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources and to reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of their exploration and production, while improving safety and minimizing environmental impacts; and (2) establish the Ultra-Deepwater Advisory Committee and the Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee.</p> <p>(Sec. 21526) Expresses the sense of Congress that ultra-deepwater technology developed under this Act is to be developed primarily for production of ultra-deepwater natural gas and other petroleum resources of the United States, and that this priority is to be reflected in the terms of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.</p> <p>(Sec. 21527) Establishes in the Treasury the Ultra-Deepwater and Unconventional Natural Gas and Other Petroleum Research Fund.</p> <p>(Sec. 21528) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review and assess the suitability of Federal technology programs for use in ultradeep drilling RD&amp;D and commercial application; and (2) solicit organizations knowledgeable of the technology needs of the ultradeep drilling industry and select the most qualified applicant to manage a technology transfer program.</p> <p><b>Subtitle F: Science - Part 1: Authorization of Appropriations</b> - (Sec. 21601) Authorizes appropriations for RD&amp;D and commercial application activities of the Office of Science (DOE).</p> <p><b>Part 2: Fusion Energy Sciences</b> - (Sec. 21611) Authorizes the Secretary to negotiate an agreement for United States participation in ITER (international burning plasma fusion research project). Prescribes implementation guidelines.</p> <p>(Sec. 21613) Instructs the Secretary to transmit an implementation plan to Congress that reflects United States policy for a fusion energy sciences RD&amp;D program in order to ensure that the United States is competitive with other nations in providing fusion energy for its own needs and the needs of other nations, including by demonstrating electric power or hydrogen production for the United States energy grid utilizing fusion energy at the earliest date possible.</p> <p><b>Part 3: Spallation Neutron Source</b> - ( Sec. 21622) Requires the Secretary, as part of DOE annual budget submission, to report on the Spallation Neutron Source (Department Project 99-E-334, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee), including a description of the achievement of milestones, a comparison of actual costs to estimated costs, and any changes in estimated project costs or schedule.</p> <p>Delimits the total amount obligated by DOE for such program.</p> <p><b>Part 4: Miscellaneous</b> - (Sec. 21631) Directs the Secretary to develop, implement and transmit, with the President's budget request to Congress, a strategy for the nonmilitary energy laboratories and facilities of the Office of Science.</p> <p>(Sec. 21632) Authorizes allocation of appropriations for research regarding precious metal catalysis.</p> <p>(Sec. 21633) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) implement a Nanotechnology Research and Development Program; (2) support a program to advance the Nation's computing capability across a diverse set of grand challenge computationally based science problems related to departmental missions; (3) support an RD&amp;D and commercial application program on biological nitrogen fixation; and (4) establish a DOE Science and Technology Scholarship Program designed to recruit and prepare students for careers in DOE.</p> <p><b>Part 5: Genomes to Life</b> - (Sec. 21641) Requires the Secretary to establish an RD&amp;D program (including competitive, merit-reviewed grants) in genetics, protein science, and computational biology of microbes and plants.</p> <p><b>Subtitle G: Energy and Environment</b> - (Sec. 21701) Authorizes appropriations for United States-Mexico energy technology cooperation.</p> <p>(Sec. 21702) Requires the Secretary to establish an RD&amp;D and commercial application program in collaboration with entities in Mexico and the United States to promote energy efficient, environmentally sound economic development along the United States-Mexico border.</p> <p>(Sec. 21703) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) make a single grant to a qualified institution to examine and develop the feasibility of burning post-consumer carpet in cement kilns as an alternative energy source; (2) provide loan guarantees for a specified project to produce energy from a plant using integrated gasification combined cycle technology; and (3) provide loan guarantees for at least one petroleum coke gasification polygeneration project.</p> <p>(Sec. 21706) Directs the Secretary to conduct a program to assist in implementation of specified biopower and biofuels projects.</p> <p>(Sec. 21707) Authorizes appropriations for a coal technology loan to the owner of a specified experimental plant on such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines.</p> <p> (Sec. 21708) Authorizes appropriations for a report on the results of a study regarding establishment of a test center for next-generation fuel cells at an institution of higher education which has available a continuous source of hydrogen and access to the electric transmission grid.</p> <p>(Sec. 21709) Directs the Secretary to establish a fuel cell transit bus demonstration program in three geographically dispersed localities.</p> <p><b> Subtitle H: Management</b> - (Sec. 21801) Prescribes requirements for availability of funds, cost sharing, merit review of proposals and external technical review of departmental programs.</p> <p>(Sec. 21805) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) designate a Technology Transfer Coordinator to perform oversight and policy development for DOE technology transfer activities; (2) establish a Technology Transfer Working Group, consisting of representatives of the National Laboratories and single-purpose research facilities; and (3) require the Director of each National Laboratory to designate a small business advocate and assistance program.</p> <p>(Sec. 21813) Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on the feasibility of promoting collaborations for energy projects between large and small institutions of higher education through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.</p> <p>(Sec. 21814) Amends the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to provide that Federal royalties received by certain Federal laboratories may be used by them for educational assistance.</p> <p><b>Title II: Department of Energy Management </b>- (Sec. 22001) Instructs the Secretary to report to Congress on the assumption of DOE regulatory and enforcement responsibilities by: (1) the NRC with respect to nuclear safety; and (2) the Occupational Safety and Health Administration with respect to DOE nonmilitary energy laboratories.</p> <p>(Sec. 22002) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to replace the position of Director of the Office of Science with the position of Assistant Secretary.</p> <p>(Sec. 22003) Directs the Secretary to report biennially to Congress on equal employment opportunity practices at DOE National laboratories.</p> <p>(Sec. 22004) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary of Energy should develop and implement more stringent procurement and inventory controls, including controls on the purchase card program, to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds by employees and contractors of DOE; and (2) DOE's Inspector General should continue to closely review purchase card purchases and other procurement and inventory practices at the Department.</p> <p><b>Title III: Clean School Buses</b> - (Sec. 23001) Directs the Secretary to establish and report to Congress on: (1) a pilot program for awarding grants on a competitive basis to eligible entities for the demonstration and commercial application of alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses; (2) cooperative agreements with private sector fuel cell bus developers for the development of fuel cell-powered school buses; and (3) awarding grants on a competitive basis for the demonstration and commercial application of retrofit technologies for diesel school buses.</p> <p>(Sec. 23004) Authorizes appropriations for school bus grants and for retrofit grants.</p> <p><b>Division C: Resources - Title I: Indian Energy</b> - (Sec. 30101) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy to make available to Indian tribes, tribal consortia, and Native Corporations scientific and technical data for use in the development and management of energy resources on Indian land and on land conveyed to a Native Corporation.</p> <p>Prescribes implementation guidelines governing leases, business agreements, and rights-of-way involving Indian energy development or transmission, including rights-of-way for pipelines or electric transmission or distribution lines.</p> <p><b>Title II: Oil and Gas</b> - (Sec. 30201) Sets forth statutory parameters within which all royalty accruing to the United States shall, on the demand of the Secretary of the Interior, be paid in oil or gas.</p> <p>(Sec. 30202) Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 and the Mineral Leasing Act to prescribe guidelines for fair market rental value determinations for public lands and forest service rights-of-way.</p> <p>(Sec. 30203) Amends the Energy Act of 2000 to mandate an inventory that identifies specified restrictions to oil and gas development on onshore Federal lands.</p> <p>(Sec. 30204) Outer Continental Shelf Shallow Water Deep Gas Royalty Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to grant royalty relief for natural gas produced under leases for deep water production in certain parts of the Gulf of Mexico, and in certain Planning Areas offshore Alaska.</p> <p> Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to: (1) mandate that a specified bidding system be used on certain prospective oil or gas lease sales located on tracts within certain Planning Areas in the Gulf of Mexico and all tracts in a frontier area offshore Alaska; and (2) extend the royalty-suspension authority of the Secretary of the Interior to the planning areas offshore Alaska.</p> <p>(Sec. 30205) Cites circumstances under which the Secretary of the Interior shall reduce the royalty rate on oil production from marginal property.</p> <p>(Sec. 30206) Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall: (1) review and report to Congress on Federal onshore oil and gas leasing and permitting practices; and (2) employ certain management practices and administrative procedures regarding oil and gas leasing on public lands.</p> <p>(Sec. 30209) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to exempt from its oil and gas lease acreage limitation any lease committed to a federally approved unit or cooperative plan, or communitization agreement, or for which royalty, including compensatory royalty or royalty-in-kind, was paid in the preceding calendar year. </p> <p>(Sec. 30210) Prescribes procedural guidelines governing Federal reimbursement and royalty credits for orphan well reclamation. Shields from liability reclamation actions for orphan wells undertaken in accordance with a reclamation plan approved by the Secretary of the Interior.</p> <p>(Sec. 30211) National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program Act of 2003 - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) implement a National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program to archive and provide a national catalog of geologic, geophysical, and engineering data, maps, well logs, and samples; and (2) establish a data archive system for the storage, preservation, and archiving of prescribed related data.</p> <p>(Sec. 30212) States that the Secretary of the Interior shall require compliance with Executive Order No. 13211, as a prerequisite to any action that could adversely affect the supply of domestic energy resources from Federal public lands.</p> <p>(Sec. 30213) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize reimbursement for the costs of analyses, documentation, and studies required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 pertaining to specified leases.</p> <p>(Sec. 30214) Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permit easements for specified activities not otherwise authorized when such activities: (1) support exploration, development, production, transportation, or storage of oil, natural gas, or other minerals; or (2) produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas.</p> <p>(Sec. 30215) Amends the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to revise procedural guidelines governing deadlines and decision on appeals to the Secretary of the Interior regarding consistency with State management programs.</p> <p>(Sec. 30216) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Task Force established pursuant to Executive Order to monitor and assist agency efforts to expedite review of actions and to monitor and assist creation of mechanisms to coordinate Federal, State, tribal, and local permitting in certain geographic areas should remain in existence until the President finds that it is no longer needed.</p> <p>(Sec. 30217) Expresses the sense of Congress that such Task Force should implement and report to Congress on its pilot project to expedite decision making and initiate a long-term view on energy resources management in the Northern Rocky Mountains.</p> <p>(Sec. 30218) Instructs the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to study and report to Congress on the feasibility of establishing the position of Facilitator for Energy Development to coordinate Federal agency actions relating to energy project permitting.</p> <p>(Sec. 30219) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) issue an exploration and development lease for any area containing any combination of tar sand and oil or gas (or both); and (2) waive, suspend, or alter any due diligence requirement to promote any resource covered by a combined hydrocarbon lease.</p> <p>(Sec. 30220) Declares that a lessee may withhold from payment any royalty due and owing to the United States under any lease under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for offshore oil or gas production from a covered lease tract if, on or before the date that the payment is due and payable, the lessee makes a payment to the State of 44 cents for every $1 of royalty withheld.</p> <p>Deems royalty so withheld as paid for purposes of satisfaction of the lessee's royalty obligations to the United States.</p> <p><b>Title III: Biomass Energy</b> - (Sec. 30301) Authorizes the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to make grants to implement a biomass commercial use grant program.</p> <p><b>Title IV: Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy</b> - Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2003 - (Sec. 30403) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program for exploration and production of oil and gas resources of the Arctic Coastal Plain. <br> </p> <p>Amends the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 to repeal its prohibition against production of oil and gas from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, including any leasing or development leading to such production. <br> </p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) designate a maximum total of Coastal Plain acreage as a &quot;Special Area &quot; if the Secretary determines that such lands require special management and regulatory protection; and (2) exclude leasing in a Special Area, but permit the use of horizontal drilling technology from lease sites located outside a Special Area. <br> </p> <p>States that this Act constitutes the Secretary's sole authority to close Coastal Plain lands to oil and gas leasing, exploration, development, and production.</p> <p>(Sec. 30404) Directs the Secretary to offer for lease, in the first lease sale under this Act, at least 200,000 acres in those tracts considered to have the greatest potential for discovery of hydrocarbons.</p> <p>(Sec. 30405) Authorizes the Secretary to grant lands on the Coastal Plain lands to the highest responsible qualified bidder upon payment of a bonus to the Secretary. Conditions subsequent transfers upon the Secretary's approval.<br> </p> <p>(Sec. 30406) Prescribes lease terms and conditions. </p> <p>(Sec. 30407) Mandates that Coastal Plain environmental protection guidelines use the &quot;no significant adverse effect&quot; standard to govern authorized activities, including: (1) site-specific assessment and mitigation; (2) regulations to protect Coastal Plain fish, wildlife resources, and subsistence users; (3) compliance with Federal and State environmental laws; and (4) facility consolidation planning.</p> <p>(Sec. 30408) Expedites to 90 days the period of judicial review of any complaint regarding any provision or any action of the Secretary under this title. <br> </p> <p>Limits to compliance with the terms of this Act any judicial review of a decision by the Secretary to conduct a lease sale, including the environmental analysis of such a sale.</p> <p>Shields actions of the Secretary from judicial review in any civil or criminal proceeding for enforcement. </p> <p>(Sec. 30409) Sets forth an oil and gas leasing revenue allocation formula under which 50 percent shall be paid to the State of Alaska, and the balance into the Treasury.<br> </p> <p>Permits the use of bonus payments for low-income home energy assistance. </p> <p>(Sec. 30410) Declares Title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (governing transportation and utility systems in and across conservation system units) inapplicable to rights-of-way and easements issued by the Secretary for oil and gas transportation across the Coastal Plain.</p> <p>(Sec. 30411) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) include rights-of-way and easements within the leasing program for lands across the Coastal Plain; and (2) convey the surface estate of specified lands to the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, and the remaining subsurface estate beneath those lands to the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. </p> <p>(Sec. 30412) Establishes the Coastal Plain Local Government Impact Aid Assistance Fund to provide limited financial assistance to eligible entities impacted directly by Coastal Plain oil and gas exploration or production.</p> <p><b>Title V: Hydropower </b>- (Sec. 30501) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) study and report to Congress on increasing electric power production capability of existing facilities; and (2) study operational methods and water scheduling techniques for increased efficiencies in hydroelectric power projects.</p> <p>(Sec. 30503) Directs the Secretary of the Interior to shift Bureau of Reclamation project loads to off-peak periods to minimize the amount of electric power consumed for water pumping purposes. Requires consent of affected irrigation customers for such pumping adjustment.</p> <p><b>Title VI: Geothermal Energy</b> - (Sec. 30601) Amends the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 to revamp its leasing procedures. </p> <p>(Sec. 30602) Prescribes procedural guidelines under which lands leased exclusively for qualified development and direct utilization of low temperature geothermal resources shall be leased to the first qualified applicant.<br> </p> <p>Permits existing lessees to convert earlier leases to reflect the revised requirements of this Act.</p> <p>(Sec. 30603) Revises statutory royalty percentages from a range of ten up to 15 percent to: (1) 3.5 percent of the gross proceeds from the sale of electricity produced by geothermal resources; and (2) 0.75 percent of the gross proceeds from the sale of items produced by direct use of such resources. Reduces such percentages by half again for any qualified geothermal energy lease with respect to commercial production of heat or energy from specified facilities, or qualified expansion geothermal energy.<br> </p> <p>Mandates that 100 percent of such royalties received by the United States be paid to the host States. </p> <p>(Sec. 30604) Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture, respectively, submit to Congress a joint memorandum of understanding regarding leasing and permitting for geothermal development of public lands under their respective jurisdictions.</p> <p>(Sec. 30605) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to reimburse certain persons for the costs of project-level analysis, documentation, or related study required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to a lease.</p> <p>(Sec. 30607) Requires the Secretary of the Interior to update and submit to Congress the 1978 Assessment of Geothermal Resources.</p> <p>(Sec. 30608) Modifies guidelines governing: (1) cooperative or unit plans of development or operation of geothermal fields; and (2) royalties on byproducts.</p> <p>(Sec. 30610) Repeals authorities of the Secretary to readjust terms, conditions, rentals, and royalties.</p> <p>(Sec. 30611) Credits certain annual rentals towards royalty payments.</p> <p>(Sec. 30612) Revamps lease terms and work commitment requirements.<br> </p> <p> <b> Title VII: Coal</b> - Coal Leasing Amendments Act of 2003 - (Sec. 30702) Amends the Mineral Leasing Act to repeal the 160-acre limitation placed upon coal leases.</p> <p>(Sec. 30703) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to establish a mining plan period lasting more than 40 years upon a determination that the longer period: (1) will ensure maximum economic recovery of a coal deposit; or (2) is in the interest of orderly, efficient, or economic development of a coal resource.</p> <p>(Sec. 30704) Revises the statutory formula for the payment of advance royalties. Extends from ten years to twenty years the lease term for which advance royalties may be accepted in lieu of the condition of continued operation.</p> <p>(Sec. 30704) Eliminates the deadline for submission of a coal lease operation and reclamation plan.</p> <p>(Sec. 30706) Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from requiring a surety bond or any other financial assurance to guarantee payment of deferred bonus bid installments with respect to any coal lease issued and based upon a cash bonus bid.</p> <p>(Sec. 30707) Requires the Secretary to review and identify for Congress: (1) coal assessments on public lands; and (2) restrictions or impediments to development of those resources. </p> <p><b>Title VIII: Insular Areas Energy Security</b> - (Sec. 30801) Amends Federal law to prescribe guidelines for mandatory comprehensive energy plans for certain insular areas of the United States.</p> <p>Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to U.S. territories to implement projects that protect electric power transmission and distribution lines from hurricane and typhoon damage.</p> <p><b>Title IX: Miscellaneous Provisions </b>- (Sec. 30901) Instructs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to report to certain congressional committees on corridor designations for energy facility rights-of-way and corridors on Federal lands, addressing: (1) the location of existing rights-of-way and designated and de facto corridors for oil and gas pipelines and electric transmission and distribution facilities on Federal lands; (2) opportunities for additional oil and gas pipeline and electric transmission capacity within such rights-of-way and corridors; and (3) prompt review of applications for additional corridors on Federal lands for oil and gas pipelines and electricity transmission and distribution facilities.</p> <p>(Sec. 30902) Instructs the Secretaries of the Interior and of Agriculture to: (1) issue all necessary documentation for siting and construction of a high-voltage electricity transmission line right-of-way running through the Trabuco Ranger District of the Cleveland National Forest (California) and adjacent Forest Service lands; (2) give preference to any application or pre-application proposal submitted before December 31, 2002, over all other applications and proposals for the same or similar right-of-way submitted on or after that date; and (3) submit to the Congress, a memorandum of understanding regarding processing new applications within their respective jurisdictions for linear rights of way on public lands for electrical transmission lines and oil or gas pipelines.</p> <p>(Sec. 30904) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Federal agencies should enhance the use of energy efficient technologies in the management of natural resources; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior shall, within ten years after enactment of this Act, seek to have located on public lands approved non-hydropower renewable energy projects with a generation capacity of at least 10,000 megawatts of electricity.</p> <p>(Sec. 30909) States that Congress encourages State prohibitions against off-shore drilling in the Great Lakes.</p> <p>Division D: Tax - Energy Tax Policy Act of 2003 - Title I: Conservation - (Sec. 41001) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax credits for the following: (1) residential solar energy property; (2) nonbusiness qualified fuel cell power plants; (3) energy efficiency improvements to existing homes; (4) construction of new energy efficient homes; and (5) combined heat and power system property. </p> <p>(Sec. 41007) Allows the nonrefundable personal energy credits added by this Act for residential solar energy property, individual fuel power plant, and energy efficient improvements to existing homes to offset both the regular tax and the alternative minimum tax. </p> <p>(Sec. 41008) Repeals: (1) the 4.3-cent per gallon diesel fuel excise taxes on railroads and inland waterway transportation which remain in the General Fund; and (2) phaseouts for qualified electric vehicle credit and the deduction for clean fuel-vehicles. </p> <p>(Sec. 41009) Reduces the motor fuel excise tax on certain mixtures of diesel fuel.</p> <p>(Sec. 41011) Allows an alternative motor vehicle tax credit for the purchase of certain new qualified fuel cell motor vehicles and new advanced lean burn technology motor vehicles. </p> <p><b>Title II: Reliability </b>- (Sec. 42001) Treats natural gas gathering lines as 7-year property, and treats natural gas distribution lines and electric transmission property as 15-year property.</p> <p>(Sec. 42004) Provides for: (1) expensing capital costs incurred in complying with Environmental Protection Agency sulfur regulations; (2) an income tax credit for production of low sulfur diesel fuel; (3) an increase from 50,000 to 75,000 barrels the average daily refinery runs to qualify certain small refiners for exclusion from a specified formula for the oil depletion deduction; (4) a special rule for sales or dispositions to implement FERC or State electric restructuring policy; (5) modifications to the special rules for nuclear decommissioning costs; and (6) the treatment of certain income of rural electric cooperatives. </p> <p>(Sec. 42010) Makes arbitrage rules inapplicable to prepayments for natural gas.</p> <p><b>Title III: Production </b>- (Sec. 43001) Establishes a specified tax credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells. </p> <p>(Sec. 43002) Suspends the limit on percentage depletion deductions based on 65 percent of overall taxable income for tax years between December 31, 2003, and January 1, 2007. Extends the suspension of the 100 percent net-income limitation for marginal wells an additional three years. </p> <p>(Sec. 43003) Allows any delay rental payment in connection with the development of oil or gas wells within the United States to be allowed as a deduction (amortized) ratably over two years. </p> <p>(Sec. 43004) Allows any geological and geophysical expenses in connection with the development of oil or gas wells within the United States to be allowed as a deduction (amortized) ratably over two years. </p> <p>(Sec. 43005) Permits taxpayers to claim a tax credit for production of certain non-conventional fuels produced at specified wells. Permits production from any well drilled after December 31, 1979, and before January 1, 1993, to claim a credit through 2006. </p> <p>(Sec. 43006) Makes the alternative minimum tax limitation inapplicable to the business energy credits added by this Act. </p> <p>(Sec. 43007) Repeals temporarily, for two years, the alternative minimum tax preference for intangible drilling or development costs for oil and gas wells for taxpayers other than integrated oil companies. </p> <p> (Sec. 43008) Modifies, for two years, the ratable reduction in the enhanced oil recovery credit for a controlled group. </p> <p><b>Title IV: Corporate Expatriation </b>- (Sec. 44001) Treats as a domestic corporation a foreign incorporated entity treated as an inverted domestic corporation, with respect to inversion transactions completed after March 4, 2003 and before January 1, 2005. </p> <p>(Sec. 44002) Expresses the sense of Congress that passage of legislation to fix the underlying problems with our tax laws is essential and should occur as soon as possible, so U.S. corporations will not face the current pressures to engage in inversion transactions. </p> <p><b>Division E : Clean Coal</b> - (Sec. 50001) Authorizes appropriations for a clean coal power initiative conditioned upon a report by the Secretary of Energy to certain congressional committees detailing a ten-year implementation plan. Sets forth technical and financial criteria for the initiative.</p> <p>(Sec. 50004) Instructs the Secretary to award competitive, merit-based grants to universities for the establishment of Centers of Excellence for Energy Systems of the Future, particularly those that show the greatest potential for advancing new clean coal technologies.</p> <p><b>Division F: Hydrogen</b> - (Sec. 60002) Instructs the Secretary to transmit to Congress a coordinated plan for DOE programs directly related to fuel cells or hydrogen. Prescribes program activities and targets.</p> <p>(Sec. 60004) Directs the President to establish an interagency task force chaired by the Secretary to work toward a fuel infrastructure for hydrogen and hydrogen-carrier fuels,</p> <p>(Sec. 60005) Establishes the Hydrogen Technical and Fuel Cell Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary on hydrogen programs and activities.</p> <p>(Sec. 60008) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2004 through 2008 for this division.</p> <p>(Sec. 60009) Authorizes the Secretary to establish: (1) a matching funds program to assist fuel cell deployment at prominent National Parks; and (2) an Advanced Power System Technology Incentive Program for deployment of certain advanced power system technologies and to improve and protect certain critical governmental, industrial, and commercial processes.</p> <p><b>Division G: Housing</b> - (Sec. 70001) Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to authorize assistance for capabilities regarding the provision of energy-efficient, affordable housing and residential energy conservation measures.</p> <p>(Sec. 70002) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to increase funding for public services concerning energy conservation or efficiency.</p> <p>(Sec. 70003) Amends specified statutes governing Federal housing mortgage insurance to increase mortgage insurance incentives for energy efficient housing. </p> <p>(Sec. 70004) Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to provide within its financial assistance formula for the public housing capital fund the improvement of energy and water-use efficiency by certain measures, and integrated utility management and capital planning to maximize energy conservation and efficiency measures.</p> <p>(Sec. 70005) Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to include installation of specified energy and water conserving fixtures and fittings among eligible uses for grants for energy-conserving improvements in assisted housing. </p> <p>(Sec. 70006) Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Implementation Act to declare that the Board members of the Inter-American Foundation representing the United States should use their voice and vote to encourage the Bank to finance projects related to clean and efficient energy, including energy conservation measures that prevent, control, or reduce environmental pollutants or contaminants.<br> </p> <p>(Sec. 70007) Requires a public housing agency to purchase energy-efficient appliances that are Energy Star products or FEMP-designated products unless it is not cost-effective to do so.</p> <p>(Sec. 70008) Amends the Cranston-Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act with respect to energy efficiency standards. </p> <p>(Sec. 70009) Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to report to Congress on development and implementation of an integrated energy strategy to reduce utility expenses through cost-effective energy conservation and efficiency measures and energy efficient design and construction of public and assisted housing.</p>", "update_date": "2003-10-20T19:19:00Z", "version_code": "36" }, { "action_date": "2003-07-31", "action_desc": "Passed Senate amended", "text": " <p>Energy Policy Act of 2003 - <b>Division A: Reliable and Diverse Power Generation and Transmission</b> - <b>Title I: Regional Coordination</b> - States that it is Federal policy to encourage States to coordinate their energy policies on a regional basis in order to provide reliable, affordable energy services to the public while minimizing the impact of providing energy services on communities and the environment. Instructs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) provide technical assistance to such State regional organizations; and (2) convene an annual conference to promote regional coordination on energy policy and infrastructure issues.</p> <p><b>Title II: Electricity</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Amendments to the Federal Power Act</b> - Amends the Federal Power Act to: (1) mandate that a holding company in a holding company system that includes a transmitting utility or an electric utility company acquire authorization of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) prior to purchasing, acquiring, merging or consolidating, with certain utilities; (2) empower FERC to approve or revoke market-based rates; and (3) authorize FERC to require unregulated transmitting utilities to provide open access transmission. <p>(Sec. 206) Grants FERC jurisdiction over an electric reliability organization, any regional entities, and all users, owners, and operators of the bulk-power system, for purposes of approving and enforcing compliance with reliability standards. Prescribes implementation guidelines. <p>(Sec. 207) Instructs FERC to: (1) issue rules establishing an electronic information system that timely disseminates the availability and price of wholesale electric energy and transmission services; and (2) ensure that transmitting utilities provide transmission service to intermittent generators so as not to unduly prejudice or disadvantage such generators. <p><b>Subtitle B: Amendments to the Public Utility Holding Company Act</b> - Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2003 - Repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935. Prescribes implementation guidelines for Federal and State access to books and records of holding companies. <p>(Sec. 234) Establishes the Electric Energy Market Competition Task Force as an inter-agency task force to review competition in the wholesale and retail electric energy markets. <p>(Sec. 235) Instructs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the success of the Federal and State governments to: (1) prevent anticompetitive practices and other abuses by public utility holding companies, including cross-subsidization and other market power abuses; and (2) promote competition and efficient energy markets for the benefit of consumers. <p><b>Subtitle C: Amendments to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978</b> - Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA), to adopt standards governing: (1) real-time pricing and time-of-use metering; (2) distributed generation; (3) distribution interconnections; (4) minimum fuel and technology diversity; and (5) fossil fuel efficiency. <p>(Sec. 244) Repeals mandatory purchase and sale requirements governing cogeneration and small power production facilities. Mandates net metering service upon electric consumer request. <p><b>Subtitle D: Consumer Protections</b> - Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to: (1) prescribe certain consumer information disclosure requirements incumbent upon electric utility vendors; (2) prohibit such vendors from disclosing or permitting access to electric consumer information obtained from their customers without such customers' approval; and (3) issue proscriptions against unfair trade practices known as \"slamming\" and \"cramming.\" <p>(Sec. 253) Establishes within the Department of Justice the Office of Consumer Advocacy. <p><b>Subtitle E: Renewable Energy and Rural Construction Grants</b> - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to revise guidelines governing renewable energy production incentive payments and to include incremental hydropower. <p>(Sec. 262) Directs the Secretary to review and report annually regarding assessments of renewable energy resources. Directs the President to ensure that Federal electric energy consumption falls within prescribed minimum levels. <p>(Sec. 264) Amends PURPA to prescribe guidelines for a Federal Renewable Portfolio Standard under which retail electric suppliers submit renewable energy credits to the Secretary. <p>(Sec. 265) Directs the Secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and Energy to develop guidelines for a cost-share demonstration program for wind and solar energy facilities on Federal land. <p><b>Subtitle F: General Provisions</b> - Amends the Federal Columbia River Transmission System Act to grant the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration additional borrowing authority to: (1) provide funds for financing the construction, acquisition, and replacement of the transmission system of the Bonneville Power Administration; and (2) implement the authorities of the Administrator under the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act. <p><b>Title III: Hydroelectric Relicensing</b> - Amends the Federal Power Act to prescribe guidelines for alternative mandatory conditions for project works, including fishways within any Federal reservation. <p><b>Title IV: Indian Energy</b> - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to instruct the Director of the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs to establish programs within such Office to: (1) assist Indian tribes in meeting energy education, research and development, planning, and management needs; and (2) set forth a loan guarantee program for Indian tribes for energy development, including electrical generation plants, and transmission and delivery mechanisms for electricity produced on Indian land. <p>(Sec. 402) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to establish within the Department of Energy (DOE) an Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. <p>(Sec. 404) Sets forth a statutory framework within which an Indian tribe may grant leases for siting energy facilities on tribal lands. <p>(Sec. 406) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to instruct the Secretary of Energy to study and report to Congress on: (1) energy consumption and renewable energy development potential on Indian land; (2) Federal power allocations and Federal power sales by the Federal Power Marketing Administrations to Indian tribes within their service areas; and (3) the feasibility of a demonstration project that would use wind energy generated by Indian tribes and hydropower generated by the Army Corps of Engineers to supply firming power to the Western Area Power Administration. <p><b>Title V: Nuclear Power</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Price-Anderson Act Reauthorization</b> - Price-Anderson Amendments Act of 2003 - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to: (1) extend to August 1, 2012, the authority of DOE to indemnify Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensees, including nonprofit educational institutions licensees; (2) make permanent DOE authority to indemnify contractors; and (3) revise liability limits. <p>(Sec. 507) Repeals the authority of the Secretary to determine whether nonprofit educational institutions should receive automatic remission of civil monetary penalties for violations of DOE safety regulations. <p>Replaces the exemption granted specified research contractors and suppliers regarding civil monetary penalties for violations of DOE safety regulations with a limitation placed upon the total amount of fees paid within any one-year period under the pertinent contract. <p><b>Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions</b> - Amends the USEC Privatization Act to revise guidelines governing: (1) sales of uranium from the DOE stockpile; and (2) Federal transfers. <p>(Sec. 512) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to reauthorize reimbursement of thorium licensees. <p>(Sec. 513) Prohibits reactivation of the Fast Flux Test Facility if the Secretary has determined, in a record of decision, that the program can be implemented at existing operating facilities. <p>(Sec. 514) Establishes: (1) the Nuclear Power 2010 Program; (2) the Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel Research; and (3) a decommissioning pilot program for the sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor (Arkansas). <p><b>Subtitle C: Growth of Nuclear Energy</b> - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to provide that in the case of a combined construction and operating license, the duration of the operating phase of the license period shall not be less than the duration of the operating license if application had been made for separate construction and operating licenses. <p><b>Subtitle D : NRC Regulatory Reform</b> - Sets forth antitrust review guidelines for licenses proposed by the NRC. <p>(Sec. 532) Amends Federal bankruptcy law to preclude assets held by an NRC licensee from being used to satisfy creditor claims until decontamination and decommissioning of the nuclear power reactor is completed to NRC satisfaction. <p><b>Subtitle E: NRC Personnel Crisis</b> - Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to exempt NRC annuitants with critical skills from certain Federal pension offset requirements. <p>(Sec. 542) Instructs the NRC to implement a training and fellowship program to address shortages of individuals with critical safety skills. <p><b>Division B: Domestic Oil And Gas Production And Transportation</b> - <b>Title VI: Oil And Gas Production</b> - Amends the the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to make permanent the authorities relating to: (1) domestic supply availability (including operation of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve); and (2) standby energy (including operation of the summer fill and fuel budgeting programs). <p>(Sec. 602) Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to take specified actions to ensure timely action on Federal onshore leasing programs for oil and gas. <p>(Sec. 604) Instructs such Secretary to establish a remediation, reclamation, and closure program for orphaned oil and gas wells on Federal lands. <p>(Sec. 605) Instructs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) establish a technical assistance program to help oil and gas producing States remedy environmental problems caused by orphaned and abandoned exploration or production well sites; and (2) evaluate the impact of Federal and State tax and royalty policies on oil and gas resources development, and upon revenues to Federal, State, local and tribal governments. <p>(Sec. 609) Directs the President to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to full capacity as soon as practicable and to ensure that the fill rate minimizes impacts on petroleum markets. <p>(Sec. 610) Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas production (creating a fracture in a reservoir rock, and injecting fluids and propping agents, for the purposes of reservoir stimulation related to oil and gas production activities). <p><b>Title VII: Natural Gas Pipelines</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline</b> - Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act of 2003 - Prescribes guidelines under which FERC is authorized to act on an application for the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the construction and operation of an Alaska natural gas transportation project (other than the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System). <p>(Sec. 707) Establishes the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects to coordinate the expeditious discharge of all activities by Federal agencies in connection with an Alaska natural gas transportation project. <p>(Sec. 709) States that a facility receiving natural gas from the Alaska natural gas transportation project for delivery to consumers within the State of Alaska shall be deemed to be a local distribution facility and, therefore, shall not be subject to FERC jurisdiction. <p>(Sec. 710) Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to provide Federal loan guarantees for construction of a Alaska natural gas transportation project. <p>Instructs the Secretary to conduct a study of alternative approaches to the construction and operation of such project if no application has been filed within 18 months after the date of enactment of this title. <p>(Sec. 714) Expresses the sense of the Senate that an Alaska natural gas transportation project will provide significant economic benefits to the United States and Canada. Urges pipeline project sponsors to use steel that is manufactured or produced in North America and to negotiate a project labor agreement to expedite construction of the pipeline. <p>(Sec. 715) Instructs the Secretary of Labor to establish within the State of Alaska a pipeline construction training program for Alaskan residents. <p><b>Subtitle B: Operating Pipelines</b> - Directs the Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality to establish an interagency task force to develop an interagency memorandum of understanding to expedite the environmental review and permitting of natural gas pipeline projects. <p><b>Subtitle C: Pipeline Safety</b> - <b>Part I: Short Title: Amendment Of Title 49</b> - Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2003 - States that references in this subtitle shall be considered to be made to a provision of title 49, United States Code. <p><b>Part II: Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2003</b> - Sets forth a statutory framework for pipeline safety, including: (1) implementation of the safety improvement recommendations contained in the Department of Transportation Inspector General's Report; (2) Federal agency response to National Transportation Safety Board pipeline safety recommendations; (3) a pipeline integrity inspection program; and (4) a public education program that includes emergency preparedness and community right-to-know. <p>(Sec. 771) Directs the Secretary of Transportation to enter into arrangements with the National Academy of Sciences to establish the Pipeline Integrity Technical Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of Transportation and of Energy on the development and implementation of a mandatory 5-year research, development, and demonstration program regarding pipeline safety. <p>(Sec. 774) Prohibits discrimination against pipeline employees providing pipeline safety information (whistleblower protection). <p>(Sec. 779) Instructs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to conduct a study on the natural gas pipeline transmission network in New England and natural gas storage facilities associated with that network. <p><b>Part III : Pipeline Security Sensitive Information</b> - Requires the Secretary of Transportation to withhold certain pipeline security sensitive information. Sets forth guidelines for conditional release of such information. <p><b>Division C: Diversifying Energy Demand and Improving Efficiency</b> - <b>Title VIII: Fuels and Vehicles</b> - <b>Subtitle A: CAFE Standards, Alternative Fuels, and Advanced Technology</b> - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to issue, according to specified deadlines, increased average fuel economy standards for automobiles determined on the basis of the maximum feasible average fuel economy levels. <p>(Sec. 802) Sets forth: (1) expedited procedures for a congressionally mandated increase in fuel economy standards if the Secretary of Transportation fails to issue final regulations within designated deadlines; and (2) revised considerations for decisions on maximum feasible average fuel economy. <p>(Sec. 805) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) Federal agency procurement of alternative fueled and hybrid light duty trucks; and (2) the exclusive use of alternative fuels in the Federal fleet of dual fueled vehicles. <p>Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) expand DOE research on hybrid electric and fuel cell vehicles and on diesel fueled vehicles; and (2) implement a fuel cell demonstration program. <p>(Sec. 812) Amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to instruct the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration to conduct a survey of renewable fuels consumption in the domestic motor vehicle fuels market, and to publish such survey results monthly. <p>(Sec. 814) Directs the Secretaries of Energy and Transportation to jointly establish a pilot program for awarding grants for the demonstration and commercial application of alternative fuel school buses and ultra-low sulfur diesel school buses. <p>(Sec. 815) Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a fuel cell bus development and demonstration program. <p>(Sec. 817) Prescribes guidelines for: (1) a temporary biodiesel credit expansion; and (2) credits for new hybrid motor vehicles, dedicated alternative fuel vehicles, and infrastructure. <p>(Sec. 820) Amends the Clean Air Act to set forth a renewable fuel program. <p>(Sec. 820A) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to set forth Federal agency purchasing requirements for ethanol-blended gasoline and biodiesel. <p>(Sec. 820B) Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide loan guarantees to private institutions to construct facilities for the processing and conversion of municipal solid waste into fuel ethanol and other commercial byproducts. <p><b>Subtitle B: Additional Fuel Efficiency Measures</b> - Amends Federal transportation law to prescribe baseline average fuel economy standards for the Federal fleet of new automobiles. <p>(Sec. 824) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) to instruct the Secretary to: (1) initiate an analytical study of the potential fuel savings resulting from long duration idling of main drive engines in heavy-duty vehicles; and (2) develop a program with timetables for domestic sales of hydrogen-fueled fuel cell vehicles by 2010. <p><b>Subtitle C: Federal Reformulated Fuels</b> - Federal Reformulated Fuels Act of 2003 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) permit the use of the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund (LUST) for remediation of contamination of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and other ether fuel additives; (2) instruct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a resource center for bedrock bioremediation; and (3) authorize such Administrator to establish a soil remediation program regarding MTBE contamination. <p>(Sec. 833) Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) proscribe the use of MTBE in motor vehicle fuel in certain States; (2) provide Federal grants for MTBE merchant producer conversion assistance and eligible production facilities; (3) eliminate the oxygen content requirement for reformulated gasoline; (4) require the Administrator to promulgate regulations governing emissions of toxic air pollutants; and (5) instruct the Administrator to publish for public comment a draft analysis of the changes in emissions of air pollutants and air quality due to the use of motor vehicle fuel and fuel additives resulting from implementation of this Act. <p><b>Title IX: Energy Efficiency and Assistance to Low Income Consumers</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Low Income Assistance and State Energy Programs</b> - Authorizes increased funding for: (1) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Programs; (2) weatherization assistance; and (3) State energy conservation programs. <p>(Sec. 903) Establishes the High Performance Schools Program in the Department of Energy. <p>(Sec. 904) Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to make grants to units of local government, private, non-profit community development organizations, and Indian tribe economic development entities to improve energy efficiency, identify and develop alternative renewable and distributed energy supplies, and increase energy conservation in low-income rural and urban communities. <p>(Sec. 905) Authorizes such Secretary to allocate funds to States that establish a State energy efficient appliance rebate program. <p><b>Subtitle B: Federal Energy Efficiency</b> - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (NECPA) to: (1) revise the energy reduction goals mandated for Federal buildings; (2) mandate metering of energy use in Federal buildings; (3) prescribe guidelines for Federal procurement of energy efficient products; (4) make permanent the energy savings performance contract program; (5) establish the Federal Energy Bank to make loans to Federal agencies for designated energy efficiency projects; and (6) prescribe guidelines for energy and water savings measures in congressional buildings. <p>(Sec. 913) Amends the Energy Conservation and Production Act to revise Federal building energy efficiency performance standards. <p><b>Subtitle C: Industrial Efficiency and Consumer Products</b> - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to enter into voluntary agreements with persons in industrial sectors to reduce the energy intensity of production activities that consume significant amounts of primary energy per unit of physical output. <p>(Sec. 922) Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to: (1) include within its purview the authority to set standards for commercial products as well as consumer products; (2) establish at the Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency a program to identify and promote energy-efficient products and buildings; (3) direct the Secretary to initiate rulemaking procedures for standby mode electric energy consumption; and (4) mandate a consumer education program on energy efficiency benefits of air conditioning, heating, and ventilation maintenance. <p><b>Subtitle D: Housing Efficiency</b> - Amends the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993 to authorize Federal assistance for energy efficient, affordable housing and residential energy conservation measures that benefit low-income families. <p>(Sec. 933) Amends the National Housing Act to increase the FHA mortgage insurance incentives for energy efficient housing. <p>(Sec. 935) Amends NECPA to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants to finance energy conserving improvements to certain assisted multifamily housing projects that are subject to mortgage restructuring and rental assistance sufficiency plans. <p>(Sec. 936) Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act to authorize Board members representing the United States to use their voice and vote to encourage the North American Development Bank to finance projects related to clean and efficient energy. <p>(Sec. 938) Requires public housing agencies to purchase specified energy-efficient appliances when such purchase is cost-effective. <p>(Sec. 939) Amends the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to: (1) direct the Secretaries of HUD and of Agriculture to promulgate energy efficiency standards for rehabilitation and new construction of public and assisted housing funded by HOPE VI revitalization grants; and (2) replace the CABO energy efficiency standard with the 2000 International Energy Conservation Code. <p>(Sec. 940) Instructs the Secretary of HUD to create an energy management office to implement an integrated strategy to reduce utility expenses through cost-effective energy conservation and efficiency measures in public and assisted housing. <p><b>Subtitle E: Rural and Remote Communities</b> - Rural and Remote Community Fairness Act - Sets forth a Federal grant program to assist rural and remote communities meet their needs for efficient housing, and for reasonably priced and environmentally sound energy, water, wastewater, bulk fuel, telecommunications, and utility services. <p>(Sec. 948) Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide grants to local government units and Indian entities for: (1) increasing energy efficiency; (2) siting or upgrading transmission and distribution lines; or (3) providing or modernizing electric facilities (gives preference to renewable energy facilities). <p>(Sec. 949) Authorizes appropriations to the Denali Commission to fund the power cost equalization program. <p>(Sec. 950) Prescribes implementation guidelines for block grants to local government units, eligible Indian tribes, and Native American groups for rural recovery community development. <p><b>Division D: Integration of Energy Policy and Climate Change Policy</b> - <b>Title X: National Climate Change Policy</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Sense of Congress</b> - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should demonstrate international leadership and responsibility in reducing the health, environmental, and economic risks posed by climate change by: (1) taking responsible action to ensure significant and meaningful reductions in greenhouse gases emissions; (2) creating flexible international and domestic mechanisms, including joint implementation, technology deployment, tradable credits for emissions reductions and carbon sequestration projects that reduce, avoid, and sequester greenhouse gas emissions; and (3) participating in international negotiations, including putting forth a proposal to the Conference of the Parties, in order to secure United States participation in a future binding climate change treaty that protects the economic interests of the United States, and recognizes the shared international responsibility for addressing climate change, including developing country participation. <p><b>Subtitle B: Climate Change Strategy</b> - Climate Change Strategy and Technology Innovation Act of 2003 - Directs the President to develop and report to Congress on a National Climate Change Strategy that incorporates prescribed criteria. <p>(Sec. 1014) Establishes the Office of National Climate Change Policy within the Executive Office of the President to achieve long-term Strategy goals while minimizing adverse economic and social impacts. <p>Requires the Director of such Office to establish the Interagency Task Force whose members jointly assist in Strategy development. <p>(Sec. 1015) Establishes the Office of Climate Change Technology within DOE to manage an energy technology research and development program that directly supports the Strategy, including: (1) implementation and integrated assessment of alternative climate change response scenarios; and (2) an international carbon dioxide sequestration monitoring and data program to make available technical and economic data. <p><b>Subtitle C: Science and Technology Policy</b> - Amends the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 to instruct the Director of the Office of Science and Technology to advise the Director of the Office of National Climate Change Policy on science and technology matters relating to global climate change. <p><b>Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions</b> - Requires each Federal agency that submits a Statement of Energy Effects (relating to actions that significantly affect energy supply, distribution, or use), to also submit an estimate of the change in net annual greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the proposed action and any reasonable alternatives to such action. <p>(Sec. 1032) Instructs the Secretary of Energy to publish estimated annual net greenhouse gas emissions from all federally owned, leased, or operated facilities and emission sources. <p><b>Title XI: National Greenhouse Gas Database</b> - Mandates establishment of a Memorandum of Agreement entered into by designated Cabinet Secretaries to maintain statutory and regulatory authorities, functions, and programs that provide for: (1) data collection concerning greenhouse gas emissions and effects; and (2) operation of such database. Shields such Memorandum from judicial review. <p>(Sec. 1104) Prescribes guidelines for designated agencies to jointly establish the National Greenhouse Gas Database on greenhouse gas emissions. <p><b>Division E: Enhancing Research, Development, and Training</b> - <b>Title XII: Energy Research and Development Programs</b> - Energy Science and Technology Enhancement Act of 2003 - <b>Subtitle A : Energy Efficiency</b> - Authorizes appropriations for: (1) energy research, demonstration, and technology deployment programs to enhance energy efficient housing, industrial energy efficiency, transportation energy efficiency, and energy efficient distributed generation; and (2) research grants relating to: (a) Energy Efficiency Science Initiative; (b) Next Generation Lighting Initiative for advanced solid-state lighting technologies based on white light emitting diodes; (c) a public-private research partnership for locomotive technologies that increase fuel economy, reduce emissions, improve safety, and lower costs; (d) high power density facilities, including data centers, server farms, and telecommunications facilities; and (e) precious metal catalysis. <p><b>Subtitle B: Renewable Energy</b> - Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary of Energy to conduct energy research, development, demonstration, and technology deployment programs to enhance the use of renewable energy and bioenergy programs. <p>(Sec. 1223) Hydrogen Future Act of 2003 - Amends the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1990 to accelerate the use of hydrogen as a major energy source in: (1) isolated areas in which other energy sources are either not available or are very expensive; (2) foreign economic development in order to avoid environmental damage from increased fossil fuel use; (3) hydrogen production methods that minimize greenhouse gas production; and (4) foreign countries to increase the global market for hydrogen technologies and to foster global economic development without harmful environmental effects. <p>Instructs the Secretary to establish an interagency task force to develop a demonstration plan for integrated systems and components for: (1) hydrogen production, storage, and use in Federal, State, and local government buildings and vehicles; (2) hydrogen-based infrastructure for fleet transportation systems that include zero-emission vehicles; and (3) hydrogen-based distributed power generation, including the generation of combined heat, power, and hydrogen. <p><b>Subtitle C: Fossil Energy</b> - Authorizes appropriations for enhanced fossil energy research and development including: (1) core fossil research and development; (2) commercial applications of advanced lignite and coal-based technologies applicable to new or existing power plants; (3) advanced safe and efficient coal mining technologies; (4) ultra-deepwater and unconventional resource exploration and production technologies; (5) new natural gas transportation technologies; (6) Office of Arctic Energy; and (7) a loan to the owner of a certain clean coal technology experimental plant constructed under a specified DOE cooperative agreement on such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines, including interest rates and upfront payments. <p><b>Subtitle D: Nuclear Energy</b> - Authorizes appropriations for the following programs: (1) enhanced nuclear energy research and development; (2) nuclear sciences and engineering support; (3) sabbatical fellowship and visiting scientist programs to foster University-National Laboratory interactions; (4) Nuclear Energy Research Initiative; (5) Nuclear Energy Plant Optimization Program; and (6) Nuclear Energy Technology Development Program. <p><b>Subtitle E: Fundamental Energy Science</b> - Authorizes appropriations for the following programs: (1) enhanced programs in fundamental energy science; (2) nanoscale science and engineering; (3) advanced scientific computing for energy missions; advanced scientific computing and genome research; and (4) fusion energy sciences program and planning. <p><b>Subtitle F: Energy, Safety, and Environmental Protection</b> - Authorizes appropriations for a research, demonstration, and technology deployment program pertaining to: (1) critical energy infrastructure protection; and (2) restoration of groundwater contaminated by energy activities, including oil and gas production, surface and underground mining of coal, and in-situ extraction of energy resources. <p><b>Title XIII: Climate Change Science and Technology</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Department of Energy Programs</b> - Authorizes appropriations for a comprehensive research program to understand and address the effects of energy production and use on the global climate system, including climate modeling, carbon cycling, and ecological processes. <p>(Sec. 1302) Amends the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 to include within statutory research and demonstration goals: (1) solutions to the effective management of greenhouse gas emissions by the development of technologies and practices designed to reduce and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions; and (2) a long-term climate technology strategy designed to demonstrate a variety of technologies to achieve greenhouse gas stabilization. <p><b>Subtitle B: Department of Agriculture Programs</b> - Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) implement carbon sequestration research programs and designate research consortia to implement such programs; (2) develop benchmark standards for measuring carbon content of soils and plants; (3) develop certain programs to monitor the carbon sequestering benefits of conservation practices and net changes in greenhouse gas emissions; (4) conduct carbon storage and sequestration accounting research in collaboration with other Federal agencies; and (5) make competitive grants for pilot program demonstration and assessment of carbon storage and sequestration accounting. <p><b>Subtitle C: International Energy Technology Transfer</b> - Authorizes appropriations for the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to establish an Interagency Working Group on Clean Energy Technology Exports whose focus centers upon expanding energy markets and transferring clean energy technology to partner countries that are expected to experience the most significant growth in energy production and associated greenhouse gas emissions over the next 20 years. <p>(Sec. 1322) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for a pilot financial assistance program for energy production facilities outside the United States whose output is consumed outside the United States, and whose deployment will result in specified greenhouse gas reductions (international energy deployment projects). <p><b>Subtitle D: Climate Change Science and Information</b> - <b>Part I: Amendments to the Global Change Research Act of 1990</b> - Amends the Global Change Research Act of 1990 to: (1) redesignate the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences as the Committee on Global Change Research; (2) revise Committee membership; (3) establish a Subcommittee on Global Change Research; and (4) establish as a priority of Federal global research the provision of information that is relevant for effective decisions and strategies for measuring and adapting to global change. <p>(Sec. 1334) Instructs the Chairman of the Federal Coordinating Council on Science, Engineering, and Technology to submit to Congress a strategic plan for the United States Global Climate Change Research Program. <p>(Sec. 1335) Amends Federal law relating to the United States Global Change Research Program to establish in the Office of Science and Technology Policy an integrated program office for the global change research program. <p>(Sec. 1336) Requires the Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences to list priority areas for research and development on climate change that are not being addressed by Federal agencies. Instructs the National Science Foundation to include such list as part of its annual request for appropriations. <p><b>Part II: National Climate Services and Monitoring</b> - Amends the National Climate Program Act to authorize increased appropriations. <p>(Sec. 1345) Instructs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) submit to certain congressional committees a plan of action for a National Climate Service under the National Climate Program; (2) conduct international research in the Pacific region that will increase understanding of climate variability in the Asia-Pacific sector, including regional aspects of global environmental change; and (3) establish an atmospheric monitoring and verification program for greenhouse gases. <p>(Sec. 1348) Amends the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 to provide funding for Arctic research grants. <p>(Sec. 1349) Authorizes appropriations for a research program on potential abrupt climate change. <p><b>Part III: Ocean and Coastal Observing System</b> - Instructs the President to establish an integrated ocean and coastal observing system that provides for long-term, continuous, and real-time observations of the oceans and coasts. Authorizes appropriations. <p><b>Subtitle E: Climate Change Technology</b> - Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Commerce to perform research to develop enhanced measurements, calibrations, standards, and technologies to promote reduced production of greenhouse gases associated with global warming; (2) instruct the Director of such Institute to establish a research program on global climate change standards and processes, with the goal of providing scientific and technical knowledge applicable to greenhouse gas reduction; and (3) authorize such Director to support new &quot;green&quot; manufacturing technologies and techniques by small manufacturers. <p><b>Subtitle F: Climate Adaptation and Hazards Prevention</b> - <b>Part I: Assessment and Adaptation</b> - Instructs the President to establish within the Department of Commerce a National Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Program for regional impacts regarding increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and climate variability. <p>(Sec. 1372) Instructs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) conduct regional assessments of coastal area vulnerability to hazards associated with climate change, climate variability, sea level rise, and fluctuation of Great Lakes water levels, including impacts on Arctic regions and the Central, Western, and South Pacific regions; (2) submit to Congress a national coastal adaptation plan, comprised of individual regional adaptation plans that address coastal impacts associated with climate change, sea level rise, or climate variability; (3) provide coastal adaptation grants; (4) establish a 4-year pilot program to provide financial assistance to coastal communities most adversely affected by the impact of climate change or climate variability that are located in States with federally approved coastal zone management programs; and (5) establish the Barrow Arctic Research Center as a joint research facility to support climate change and other scientific research activities in the Arctic. <p><b>Part II: Forecasting and Planning Pilot Programs</b> - Authorizes the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to establish pilot project grants to explore the integrated use of remote sensing sources and other geospatial information to address needs to forecast a plan for adaptation to coastal zone and land use changes that may result as a consequence of global climate change or climate variability. <p>(Sec. 1383) Directs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) conduct air quality studies within specific regions, including the effects of in situ emissions of air pollutants and their precursors; and (2) establish a program to provide operational air quality forecasts and warnings for specific regions. <p><b>Title XIV: Management of DOE Science and Technology Programs</b> - Instructs the Secretary of Commerce to: (1) require specified commitments from non-Federal sources for certain research, development, demonstration and deployment projects; and (2) establish an advisory board to oversee Department research and development programs in specified energy areas. <p>(Sec. 1406) Amends the Department of Organization Act to establish in DOE: (1) an Under Secretary for Energy and Science, to serve as the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary of Energy; and (2) an Office of Science, headed by an Assistant Secretary of Science, to implement fundamental science and engineering research functions. <p>Expresses the sense of the Senate that the leadership for departmental missions in nuclear energy should be at the Assistant Secretary level. <p>(Sec. 1407) Instructs the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to: (1) appoint a Technology Transfer Coordinator to perform oversight and policy development for DOE technology transfer activities; (2) establish a Technology Partnership Working Group; and (3) establish a Technology Infrastructure Program. <p>(Sec. 1409) Directs the Secretary to require the Director of each National Laboratory to: (1) appoint a small business advocate; and (2) establish a small business assistance program. <p>(Sec. 1413) Directs the Secretary to: (1) submit a biennial status report to Congress and the President on technology readiness and barriers to technology transfer; and (2) establish a collaborative research, development, and deployment program to promote energy efficient, environmentally sound economic development along the United States-Mexico border that: (A) mitigates hazardous waste; (B) promotes energy efficient materials processing technologies that minimize environmental damage; and (C) protects air quality and the public health. <p><b>Title XV: Personnel and Training</b> - Directs the Secretary to: (1) monitor workforce trends and establish traineeship grants when skilled technical personnel shortfalls occur in energy technology industries; (2) establish postdoctoral and senior research fellowships in energy research; (3) develop model employee training guidelines to support electric supply system reliability and safety; and (4) establish a National Center on Energy Management and Building Technologies to facilitate improved energy efficiency and indoor air quality in industrial, commercial and residential buildings. <p>(Sec. 1505) Amends the Department of Energy Science Education Enhancement Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) prioritize activities designed to encourage women and minority students to pursue scientific and technical careers; and (2) promote increased participation of historically Black colleges or universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, or tribal colleges in activities that increase their capacity to train science or engineering personnel. <p>(Sec. 1506) Instructs the Secretary to establish a National Power Plant Operations Technology and Education Center to address the need for training and educating certified operators for electric power generation plants. <p>(Sec. 1507) Instructs the Secretary of Labor to hire additional experienced mine inspectors to maintain the number of Federal mine inspectors at or above authorized levels. <p><b>Division F: Technology Assessment and Studies - Title XVI: Technology Assessment - </b>Amends the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 to create a Science and Technology Assessment Service as an information clearinghouse for Congress regarding national science and technology policy issues. <p><b>Title XVII: Studies</b> - Mandates reports to Congress concerning: (1) Federal agency reviews regarding regulatory barriers to both market entry for emerging energy technologies, and to market development for existing energy technologies; (2) an assessment by the Secretary of Energy regarding the economic implications of Hawaii's dependence upon oil as its principal source of energy; (3) the feasibility of a new electric transmission system on the Amtrak right-of-way in the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and New Rochelle, New York, including the Amtrak right-of-way between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and (4) updated plans concerning renewable energy and energy efficiency plans for insular areas. <p>(Sec. 1705) Establishes the Consumer Energy Commission to study significant nationwide price spikes in major consumer energy products, including electricity, gasoline, home heating oil, natural gas, and propane since 1990. <p>(Sec. 1706) Mandates studies and reports to Congress regarding: (1) environmental impact of natural gas or other energy transmission infrastructure proposed for construction across the Great Lakes; (2) DOE route selection procedures for shipment of spent nuclear fuel among research nuclear reactor facilities; (3) reduction of energy use through cost-effective improvements in municipal water and wastewater treatment; and (4) research projects at DOE nuclear facilities relating to hydrogen production, fuel cell development, or other energy production technology enhancements. <p><b>Division G: Energy Infrastructure Security</b> - <b>Title XVIII: Critical Energy Infrastructure</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Department of Energy Programs</b> - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy to establish critical energy infrastructure programs. <p><b>Subtitle B: Department of the Interior Programs</b> - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Outer Continental Shelf Energy Infrastructure Security Program to: (1) provide funds to OCS Production States for security against threats to critical OCS energy infrastructure facilities; and (2) support necessary public services or transportation for the safety and operation of critical energy infrastructure activities. <p><b>Division H: Energy Tax Incentives</b> - Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2003 - <b>Title XIX : Extension and Modification of Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit</b> - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the renewable electricity production tax credit to include: (1) credits for electricity produced from biomass, swine, and bovine waste nutrients; (2) geothermal and solar energy; and (3) small irrigation power, municipal biosolids, and recycled sludge. <p><b>Title XX: Alternative Motor Vehicles and Fuels Incentives</b> - Provides an incentives program for alternative vehicle and alternative fuels, including credits for: (1) installation of alternative fueling stations and for retail sales of alternative fuels as motor vehicle fuel; (2) small ethanol producers; (3) allowing the alcohol fuels credit to be transferred and offset motor fuels tax liability; and (4) biodiesel used as fuel. <p>(Sec. 2009) Grants general business credits for commercial power takeoff vehicles. <p>(Sec. 2010) Modifies the incentives for alternative vehicles and fuels. <p><b>Title XXI: Conservation and Energy Efficiency Provisions</b> - Sets forth certain conservation and energy efficiency credits for: (1) the construction of new energy efficient homes; (2) the installation of energy efficient appliances; (3) residential energy efficient property; (4) business installation of qualified fuel cells and stationary microturbine power plants; (5) combined heat and power system properties; and (6) energy efficiency improvements to existing homes. <p>(Sec. 2110) Allows a deduction against tax for qualified new or retrofitted water submetering devices. <p>Establishes a three-year recovery period for: (1) depreciation of qualified energy management devices; and (2) qualified water submetering devices. <p><b>Title XXII: Clean Coal Incentives</b> - <b>Subtitle A: Credit for Emission Reductions and Efficiency Improvements in Existing Coal-Based Electricity Generation Facilities</b> - Establishes clean coal incentives, including credits for emission reductions and efficiency improvements in existing coal-based generation facilities. <p><b>Subtitle B: Incentives for Early Commercial Applications of Advanced Clean Coal Technologies</b> - Allows as a credit against tax: (1) investment in qualifying advanced clean coal technology; and (2) production from a qualifying advanced clean coal technology unit. <p><b>Subtitle C: Treatment of Persons Not Able To Use Entire Credit</b> - Prescribes guidelines for the treatment of persons not able to use the entire tax credit for a qualifying advanced clean coal technology unit. <p><b>Title XXIII: Oil and Gas Provisions</b> - Revises oil and gas guidelines, including: (1) establishing a credit for oil and gas production from marginal wells; (2) permitting the expensing of capital costs incurred in complying with EPA sulfur regulations; (3) establishing an environmental tax credit; (4) extending the marginal production income limit; and (5) treating natural gas distribution lines as 15-year property. <p><b>Title XXIV: Electric Utility Restructuring Provisions</b> - Sets forth a special rule for sales or dispositions to implement the electric restructuring policy of either FERC or a State government. <p><b>Title XXV: Additional Provisions</b> - Extends accelerated depreciation and wage credit benefits on Indian reservations. <p>(Sec. 2502) Requires the Comptroller General to submit to Congress an ongoing analysis of this Act relating to: (1) the efficacy of incentives for alternative motor vehicles and fuels, and for conservation and energy efficiency; and (2) tax benefits conferred upon recipients. <p>(Sec. 2503) Sets forth business related credits for production of Alaska natural gas. <p>(Sec. 2504) Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that any gasoline or diesel fuel sold at a duty-free sales enterprise shall be considered as entered for consumption into the customs territory of the United States. <p>(Sec. 2505) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) treat as an involuntary conversion a qualified disposition to implement a bovine tuberculosis eradication program; 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The amendment would require the establishment of three GAS reserves within two years of enactment; allows the creation of two additional reserves anywhere in the country; authorizes emergency sales from a GAS reserve only in response to a physical disruption, and authorizes maintenance transactions with safeguards to prevent price inflation and ensure product freshness.", "sponsors": [ { "bioguide_id": "B000944", "district": "13", "first_name": "Sherrod", "full_name": "Rep. 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ENERGY POLICY. \\ It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should take all actions necessary in the areas of conservation, efficiency, alternative source, technology development, and domestic production to reduce the United States dependence on foreign energy sources from 58 percent to 45 percent by January 1, 2013.", "latest_action": { "action_code": null, "action_date": "2003-04-10", "action_time": "19:34:29", "links": [], "recorded_votes": [], "source_system": null, "text": "On agreeing to the Vitter amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.", "type": null }, "links": [ { "name": "House Report 108-69", "url": "https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/108th-congress/house-report/69" } ], "number": 70, "purpose": "An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 108-69 to express the sense of Congress that the United States should reduce its dependence on foreign energy sources from 58% to 45%.", "sponsors": [ { "bioguide_id": "V000127", "district": "1", "first_name": "David", "full_name": "Rep. 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Peterson, John E. [R-PA-5]", "identifiers": null, "is_by_request": null, "last_name": "PETERSON", "middle_name": "E.", "party": "R", "state": "PA" } ], "submitted_date": "2003-04-10T04:00:00Z", "type": "HAMDT", "update_date": "2022-02-03T05:36:46Z" }, { "actions": [ { "action_code": "H32111", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "action_time": "19:00:46", "links": [], "recorded_votes": [ { "chamber": "House", "congress": 108, "date": "2003-04-10T23:00:46Z", "roll_number": 134, "session_number": 1, "url": "https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll134.xml" } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On agreeing to the Wilson (NM) amendment (A003) Agreed to by recorded vote: 226 - 202 (Roll no. 134).", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H3A100", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "action_time": "17:31:48", "links": [], "recorded_votes": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Amendment (A003) offered by Mrs. Wilson (NM). 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Wilson, Heather [R-NM-1]", "identifiers": null, "is_by_request": null, "last_name": "WILSON", "middle_name": null, "party": "R", "state": "NM" } ], "submitted_date": "2003-04-10T04:00:00Z", "type": "HAMDT", "update_date": "2022-02-03T05:36:46Z" }, { "actions": [ { "action_code": "H32111", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "action_time": "18:53:11", "links": [], "recorded_votes": [ { "chamber": "House", "congress": 108, "date": "2003-04-10T22:53:11Z", "roll_number": 133, "session_number": 1, "url": "https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2003/roll133.xml" } ], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "On agreeing to the Dingell amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 193 - 237 (Roll no. 133).", "type": "Floor" }, { "action_code": "H3A100", "action_date": "2003-04-10", "action_time": "16:53:31", "links": [], "recorded_votes": [], "source_system": { "code": "2", "name": "House floor actions" }, "text": "Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Dingell. 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