1.This Act may be cited as the
Spending Reduction Act of
2012
.
2.The table of contents
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Agriculture
Sec. 101. ARRA sunset at March 1, 2013.
Sec. 102. Categorical eligibility limited to cash
assistance.
Sec. 103. Standard utility allowances based on the receipt of
energy assistance payments.
Sec. 104. Employment and training; workfare.
Sec. 105. End State bonus program for the supplemental
nutrition assistance program.
Sec. 106. Funding of employment and training
programs.
Sec. 107. Turn off indexing for nutrition education and obesity
prevention.
Sec. 108. Extension of Authorization of Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008.
Sec. 109. Effective date and application of
amendments.
Title II—Committee on Energy and Commerce
Subtitle A—Repeal of Certain ACA Funding
Provisions
Sec. 201. Repealing mandatory funding to states to establish
American Health Benefit Exchanges.
Sec. 202. Repealing Prevention and Public Health
Fund.
Sec. 203. Rescinding unobligated balances for CO-OP
program.
Subtitle B—Medicaid
Sec. 211. Revision of provider tax indirect guarantee
threshold.
Sec. 212. Rebasing of State DSH allotments for fiscal year
2022.
Sec. 213. Repeal of Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort
requirements under PPACA.
Sec. 214. Medicaid payments to territories.
Sec. 215. Repealing bonus payments for enrollment under
Medicaid and CHIP.
Title III—Financial Services
Sec. 301. Table of contents.
Subtitle A—Orderly Liquidation Fund
Sec. 311. Repeal of liquidation authority.
Subtitle B—Home Affordable Modification Program
Sec. 321. Short title.
Sec. 322. Congressional findings.
Sec. 323. Termination of authority.
Sec. 324. Sense of Congress.
Subtitle C—Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Sec. 331. Bringing the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
into the regular appropriations process.
Subtitle D—Repeal of the Office of Financial
Research
Sec. 341. Repeal of the Office of Financial
Research.
Title IV—Committee on the Judiciary
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Encouraging speedy resolution of claims.
Sec. 403. Compensating patient injury.
Sec. 404. Maximizing patient recovery.
Sec. 405. Punitive damages.
Sec. 406. Authorization of payment of future damages to
claimants in health care lawsuits.
Sec. 407. Definitions.
Sec. 408. Effect on other laws.
Sec. 409. State flexibility and protection of States’
rights.
Sec. 410. Applicability; effective date.
Title V—Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Sec. 501. Retirement contributions.
Sec. 502. Annuity supplement.
Sec. 503. Contributions to Thrift Savings Fund of payments for
accrued or accumulated leave.
Title VI—Committee on Ways and Means
Subtitle A—Recapture of overpayments resulting from certain
federally-subsidized health insurance
Sec. 601. Recapture of overpayments resulting from certain
federally-subsidized health insurance.
Subtitle B—Social security number required to claim the
refundable portion of the child tax credit
Sec. 611. Social security number required to claim the
refundable portion of the child tax credit.
Subtitle C—Human Resources Provisions
Sec. 621. Repeal of the program of block grants to States for
social services.
Title VII—Sequester replacement
Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Protecting veterans programs from
sequester.
Sec. 703. Achieving $19 billion in discretionary
savings.
Sec. 704. Conforming amendments to section 314 of the
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.
Sec. 705. Treatment for PAYGO purposes.
Sec. 706. Elimination of the fiscal year 2013 sequestration for
defense direct spending.
<enum>I</enum><header>Agriculture</header>
<section id="H0C3A51213718412E80A1D9EAC9EADA5D"><enum>101.</enum><header>ARRA sunset at
March 1, 2013</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
101(a)(2) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/5">Public Law
111–5</external-xref>; 123 Stat. 120) is amended by striking <quote>October 31,
2013</quote> and inserting <quote>February 28, 2013</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H974A03B40BA5424D90B47E86A33CA234"><enum>102.</enum><header>Categorical
eligibility limited to cash assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C.
2014</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA22B4871519649A7A54064EEDEEFB758"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the 2d sentence of subsection (a) by
striking <quote>households in which each member receives benefits</quote> and
inserting <quote>households in which each member receives cash
assistance</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H42BFC8650AF144098D8E5068934D0797"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j) by striking <quote>or who
receives benefits under a State program</quote> and inserting <quote>or who
receives cash assistance under a State program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H82C8A99D42524512BA651653963B8ED4"><enum>103.</enum><header>Standard
utility allowances based on the receipt of energy assistance payments</header>
<subsection id="HABD47EE2F3D44EEC881C29429DD1AA81"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Standard utility
allowance</header><text>Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C.
2014</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC00963DEA6840EF895BA11EAA9E465D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(6)(C) by striking clause
(iv), and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB60841AEB8340C982E934AADE89A84E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k)
by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF3A3A0FAD1B46BAB4F1A7B941F976DB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF17D9C4988FD4398A9EE39AADCF2AE52"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Third party
energy assistance payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of subsection (d)(1), a
payment made under a State law (other than a law referred to in paragraph
(2)(G)) to provide energy assistance to a household shall be considered money
payable directly to the
household.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H644451070E504FD680E6DD6A9211CADC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2605(f)(2)
of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8624">42 U.S.C.
8624(f)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H85D6423D75BB420991E3E5CE2E739864"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and for purposes of determining any excess shelter expense deduction
under section 5(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C.
2014(e)</external-xref>)</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A451CA506B147BAAD92584365BE3379"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A) by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, except that such
payments or allowances shall not be deemed to be expended for purposes of
determining any excess shelter expense deduction under section 5(e)(6) of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9B338FCC1D2E41359B0183BE92471110"><enum>104.</enum><header>Employment and
training; workfare</header>
<subsection id="HDBF78F1723104D189942C0120BC78698"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Administrative
cost-sharing for employment and training programs</header>
<paragraph id="H5C363DC594ED4E62A987F107A4C03032"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C.
2025</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H91A51579BF7D49A4806B4B456DF1AD8C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)
by inserting <quote>(other than a program carried out under section 6(d)(4) or
section 20)</quote> after <quote>supplemental nutrition assistance
program</quote> the 1st place it appears, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H590BF47715AF410597AA9D917C108D38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)—</text>
<clause id="H9EA8A2C5572040918846EF130BB8C11C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking paragraphs (2) and (3), and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0956AEE9D4944CCA8F56FDC7238E4558"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (2) and (3),
respectively.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1370A588B44649A2B9877B8891E1E771"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="H4C6BA7D80C1640F1B1E95A084790FBC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section
17(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(hh) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
2026(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III)(hh)) is amended by striking <quote>(g), (h)(2), or
(h)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>or (g)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE026784C893247AE95CE083D920DE527"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section
22(d)(1)(B)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2031">7 U.S.C. 2031(d)(1)(B)(ii)</external-xref>) is
amended is amended by striking <quote>, (g), (h)(2), and (h)(3)</quote> and
inserting <quote>and (g)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8893A35B23224323A931868BBE9D3676"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administrative
cost-sharing and reimbursements for workfare</header><text>Section 20 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2029">7 U.S.C. 2029</external-xref>) is amended by
striking subsection (g).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H68C5E5B3A86D4797BA28DC60696FF39C"><enum>105.</enum><header>End State bonus
program for the supplemental nutrition assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C.
2025</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text>
</section><section id="HE63A443C7FC64FF8A556743C1023D8E7"><enum>106.</enum><header>Funding of
employment and training programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of fiscal year 2013, the
reference to $90,000,000 in section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C.
2025(h)(1)(A)</external-xref>) shall be deemed to be a reference to
$79,000,000.</text>
</section><section id="H9D626C597EE9414F9240E958CC74FEBF"><enum>107.</enum><header>Turn off
indexing for nutrition education and obesity prevention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 28(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2037">7 U.S.C.
2037(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>years—</quote> and all
that follows through the period at the end, and inserting <quote>years,
$375,000,000.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H26C66923F8A549109637082D1ED232D4"><enum>108.</enum><header>Extension of
Authorization of Food and Nutrition Act of 2008</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C.
2027(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and
inserting <quote>2013</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD2378D6D476743D6AD914C5335A33E0C"><enum>109.</enum><header>Effective date
and application of amendments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title and the amendments made by this
title shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and shall apply
only with respect to certification periods that begin on or after such
date.</text>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Committee on
Energy and Commerce</header>
<subtitle id="H86E6A2772B6C4A22A90E77F0AB54D848"><enum>A</enum><header>Repeal of Certain
ACA Funding Provisions</header>
<section id="H0813F7AFE13E439186DF09527871745B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Repealing
mandatory funding to states to establish American Health Benefit
Exchanges</header>
<subsection id="H7591C85237384F1FAF5FE14A17358A0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 1311(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18031">42 U.S.C.
18031(a)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H35A2707F027545EDB4DCCD4DE50AACDB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rescission of
unobligated funds</header><text>Of the funds made available under such section
1311(a), the unobligated balance is rescinded.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6AD864A476EA4EE5BACEC80499CA4EE9"><enum>202.</enum><header>Repealing
Prevention and Public Health Fund</header>
<subsection id="HF5AF29656798480FA471EB86AB1CE8FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300u-11">42
U.S.C. 300u–11</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA5597D5ECABF4026A07202AAE8BA2105"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rescission of
unobligated funds</header><text>Of the funds made available by such section
4002, the unobligated balance is rescinded.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H80D7E0FB2EEB4527A59349C20E0EDA60"><enum>203.</enum><header>Rescinding
unobligated balances for CO-OP program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Of the funds made available under section
1322(g) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/18042">42 U.S.C.
18042(g)</external-xref>), the unobligated balance is rescinded.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H4E3CBC5C836C48CB9E1BDD7980DCEE35"><enum>B</enum><header>Medicaid</header>
<section commented="no" id="H46C9C4A540EE470DADCF2A97D3182761" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Revision of provider
tax indirect guarantee threshold</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1903(w)(4)(C)(ii) of the Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396b">42
U.S.C. 1396b(w)(4)(C)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and
for portions of fiscal years beginning on or after June 1, 2013,</quote> after
<quote>October 1, 2011,</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HAC70601FACFD4FCEA7965BC6D0C745E1"><enum>212.</enum><header>Rebasing of
State DSH allotments for fiscal year 2022</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1923(f) of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396r-4">42 U.S.C.
1396r–4(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9466AAFFE5CD4CEE89C4AF1DEEEB5382"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (9) as paragraph (10);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H507CFF2210F047C68F03A30C7025B4B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A) by striking <quote>paragraphs (6), (7), and (8)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraphs (6), (7), (8), and (9)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H364AD910096B431E86C46B0F8D32AE7D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E6D62E8CD534DADABB8D74D3F858BFB" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAF00A9FD6ABB44D18533BDD96B660191"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Rebasing of
State DSH allotments for fiscal year 2022</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to fiscal 2022, for purposes
of applying paragraph (3)(A) to determine the DSH allotment for a State, the
amount of the DSH allotment for the State under paragraph (3) for fiscal year
2021 shall be treated as if it were such amount as reduced under paragraph
(7).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H49D31DA892D848D396D348F9FDE88BDD"><enum>213.</enum><header>Repeal of
Medicaid and CHIP maintenance of effort requirements under PPACA</header>
<subsection id="HCC2A87406C54446EA32CB199B915D08C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of PPACA
Medicaid MOE</header><text>Section 1902 of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396a">42 U.S.C.
1396a</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (gg).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDBEA98420F654647A284F0DD32BBDECA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal of PPACA
CHIP MOE</header><text>Section 2105(d)(3) of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1397ee">42 U.S.C.
1397ee(d)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H88064776A5B845958910A76F1BCEFC1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (A);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H467817FF8F9E43B4BA7BAC0BD7B04BC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D014A4522EA4E8EB3243110E40CA0AF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Continuation of eligibility standards for children until October 1,
2019</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Continuity of
coverage</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB978524697BA4875BEFA4098AED1C559"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HB06ABF7611D84A7C8A91D9BB6AB3CB68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1902(a) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking paragraph (74).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0B8E7645895748DA990B832B1CE62475"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Effective January
1, 2014, paragraph (14) of section 1902(e) (as added by section 2002(a) of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/148">Public Law
111–148</external-xref>) is amended by striking the third sentence of
subparagraph (A).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H68F7744BAE9849B59007DF60B8D25FF1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), the amendments made
by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H5980E03700A7426B8B88D32938E7A4EE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>214.</enum><header>Medicaid payments to
territories</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H136DD8475EB745F598B50D4F88B24738"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limit on
payments</header><text>Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1308">42 U.S.C.
1308(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H371C0DBE8F6C498298FF603440858913"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE76259BD68314AB980EDE7955D3E9B5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>paragraphs (3) and (5)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1989D47F7F745678617E0D01FED9F5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>paragraph (3)</quote> after <quote>and subject to</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF6CE76E54B544AA39BBD1CA27813DC3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>(3), and</quote> and all that follows through <quote>of this
subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>and (3) of this subsection</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7F078ABDC2974B0AAA41D64FE4CB7ECF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H042CC14530314656871D5D1767C5F352"><enum>(b)</enum><header>FMAP</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first sentence of section 1905(b) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396d">42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>shall be 55 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>shall be 50
percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1A1A24BE212C47929F59D5BC9AA4DEF4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header>Repealing bonus
payments for enrollment under Medicaid and CHIP</header>
<subsection id="H23E43333C81E44DABA50E73C31C9DD59"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraphs (3) and
(4) of section 2105(a) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1397ee">42 U.S.C.
1397ee(a)</external-xref>) are repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H380E10CF24724F19816404787E1CCAD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rescission of
unobligated funds</header><text>Of the funds made available by section
2105(a)(3) of the Social Security Act, the unobligated balance is
rescinded.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1682D4C8BA0F42F994FDE37037403488"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
changes</header>
<paragraph id="HFEDA7DFF64F84847889C54EB1C5B28A5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of
excess funds for performance bonuses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2104(n)(2) of the Social Security
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1397dd">42 U.S.C.
1397dd(n)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (D).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H355B56406E0241BC8BDDFC07E451050E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Outreach or
coverage benchmarks</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
2111(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1397kk">42 U.S.C. 1397kk(b)(3)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF127FA77CE824993AA95B0E17B3F7BDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A)—</text>
<clause id="H30D6B32F8C10455FB5BC608587A9904D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i), by inserting
<quote>or</quote> after the semicolon at the end; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB27B5F3633184D199227AFC44D70011D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking clause (ii); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB909C318066B47868373E512ABF61918"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Financial
Services</header>
<section id="HD350D67471FD4BBBBCF8A01225FFAB5D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Table of
contents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The table of contents
for this title is as follows:</text>
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<toc-entry idref="HD350D67471FD4BBBBCF8A01225FFAB5D" level="section">Sec. 301. Table of contents.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HF0E81CDE679843C1B0E5A62005FB9268" level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Orderly Liquidation Fund</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD61919458B454964983E655F8EB3548D" level="section">Sec. 311. Repeal of liquidation authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H5EF345C348874DB18BFDB2E8F9C038F7" level="subtitle">Subtitle B—Home Affordable Modification Program</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HC36DB2A126D842F1BA0E736AB52C6391" level="section">Sec. 321. Short title.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HF6CC40BD18294F9EAC013A718CBADDF0" level="section">Sec. 322. Congressional findings.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H02218BFF5DF44C5E9768B0E4824C928F" level="section">Sec. 323. Termination of authority.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HEF0AFE4021874D01A4E0EC1B8508EAFA" level="section">Sec. 324. Sense of Congress.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HA96C617890914BB3912688C90B49F757" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H1400050BA0F54401A81C371E4A3D2156" level="section">Sec. 331. Bringing the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
into the regular appropriations process.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HE9AC326786914422938EAC68ED40D3C8" level="subtitle">Subtitle D—Repeal of the Office of Financial
Research</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H6151CC02BA4649B0B3F9024817FFAEF0" level="section">Sec. 341. Repeal of the Office of Financial
Research.</toc-entry>
</toc>
</section><subtitle id="HF0E81CDE679843C1B0E5A62005FB9268"><enum>A</enum><header>Orderly
Liquidation Fund</header>
<section id="HD61919458B454964983E655F8EB3548D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header>Repeal of
liquidation authority</header>
<subsection id="H759619DC3BAC44108F93F6BC06593D14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title II of the
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is hereby repealed
and any Federal law amended by such title shall, on and after the date of
enactment of this Act, be effective as if title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act had not been enacted.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H06F8011518FF4C4CBA6F363C17F46153"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HEBDC778AC9C7471E941144C9CBBE6C37"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Dodd-Frank Wall
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA7E3A7C6D5B4FADB06B935AD5D6B78E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the table of
contents for such Act, by striking all items relating to title II;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA0D664A407543BDB99613E5E11A2219"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section
165(d)(6), by striking <quote>, a receiver appointed under title
II,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6EE39272CF12489DB869869CCC8EB0AB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in section 716(g),
by striking <quote>or a covered financial company under title
II</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H165ACF75F2664DD4B36A60AE6DEFFEB3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in section
1105(e)(5), by striking <quote>amount of any securities issued under that
chapter 31 for such purpose shall be treated in the same manner as securities
issued under section 208(n)(5)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>issuances of
such securities under that chapter 31 for such purpose shall by treated as
public debt transactions of the United States, and the proceeds from the sale
of any obligations acquired by the Secretary under this paragraph shall be
deposited into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous
receipts</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5111595035E745D0A8C25B07E9E49C66"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in section
1106(c)(2), by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H722A58274E8F43EAA4EDD243C73B399D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA31C4497C66E4F26BFC05B0D9F916E84"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the company to file a petition for
bankruptcy under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/11/301">section 301</external-xref> of title 11, United
States Code;
or</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5A81CE497917455CA16DBF32F9D504A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal Deposit
Insurance Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
10(b)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1820">12 U.S.C. 1820(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>, or of such nonbank financial company supervised by the Board
of Governors or bank holding company described in section 165(a) of the
Financial Stability Act of 2010, for the purpose of implementing its authority
to provide for orderly liquidation of any such company under title II of that
Act</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H571A846DDBE049B4A0D4E14D84D5BA0B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal Reserve
Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13(3) of the
Federal Reserve Act is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H398B9596F0054CB795D4F22D714138DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B)—</text>
<clause id="HBDC69D052D4E4CB9AB6C3F439631E075"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (ii), by striking <quote>, resolution under title II of the Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or</quote> and inserting
<quote>or is subject to resolution under</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF4EC37FA0C134BD2A7F79012D14AB253"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
clause (iii), by striking <quote>, resolution under title II of the Dodd-Frank
Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or</quote> and inserting
<quote>or resolution under</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF6B78CB4DC348168912867CB6B1C322"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (E).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H5EF345C348874DB18BFDB2E8F9C038F7"><enum>B</enum><header>Home Affordable
Modification Program</header>
<section id="HC36DB2A126D842F1BA0E736AB52C6391" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>321.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be
cited as the <quote><short-title>HAMP Termination Act of
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF6CC40BD18294F9EAC013A718CBADDF0"><enum>322.</enum><header>Congressional
findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H3102AE14C9914883B8F15E8C79CE1B1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">According to the Department of the
Treasury—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29988CD9964A40FF8BE3BFE33A7F832C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Home
Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) is designed to <quote>help as many as 3
to 4 million financially struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure by modifying
loans to a level that is affordable for borrowers now and sustainable over the
long term</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE57865E4E808461DB47D4FE81F188D6D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as of October 2012, only 840,835 active
permanent mortgage modifications were made under HAMP.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8A6AD18DA9A64432BBA999331E03C662"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Many homeowners
whose HAMP modifications were canceled suffered because they made futile
payments and some of those homeowners were even forced into foreclosure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27ACAD810990431AA40DBBFCEAF8B8FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Special
Inspector General for TARP reported that HAMP <quote>benefits only a small
portion of distressed homeowners, offers others little more than false hope,
and in certain cases causes more harm than good</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC5712BDAC5A434398BFDD5B88EB4778"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Approximately $30
billion was obligated by the Department of the Treasury to HAMP, however,
approximately only $4.34 billion has been disbursed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H984E6F30392C42B295DC8874DCD7B2C1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Terminating HAMP
would save American taxpayers approximately $2.84 billion, according to the
Congressional Budget Office.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H02218BFF5DF44C5E9768B0E4824C928F"><enum>323.</enum><header>Termination of
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 120 of the
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/5230">12 U.S.C. 5230</external-xref>) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0808CECFA9247358D1E62340FB3A8C5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1DBB67FE8C2A41B39D5BC65BDEEB07B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
authority To provide new assistance under the Home Affordable Modification
Program</header>
<paragraph id="HD222219EAE054B9F8DAE616CF1E5101F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided under paragraph (2), after the date of
the enactment of this subsection the Secretary may not provide any assistance
under the Home Affordable Modification Program under the Making Home Affordable
initiative of the Secretary, authorized under this Act, on behalf of any
homeowner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5828CBDEE30D44B9BDAEEAE79B9EA5AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Protection of
existing obligations on behalf of homeowners already extended an offer to
participate in the Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect
to assistance provided on behalf of a homeowner who, before the date of the
enactment of this subsection, was extended an offer to participate in the Home
Affordable Modification Program on a trial or permanent basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H505975A073D847A2B861347FEBD762AC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deficit
reduction</header>
<subparagraph id="HFCCF5B652F6E4F55B710E40B4B66348F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Use of
unobligated funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
title, the amounts described in subparagraph (B) shall not be available after
the date of the enactment of this subsection for obligation or expenditure
under the Home Affordable Modification Program of the Secretary, but should be
covered into the General Fund of the Treasury and should be used only for
reducing the budget deficit of the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B6ACDBC6EA444FE94314FAFC39EEA75"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Identification
of unobligated funds</header><text>The amounts described in this subparagraph
are any amounts made available under title I of the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008 that—</text>
<clause id="H2BE2757D002D4438A10BA1B55027E031"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have been
allocated for use, but not yet obligated as of the date of the enactment of
this subsection, under the Home Affordable Modification Program of the
Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB82805EE50204360B1B53EAB09120786"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are not necessary
for providing assistance under such Program on behalf of homeowners who,
pursuant to paragraph (2), may be provided assistance after the date of the
enactment of this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H10ACDC89DBE24C39A81A2B228D3F236C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Study of use of
program by members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and Gold Star
recipients</header>
<subparagraph id="H775DAF13E0714D2283CD80AF1FDD009F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to
determine the extent of usage of the Home Affordable Modification Program by,
and the impact of such Program on, covered homeowners.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1A8C57CD0C34DAEB7A375B57D5B4660"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the expiration of the 90-day
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary
shall submit to the Congress a report setting forth the results of the study
under subparagraph (A) and identifying best practices, derived from studying
the Home Affordable Modification Program, that could be applied to existing
mortgage assistance programs available to covered homeowners.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H516FE39E5ADB45F889152E4102C1DF13"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Covered
homeowner</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term
<quote>covered homeowner</quote> means a homeowner who is—</text>
<clause id="H6D0DB1A7AED7467B9C48E0CBF35C8CC7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a
member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty or the spouse or
parent of such a member;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3A28EDC3677049EB9DF136383D637AC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a veteran, as such term is defined in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/38/101">section
101</external-xref> of title 38, United States Code; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HE9A804975D1440018809C28D01DA64B2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>eligible to
receive a Gold Star lapel pin under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/1126">section
1126</external-xref> of title 10, United States Code, as a widow, parent, or
next of kin of a member of the Armed Forces person who died in a manner
described in subsection (a) of such section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H535561983D7F49F4843620931982A65B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Publication of
Member Availability for Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 5 days after the date of the
enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall publish to
its Website on the World Wide Web in a prominent location, large point font,
and boldface type the following statement: <quote>The Home Affordable
Modification Program (HAMP) has been terminated. If you are having trouble
paying your mortgage and need help contacting your lender or servicer for
purposes of negotiating or acquiring a loan modification, please contact your
Member of Congress to assist you in contacting your lender or servicer for the
purpose of negotiating or acquiring a loan modification.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3DD14D58EBC45CA90BCF010E6EFD3D0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Notification to
HAMP Applicants Required</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall inform
each individual who applied for the Home Affordable Modification Program and
will not be considered for a modification under such Program due to termination
of such Program under this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E456AFDB1064F2D8B1D03346E546972"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that such Program
has been terminated;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06B49A753F4143F096B2924E626D142C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that loan
modifications under such Program are no longer available;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0330F2023AA449989473B6CA56DFDAFE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>of the name and
contact information of such individual’s Member of Congress; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H263ED2C215B44404AA50FE38B95C6B20"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the individual should contact his or
her Member of Congress to assist the individual in contacting the individual’s
lender or servicer for the purpose of negotiating or acquiring a loan
modification.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HEF0AFE4021874D01A4E0EC1B8508EAFA"><enum>324.</enum><header>Sense of
Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress
encourages banks to work with homeowners to provide loan modifications to those
that are eligible. The Congress also encourages banks to work and assist
homeowners and prospective homeowners with foreclosure prevention programs and
information on loan modifications.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA96C617890914BB3912688C90B49F757"><enum>C</enum><header>Bureau of Consumer
Financial Protection</header>
<section id="H1400050BA0F54401A81C371E4A3D2156"><enum>331.</enum><header>Bringing the
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection into the regular appropriations
process</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1017 of the
Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B1BB17BD3884D18B4696C8215BA6C87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE607FD7BE90242018DA51072C9B9C553"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending the
heading of such subsection to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Budget, financial management, and
audit.—</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E0DD97C0CA74641ABF9F74FC94FC43D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8E39F6F46BC4A789B34280B180E0A08"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69D8A7B410F644F880A01A3B7E8305D6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraphs (E) and (F) of paragraph (1), as so redesignated;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5733DAC10CF94D6A8285A9C4FA4F2B82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (b), (c), and (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD56097C6D124A52AA5B3675EEB133AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (e) as subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H329AB31CB38C43B988F04F3BB31F471E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H539EE105B5A1493C81B9E3899A203C7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF89E4DB5827433DACD5BBFBDDF65092" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDFF21F9C49E14DEFB95B4D203B77A79C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated $200,000,000 to carry out this title for each of
fiscal years 2013 and 2014.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBA4BAE06E4B7472AAC1CCB7D38A5E489"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HE9AC326786914422938EAC68ED40D3C8"><enum>D</enum><header>Repeal of the
Office of Financial Research</header>
<section id="H6151CC02BA4649B0B3F9024817FFAEF0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>341.</enum><header>Repeal of the Office
of Financial Research</header>
<subsection id="H9D4899B7BC404D8F9AE82D05DB029D5F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle B of title I
of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is hereby
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF62167905B6E4E7B9C232A5D64AAE030"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments to the Dodd-Frank Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD8CCFE3F1A804119972312A9E0A6C9DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 102(a),
by striking paragraph (5);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE67AFD0AE285470486F1F1EB820BD704"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
111—</text>
<subparagraph id="H425E17898ADE49FA91E2E8930E89A59A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)—</text>
<clause id="H40A4850EBC624ED29EC0AFE8E1221D22"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC2219855B15A4E0D96031F33854AEB7B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (A), (B),
(C), and (D), respectively;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77BFC4D191BA4D48A697A1A20D927791"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by striking <quote>subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E)</quote> and
inserting <quote>subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA68A0108CD144E68B1DB0EFBC76A5F5E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section
112—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF15CD351A14B4CB29D25CF113DABDCEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)—</text>
<clause id="H8E70D6D3E2394A39928EE54FAB8E9263"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>direct the Office of Financial Research
to</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HCF11563A322D41FEBDABBB274F12F5E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H325B82CDB7E54770A4870C74550BE227"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D),
(E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), (M), and (N) as subparagraphs (B), (C),
(D), (E), (F), (G), (H), (I), (J), (K), (L), and (M), respectively; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H941CC522470F40B6A29D1EE383081482"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<clause id="H3D4AD4E671D14505A7D218A25A52FCC2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>the Office of Financial Research, member
agencies, and</quote> and inserting <quote>member agencies and</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0A62FCEACC9C4C8FA0D683F5964C6B73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Office of Financial Research, any member
agency, and</quote> and inserting <quote>any member agency and</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBF8BD4FCCCB840229D995081C0F8FD4B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3)—</text>
<subclause id="H035EA472B96E49C69546EBA0D18D6751"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, acting through the Office of Financial Research,</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H841C7657EA8F46128D4D804940458FBB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by striking <quote>the Office of Financial Research or</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H4BC6E7CF45974D3CBBD28BB2A6489E26"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in
paragraph (5)(A), by striking <quote>, the Office of Financial
Research,</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD1FFAFA2883741828709788689CB0DAC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 116, by
striking <quote>, acting through the Office of Financial Research,</quote> each
place it appears; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDE42A6299E054276914A2F68DC559BA6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
section 118.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H619C93D320164D458AC2A8B4434EFFEB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment to the Paperwork Reduction Act</header><text>Effective as of the date
specified in section 1100H of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, section 1100D(a) of such Act is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6643898B5EC4457F95D51E3F428A34CE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0E47BC621A3C4FBDA9B7B62CA06A64A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation as
an independent agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
3502(5) of subchapter I of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44,
United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act) is amended
by inserting <quote>the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection,</quote> after
<quote>the Securities and Exchange
Commission,</quote>.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H440EC4E16C914D15B32F175EF48A3F00"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H013913AA2F044256917A02981A0FBB31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
item relating to section 118; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86358DD50B654C72A94A12EA384B7AA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the items relating to subtitle
B of title I.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Committee on the
Judiciary</header>
<section id="HBA22D508A77E48B19E959A8A035707B0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Help Efficient, Accessible,
Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H7986FE2B953B40FB906916AC29797245"><enum>402.</enum><header>Encouraging
speedy resolution of claims</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The time for the commencement of a health
care lawsuit shall be 3 years after the date of manifestation of injury or 1
year after the claimant discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence
should have discovered, the injury, whichever occurs first. In no event shall
the time for commencement of a health care lawsuit exceed 3 years after the
date of manifestation of injury unless tolled for any of the following—</text>
<paragraph id="HB71CE042AE1946CF9EB9A8E7F83C7572"><enum>(1)</enum><text>upon proof of
fraud;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40A54636CC5C4026BF69E154B59DFD16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>intentional
concealment; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBB95DE43D3234A15AA1ECE3CA2F50032"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the presence of a
foreign body, which has no therapeutic or diagnostic purpose or effect, in the
person of the injured person.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="section">Actions by a
minor shall be commenced within 3 years from the date of the alleged
manifestation of injury except that actions by a minor under the full age of 6
years shall be commenced within 3 years of manifestation of injury or prior to
the minor’s 8th birthday, whichever provides a longer period. Such time
limitation shall be tolled for minors for any period during which a parent or
guardian and a health care provider or health care organization have committed
fraud or collusion in the failure to bring an action on behalf of the injured
minor.</continuation-text></section><section id="HB410C9B2D09E4D0493A3D02B757AEC50"><enum>403.</enum><header>Compensating
patient injury</header>
<subsection id="HEEBE061D4499492BA5C40CFFB53E9C86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Unlimited Amount
of Damages for Actual Economic Losses in Health Care Lawsuits</header><text>In
any health care lawsuit, nothing in this title shall limit a claimant’s
recovery of the full amount of the available economic damages, notwithstanding
the limitation in
<internal-xref idref="H671D5DAB0DAD46DA9F64E475972C70EE" legis-path="4.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H671D5DAB0DAD46DA9F64E475972C70EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
Noneconomic Damages</header><text>In any health care lawsuit, the amount of
noneconomic damages, if available, may be as much as $250,000, regardless of
the number of parties against whom the action is brought or the number of
separate claims or actions brought with respect to the same injury.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C5FC319398045ED8CB572A0FA248D5C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No Discount of
Award for Noneconomic Damages</header><text>For purposes of applying the
limitation in
<internal-xref idref="H671D5DAB0DAD46DA9F64E475972C70EE" legis-path="4.(b)">subsection (b)</internal-xref>, future noneconomic damages
shall not be discounted to present value. The jury shall not be informed about
the maximum award for noneconomic damages. An award for noneconomic damages in
excess of $250,000 shall be reduced either before the entry of judgment, or by
amendment of the judgment after entry of judgment, and such reduction shall be
made before accounting for any other reduction in damages required by law. If
separate awards are rendered for past and future noneconomic damages and the
combined awards exceed $250,000, the future noneconomic damages shall be
reduced first.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H75C77C2986BB4676BB360CB09C9091A4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fair Share
Rule</header><text>In any health care lawsuit, each party shall be liable for
that party’s several share of any damages only and not for the share of any
other person. Each party shall be liable only for the amount of damages
allocated to such party in direct proportion to such party’s percentage of
responsibility. Whenever a judgment of liability is rendered as to any party, a
separate judgment shall be rendered against each such party for the amount
allocated to such party. For purposes of this section, the trier of fact shall
determine the proportion of responsibility of each party for the claimant’s
harm.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0C54B0174EF04595B97C18E98A5C7246"><enum>404.</enum><header>Maximizing
patient recovery</header>
<subsection id="H4E2D7C93A6104B58B7D197A233C7A2C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Court
Supervision of Share of Damages Actually Paid to Claimants</header><text>In any
health care lawsuit, the court shall supervise the arrangements for payment of
damages to protect against conflicts of interest that may have the effect of
reducing the amount of damages awarded that are actually paid to claimants. In
particular, in any health care lawsuit in which the attorney for a party claims
a financial stake in the outcome by virtue of a contingent fee, the court shall
have the power to restrict the payment of a claimant’s damage recovery to such
attorney, and to redirect such damages to the claimant based upon the interests
of justice and principles of equity. In no event shall the total of all
contingent fees for representing all claimants in a health care lawsuit exceed
the following limits:</text>
<paragraph id="HDB8EEED7CF2147D6B0284B630FE17F87"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Forty percent of
the first $50,000 recovered by the claimant(s).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A0FA929ABC94A93AD5A349A30EA427D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Thirty-three and
one-third percent of the next $50,000 recovered by the claimant(s).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F961758DEA24828B640C894F867C210"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Twenty-five
percent of the next $500,000 recovered by the claimant(s).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE5B70BE243CC47459D8CD71229D7920D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Fifteen percent of
any amount by which the recovery by the claimant(s) is in excess of
$600,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H80174F9508574F0C8AFE38E022210080"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The
limitations in this section shall apply whether the recovery is by judgment,
settlement, mediation, arbitration, or any other form of alternative dispute
resolution. In a health care lawsuit involving a minor or incompetent person, a
court retains the authority to authorize or approve a fee that is less than the
maximum permitted under this section. The requirement for court supervision in
the first two sentences of
<internal-xref idref="H4E2D7C93A6104B58B7D197A233C7A2C1" legis-path="5.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> applies only in civil
actions.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA7A47DA84C17472F8A3BFBB30AB7A01A"><enum>405.</enum><header>Punitive
damages</header>
<subsection id="H4DDF02611D3942A995FC5EDE762BB5F0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Punitive damages may, if otherwise permitted by
applicable State or Federal law, be awarded against any person in a health care
lawsuit only if it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that such person
acted with malicious intent to injure the claimant, or that such person
deliberately failed to avoid unnecessary injury that such person knew the
claimant was substantially certain to suffer. In any health care lawsuit where
no judgment for compensatory damages is rendered against such person, no
punitive damages may be awarded with respect to the claim in such lawsuit. No
demand for punitive damages shall be included in a health care lawsuit as
initially filed. A court may allow a claimant to file an amended pleading for
punitive damages only upon a motion by the claimant and after a finding by the
court, upon review of supporting and opposing affidavits or after a hearing,
after weighing the evidence, that the claimant has established by a substantial
probability that the claimant will prevail on the claim for punitive damages.
At the request of any party in a health care lawsuit, the trier of fact shall
consider in a separate proceeding—</text>
<paragraph id="H590E38B90EB14E19B6EED858EA8E7377"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whether punitive
damages are to be awarded and the amount of such award; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1BDF5B866FB640E9A2394E41FEFEFEDB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount of
punitive damages following a determination of punitive liability.</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">If a
separate proceeding is requested, evidence relevant only to the claim for
punitive damages, as determined by applicable State law, shall be inadmissible
in any proceeding to determine whether compensatory damages are to be
awarded.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H8C64E01695CB492183C8D35C1BA525FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determining
Amount of Punitive Damages</header>
<paragraph id="H15E53C7346D34680BC763B19A85B1B89"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Factors
considered</header><text>In determining the amount of punitive damages, if
awarded, in a health care lawsuit, the trier of fact shall consider only the
following—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8B20EFC1D69F42749D6FB1EE29798FD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the severity of
the harm caused by the conduct of such party;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8A8E5C63286544ECB36FFEE9D37AF2E1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the duration of
the conduct or any concealment of it by such party;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72C2CA5E4C114DBBBE2E72FF3CF61FD8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the profitability
of the conduct to such party;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H41671DEF3A7241D19073C31FF468A144"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the number of
products sold or medical procedures rendered for compensation, as the case may
be, by such party, of the kind causing the harm complained of by the
claimant;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E0D61E87AE2409FBFDE31E66FCA25D8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any criminal
penalties imposed on such party, as a result of the conduct complained of by
the claimant; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFEE277E1543C4D9991FF86CA62A3A6FA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the amount of any
civil fines assessed against such party as a result of the conduct complained
of by the claimant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H46B1CBA1354241E5958416E03E16E3A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Maximum
award</header><text>The amount of punitive damages, if awarded, in a health
care lawsuit may be as much as $250,000 or as much as two times the amount of
economic damages awarded, whichever is greater. The jury shall not be informed
of this limitation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H215CE5B3994D40979A0E562AA8BD91A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No Punitive
Damages for Products That Comply With FDA Standards</header>
<paragraph id="HF8FE176886D54E45B4382576434D2518"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subparagraph id="H8C54D3761910452798BFC700873B9B2B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>No punitive
damages may be awarded against the manufacturer or distributor of a medical
product, or a supplier of any component or raw material of such medical
product, based on a claim that such product caused the claimant’s harm
where—</text>
<clause id="HD6C0227543274F7DAEDBA7924562C2A4"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD35FF0D9093241828051AC2A4AA5F7C9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>such medical product was
subject to premarket approval, clearance, or licensure by the Food and Drug
Administration with respect to the safety of the formulation or performance of
the aspect of such medical product which caused the claimant’s harm or the
adequacy of the packaging or labeling of such medical product; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H68967336601D41CB93D0C1A45FF8F3A1" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>such medical product was so approved,
cleared, or licensed; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H03FFB22757994346A1A5638FE121701F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>such medical
product is generally recognized among qualified experts as safe and effective
pursuant to conditions established by the Food and Drug Administration and
applicable Food and Drug Administration regulations, including without
limitation those related to packaging and labeling, unless the Food and Drug
Administration has determined that such medical product was not manufactured or
distributed in substantial compliance with applicable Food and Drug
Administration statutes and regulations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H68C0308131E2478EB3A4BA8409E1F525"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text><internal-xref idref="H8C54D3761910452798BFC700873B9B2B" legis-path="7.(c)(1)(A)">Subparagraph
(A)</internal-xref> may not be construed as establishing the obligation of the
Food and Drug Administration to demonstrate affirmatively that a manufacturer,
distributor, or supplier referred to in such subparagraph meets any of the
conditions described in such subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE04AD9B0764B4A99ADBA696B0F3CC496"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Liability of
health care providers</header><text>A health care provider who prescribes, or
who dispenses pursuant to a prescription, a medical product approved, licensed,
or cleared by the Food and Drug Administration shall not be named as a party to
a product liability lawsuit involving such product and shall not be liable to a
claimant in a class action lawsuit against the manufacturer, distributor, or
seller of such product. Nothing in this paragraph prevents a court from
consolidating cases involving health care providers and cases involving
products liability claims against the manufacturer, distributor, or product
seller of such medical product.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B92F3E2310E4C11A1BF7D6D48398FF1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Packaging</header><text>In
a health care lawsuit for harm which is alleged to relate to the adequacy of
the packaging or labeling of a drug which is required to have tamper-resistant
packaging under regulations of the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(including labeling regulations related to such packaging), the manufacturer or
product seller of the drug shall not be held liable for punitive damages unless
such packaging or labeling is found by the trier of fact by clear and
convincing evidence to be substantially out of compliance with such
regulations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE32E1CDDBCC45B69C7DCA37694B0293"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exception</header><text><internal-xref idref="HF8FE176886D54E45B4382576434D2518" legis-path="7.(c)(1)">Paragraph
(1)</internal-xref> shall not apply in any health care lawsuit in which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE0437E5A2137496CAD1F0BE7928B00E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person, before
or after premarket approval, clearance, or licensure of such medical product,
knowingly misrepresented to or withheld from the Food and Drug Administration
information that is required to be submitted under the
<act-name parsable-cite="FFDCA">Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/301">21 U.S.C. 301 et
seq.</external-xref>) or section 351 of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/262">42 U.S.C. 262</external-xref>) that
is material and is causally related to the harm which the claimant allegedly
suffered</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9344A3E68E1F498BBB62EE37C8F05E02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a person made an
illegal payment to an official of the Food and Drug Administration for the
purpose of either securing or maintaining approval, clearance, or licensure of
such medical product; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9B369460A26452FAD5B0BE25F574034"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the defendant
caused the medical product which caused the claimant’s harm to be misbranded or
adulterated (as such terms are used in chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/351">21
U.S.C. 351 et seq.</external-xref>)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC6AD1A44D1DE4CB78D7296D686C07B4E"><enum>406.</enum><header>Authorization
of payment of future damages to claimants in health care lawsuits</header>
<subsection id="H9E2BEF2946184D76852431C013B41051"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>In any health care lawsuit, if an award of future
damages, without reduction to present value, equaling or exceeding $50,000 is
made against a party with sufficient insurance or other assets to fund a
periodic payment of such a judgment, the court shall, at the request of any
party, enter a judgment ordering that the future damages be paid by periodic
payments, in accordance with the Uniform Periodic Payment of Judgments Act
promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State
Laws.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H67314838F8F745D8B6020166422947D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This
section applies to all actions which have not been first set for trial or
retrial before the effective date of this title.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBADC024B4AB945BA8A1CEFC0F7FAD07F"><enum>407.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H7F1FA8FC02A9440CB9B849872C32B277"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Alternative
dispute resolution system; ADR</header><text>The term <term>alternative dispute
resolution system</term> or <term>ADR</term> means a system that provides for
the resolution of health care lawsuits in a manner other than through a civil
action brought in a State or Federal court.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D46ACAB6F7E43898EB72E65EDC1453E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Claimant</header><text>The
term <term>claimant</term> means any person who brings a health care lawsuit,
including a person who asserts or claims a right to legal or equitable
contribution, indemnity, or subrogation, arising out of a health care liability
claim or action, and any person on whose behalf such a claim is asserted or
such an action is brought, whether deceased, incompetent, or a minor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEDD19BDF50E48D2BF2D9A66A943AD3D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compensatory
damages</header><text>The term <term>compensatory damages</term> means
objectively verifiable monetary losses incurred as a result of the provision
of, use of, or payment for (or failure to provide, use, or pay for) health care
services or medical products, such as past and future medical expenses, loss of
past and future earnings, cost of obtaining domestic services, loss of
employment, and loss of business or employment opportunities, damages for
physical and emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment,
mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society and
companionship, loss of consortium (other than loss of domestic service),
hedonic damages, injury to reputation, and all other nonpecuniary losses of any
kind or nature. The term <term>compensatory damages</term> includes economic
damages and noneconomic damages, as such terms are defined in this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1CA67CCE35D4EA7AF617ABD5A7A1179"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Contingent
fee</header><text>The term <term>contingent fee</term> includes all
compensation to any person or persons which is payable only if a recovery is
effected on behalf of one or more claimants.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC27C319FE76041CE828F98FA45ABDF5B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Economic
damages</header><text>The term <term>economic damages</term> means objectively
verifiable monetary losses incurred as a result of the provision of, use of, or
payment for (or failure to provide, use, or pay for) health care services or
medical products, such as past and future medical expenses, loss of past and
future earnings, cost of obtaining domestic services, loss of employment, and
loss of business or employment opportunities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF865CF1189846B9AEFC2AB7493FFBE2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Health care
lawsuit</header><text>The term <term>health care lawsuit</term> means any
health care liability claim concerning the provision of health care goods or
services or any medical product affecting interstate commerce, or any health
care liability action concerning the provision of health care goods or services
or any medical product affecting interstate commerce, brought in a State or
Federal court or pursuant to an alternative dispute resolution system, against
a health care provider, a health care organization, or the manufacturer,
distributor, supplier, marketer, promoter, or seller of a medical product,
regardless of the theory of liability on which the claim is based, or the
number of claimants, plaintiffs, defendants, or other parties, or the number of
claims or causes of action, in which the claimant alleges a health care
liability claim. Such term does not include a claim or action which is based on
criminal liability; which seeks civil fines or penalties paid to Federal,
State, or local government; or which is grounded in antitrust.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H595895C86A754E97A9F27C67380334C6"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Health care
liability action</header><text>The term <term>health care liability
action</term> means a civil action brought in a State or Federal court or
pursuant to an alternative dispute resolution system, against a health care
provider, a health care organization, or the manufacturer, distributor,
supplier, marketer, promoter, or seller of a medical product, regardless of the
theory of liability on which the claim is based, or the number of plaintiffs,
defendants, or other parties, or the number of causes of action, in which the
claimant alleges a health care liability claim.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E3FD352FDF149C8BCE5E120CCB51AD1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Health care
liability claim</header><text>The term <term>health care liability claim</term>
means a demand by any person, whether or not pursuant to ADR, against a health
care provider, health care organization, or the manufacturer, distributor,
supplier, marketer, promoter, or seller of a medical product, including, but
not limited to, third-party claims, cross-claims, counter-claims, or
contribution claims, which are based upon the provision of, use of, or payment
for (or the failure to provide, use, or pay for) health care services or
medical products, regardless of the theory of liability on which the claim is
based, or the number of plaintiffs, defendants, or other parties, or the number
of causes of action.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8C424044CD884375B9C42015F9CBDEFD"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Health care
organization</header><text>The term <term>health care organization</term> means
any person or entity which is obligated to provide or pay for health benefits
under any health plan, including any person or entity acting under a contract
or arrangement with a health care organization to provide or administer any
health benefit.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC86D978EFCCA4503A0C8AC92F387873E"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Health care
provider</header><text>The term <term>health care provider</term> means any
person or entity required by State or Federal laws or regulations to be
licensed, registered, or certified to provide health care services, and being
either so licensed, registered, or certified, or exempted from such requirement
by other statute or regulation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEBE2FB648EA6438293762CFF2357E8FF"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Health care
goods or services</header><text>The term <term>health care goods or
services</term> means any goods or services provided by a health care
organization, provider, or by any individual working under the supervision of a
health care provider, that relates to the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment
of any human disease or impairment, or the assessment or care of the health of
human beings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4071E9F074EC453CA0F76B3D5B8E505D"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Malicious
intent to injure</header><text>The term <term>malicious intent to injure</term>
means intentionally causing or attempting to cause physical injury other than
providing health care goods or services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD710184B62146A493ED7C5BA4B73D09"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Medical
product</header><text>The term <term>medical product</term> means a drug,
device, or biological product intended for humans, and the terms
<term>drug</term>, <term>device</term>, and <term>biological product</term>
have the meanings given such terms in sections 201(g)(1) and 201(h) of the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)</external-xref> and (h)) and
section 351(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service
Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/262">42
U.S.C. 262(a)</external-xref>), respectively, including any component or raw
material used therein, but excluding health care services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B75BED7555E4C83BA2433B8E95B2F3F"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Noneconomic
damages</header><text>The term <term>noneconomic damages</term> means damages
for physical and emotional pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment,
mental anguish, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment of life, loss of society and
companionship, loss of consortium (other than loss of domestic service),
hedonic damages, injury to reputation, and all other nonpecuniary losses of any
kind or nature.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H579E2E7332EF43EE919B00AAB2116161"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Punitive
damages</header><text>The term <term>punitive damages</term> means damages
awarded, for the purpose of punishment or deterrence, and not solely for
compensatory purposes, against a health care provider, health care
organization, or a manufacturer, distributor, or supplier of a medical product.
Punitive damages are neither economic nor noneconomic damages.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H006DFA3EF6094468BC3167D5FDECFDDB"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Recovery</header><text>The
term <term>recovery</term> means the net sum recovered after deducting any
disbursements or costs incurred in connection with prosecution or settlement of
the claim, including all costs paid or advanced by any person. Costs of health
care incurred by the plaintiff and the attorneys’ office overhead costs or
charges for legal services are not deductible disbursements or costs for such
purpose.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01C067045B1543579B6A8B76C0DFDA13"><enum>(17)</enum><header>State</header><text>The
term <term>State</term> means each of the several States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific
Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States, or any
political subdivision thereof.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE4C77151B94F4C2488F8ADA1F03D9BF3"><enum>408.</enum><header>Effect on other
laws</header>
<subsection id="H9A12792DB960418291C736256594047C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vaccine
Injury</header>
<paragraph id="HBD1FDE60C1C94E2DB208A40C963AEFF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>To the extent that
title XXI of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service
Act</act-name> establishes a Federal rule of law applicable to a civil action
brought for a vaccine-related injury or death—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12AD2F2E96EE4D20A0C43084B648D5BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this title does
not affect the application of the rule of law to such an action; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA39DD0A9D1A446BBBF8724603F0F2179"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any rule of law
prescribed by this title in conflict with a rule of law of such title XXI shall
not apply to such action.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF04B0223C4934357ABF0857CCBE01517"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If there is an
aspect of a civil action brought for a vaccine-related injury or death to which
a Federal rule of law under title XXI of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> does not apply, then
this title or otherwise applicable law (as determined under this title) will
apply to such aspect of such action.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCCA66C9BAB294DF39FE0415F864B0356"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other Federal
Law</header><text>Except as provided in this section, nothing in this title
shall be deemed to affect any defense available to a defendant in a health care
lawsuit or action under any other provision of Federal law.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H34414350A6E8460B82D850D9DAF45D52"><enum>409.</enum><header>State
flexibility and protection of States’ rights</header>
<subsection id="HE85A74E992694C2D933D68AE9AAC7C38"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Health Care
Lawsuits</header><text>The provisions governing health care lawsuits set forth
in this title preempt, subject to subsections (b) and (c), State law to the
extent that State law prevents the application of any provisions of law
established by or under this title. The provisions governing health care
lawsuits set forth in this title supersede
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/171">chapter 171</external-xref> of title 28,
United States Code, to the extent that such chapter—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C360A678CD64F8F9A44ED08FD7C9088"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provides for a
greater amount of damages or contingent fees, a longer period in which a health
care lawsuit may be commenced, or a reduced applicability or scope of periodic
payment of future damages, than provided in this title; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCFDE6874D6B41889CD79DC122938B1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>prohibits the
introduction of evidence regarding collateral source benefits, or mandates or
permits subrogation or a lien on collateral source benefits.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4833E5F41B42453CAD32FC00B31509F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Protection of
States’ Rights and Other Laws</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H72381880524F490D828D3DC383EC00DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any issue that is not
governed by any provision of law established by or under this title (including
State standards of negligence) shall be governed by otherwise applicable State
or Federal law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3299198633594DAA9AFC1F5D59FFBFBA" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>This title shall not preempt or
supersede any State or Federal law that imposes greater procedural or
substantive protections for health care providers and health care organizations
from liability, loss, or damages than those provided by this title or create a
cause of action.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8FE0552C00246C79551C95599E56A1F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State
Flexibility</header><text>No provision of this title shall be construed to
preempt—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D1D58665CCF4EAAA42220AB2568069A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any State law
(whether effective before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act)
that specifies a particular monetary amount of compensatory or punitive damages
(or the total amount of damages) that may be awarded in a health care lawsuit,
regardless of whether such monetary amount is greater or lesser than is
provided for under this title, notwithstanding
<internal-xref idref="HEEBE061D4499492BA5C40CFFB53E9C86" legis-path="4.(a)">section 303(a)</internal-xref>; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEB108C6246F43E0801C63A4366B5711"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any defense
available to a party in a health care lawsuit under any other provision of
State or Federal law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4A07A1DE4F1F4633B1E49647FCFCA17C"><enum>410.</enum><header>Applicability;
effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title
shall apply to any health care lawsuit brought in a Federal or State court, or
subject to an alternative dispute resolution system, that is initiated on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that any health care
lawsuit arising from an injury occurring prior to the date of the enactment of
this Act shall be governed by the applicable statute of limitations provisions
in effect at the time the injury occurred.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform</header>
<section id="H6CA1D13F897F4AD49323AAEEE1024FF7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Retirement
contributions</header>
<subsection id="H32CB7F0C0E6641EA8D5E4F55C31B53AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Civil Service
Retirement System</header>
<paragraph id="HB073942829BC4C5A9A3F8D7DC383D788"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Individual
contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8334">Section 8334(c)</external-xref> of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB3C55DAB3A204D39AA1D9C56016F6F28"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(c) Each</quote> and inserting <quote>(c)(1) Each</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF7C271E16E884A0DB43E299BBA05029A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA5568EADEAB746B4B88617CFDEDDEE6D" style="USC">
<paragraph id="HB10BF84102DC43D286D557147CE4A50A" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
subsection, the applicable percentage of basic pay under this subsection
shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE60C96BDAFC473CA38EBC69FEAA1EDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>except as provided in subparagraph (B)
or (C), for purposes of computing an amount—</text>
<clause id="H3E70375543E74439994ABBB10C065CD1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2013, be
equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar year
2012, plus an additional 1.5 percentage points;</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65C4F9B066F341D181B370B61B04ECB2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2014, be
equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar year 2013
(as determined under clause (i)), plus an additional 0.5 percentage
point;</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF68E301007A94183BEF9B538827A322D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2015, 2016,
or 2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for the
preceding calendar year (as determined under clause (ii) or this clause, as the
case may be), plus an additional 1.0 percentage point; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H816D68D9DDC34E60965C71F5D7AD5DCC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in any calendar year after
2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar
year 2017 (as determined under clause (iii));</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H73B73A67AAD242A4A200416295A00CBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for purposes of computing an amount
with respect to a Member for Member service—</text>
<clause id="HBA591F8E72684D0A820EAEC7A38C8B54"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2013, be
equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar year
2012, plus an additional 2.5 percentage points;</text>
</clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFA02903284B46E2BD4FED985C354EF0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2014, 2015,
2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for
the preceding calendar year (as determined under clause (i) or this clause, as
the case may be), plus an additional 1.5 percentage points; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H846AD8EE8C6244FD9D024A57CC8E0223"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in any calendar year after
2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar
year 2017 (as determined under clause (ii)); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H675CBC75311842F5ACC969EAC4B6A270"><enum>(C)</enum><text>for purposes of computing an amount
with respect to a Member or employee for Congressional employee service—</text>
<clause id="HFB96713C047541B09B4392D9FD5E016D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for a period in calendar year 2013,
be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar year
2012, plus an additional 2.5 percentage points;</text>
</clause><clause id="H990849CA8CAB43E58A9E5C01F5CC2987"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for a period in calendar year
2014, 2015, 2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this
subsection for the preceding calendar year (as determined under clause (i) or
this clause, as the case may be), plus an additional 1.5 percentage points;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="H359339ADFDFB4F0E87BA46FE39D47434"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in any calendar year after
2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this subsection for calendar
year 2017 (as determined under clause (ii)).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H888CB29011B243A0BB6B1247EA3A58D2" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA9186E078A174AC284AD15F8305563E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding
subsection (a)(2), any excess contributions under subsection (a)(1)(A)
(including the portion of any deposit under this subsection allocable to excess
contributions) shall, if made by an employee of the United States Postal
Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission, be deposited to the credit of the
Postal Service Fund under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/39/2003">section
2003</external-xref> of title 39, rather than the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE46C11ACA8444B978A1904646E2E1183" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, the term
<quote>excess contributions</quote>, as used with respect to contributions made
under subsection (a)(1)(A) by an employee of the United States Postal Service
or the Postal Regulatory Commission, means the amount by which—</text>
<clause id="HE255FC1548A94332B15DACFBD3839A24"><enum>(i)</enum><text>deductions from basic pay of such
employee which are made under subsection (a)(1)(A), exceed</text>
</clause><clause id="HC89A1577876944F6B07AD3EF2498534D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deductions from basic pay of such employee
which would have been so made if paragraph (2) had not been
enacted.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB6A210A3804A4FCD9C203A765B032B26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Government
contributions</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8334">Section 8334(a)(1)(B)</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEACF2C17E9D84A4897BFBBFFA09777A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>Except as provided in clause (ii),</quote> and inserting
<quote>Except as provided in clause (ii) or (iii),</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A134CC27CA149CBAEAFA47560F42735"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H822B83B2BE454A059585F82005E7196D" style="USC">
<clause id="HA0ED808A6B334CA889F406D6BD49BE23" indent="up3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount to be contributed under clause
(i) shall, with respect to a period in any year beginning after December 31,
2012, be equal to—</text>
<subclause id="HFE68D312186F46B5A41FD2304F282FD1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount which would otherwise apply
under clause (i) with respect to such period, reduced by</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H13231DE648C54253A401546AEB3D47DF"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount by which, with respect to
such period, the withholding under subparagraph (A) exceeds the amount which
would otherwise have been withheld from the basic pay of the employee or
elected official involved under subparagraph (A) based on the percentage
applicable under subsection (c) for calendar year
2012.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDA92F4BACF814EC89929312E027AC0F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal
Employees’ Retirement System</header>
<paragraph id="HC109D1C5E7154DDAA900B17E90B87361"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Individual
contributions</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8422">Section 8422(a)(3)</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34C59EE159DF4B5BB83384B0D91DCADB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78D23F4E78B440B0932E423733613E0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7671742CE17E4B5D9960F268D520CECA" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H34D982C4C9824EC9BF0AC1C57AD9F5B2" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this
paragraph, the applicable percentage under this paragraph for civilian service
by employees or Members other than revised annuity employees shall—</text>
<clause id="H1AFA0B43CEBF41E9977B56240B66E894"><enum>(i)</enum><text>except as provided in clause (ii) or
(iii), for purposes of computing an amount—</text>
<subclause id="H5E2AABA91BEF4BAF95E7F407170A1ACA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2013, be
equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for calendar year 2012,
plus an additional 1.5 percentage points;</text>
</subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE367C945C5864D87847070ABB0D5ED06"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2014, be
equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for calendar year 2013
(as determined under subclause (I)), plus an additional 0.5 percentage
point;</text>
</subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8953822C30714135B544CC77DA628439"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2015, 2016,
or 2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for the
preceding calendar year (as determined under subclause (II) or this subclause,
as the case may be), plus an additional 1.0 percentage point; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H62E73B7B6B6E4DBDB99386D2C0896A35"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>for a period in any calendar year
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for
calendar year 2017 (as determined under subclause (III));</text>
</subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83FC50AD85434FE09F152F7A5FB6739E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for purposes of computing an amount
with respect to a Member—</text>
<subclause id="H4E794331EFB74C1E81BBB29DE51D0916"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2013, be
equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for calendar year 2012,
plus an additional 2.5 percentage points;</text>
</subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7515C88E2CEA4090B27F9FF57BCF2628"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2014, 2015,
2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for
the preceding calendar year (as determined under subclause (I) or this
subclause, as the case may be), plus an additional 1.5 percentage points;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBF977E02E7CC47D8A9BBF7BDD54FF72A"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in any calendar year after
2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for calendar
year 2017 (as determined under subclause (II)); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6D92BE533CB041D7BD635B44DC8D3F35"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>for purposes of computing an amount
with respect to a Congressional employee—</text>
<subclause id="H570474182E1244C4BB4E8309218CDB6F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period in calendar year 2013, 2014,
2015, 2016, or 2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph
for the preceding calendar year (including as increased under this subclause,
if applicable), plus an additional 1.5 percentage points; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H62A3C219736E4B528EAA7BF023EFDB1E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for a period in any calendar year
after 2017, be equal to the applicable percentage under this paragraph for
calendar year 2017 (as determined under subclause
(I)).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H525A6CC1DA26498C9112B812CE775F95"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C) (as so redesignated by subparagraph (A))—</text>
<clause id="H8B6AB689EBAE4C91AC93DD9DD644E9BD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>9.3</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>12</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6A2F8981DED64BE3B3E2B1F7433AFE4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>9.8</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>12.5</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4193B9DDD65847B98EB1357A77EEBC81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Government
contributions</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8423">Section 8423(a)(2)</external-xref> of title 5,
United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDC00829F78D0465F98C254DE4DB85E31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2)(A)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H815280B1327B4A22B691FC13366FCACC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AA6117D475144C6B8067408589E5617" style="USC">
<subparagraph id="H08D905A39C19483BAAE3295D8069C659" indent="up2"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2A1C07C29A1F4EEF9137D120DD3CDB46"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Subject to clauses (ii)
and (iii), for purposes of any period in any year beginning after December 31,
2012, the normal-cost percentage under this subsection shall be determined and
applied as if section 501(b)(1) of the <short-title>Spending Reduction Act of 2012</short-title> had not been
enacted.</text>
</clause><clause id="H03A742979CC649A3ACB7B4B0332FE991" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any contributions under this subsection in
excess of the amounts which (but for clause (i)) would otherwise have been
payable shall be applied toward reducing the unfunded liability of the Civil
Service Retirement System.</text>
</clause><clause id="HB6E62599BC2A4A0289EFFF223C23319E" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>After the unfunded liability of the
Civil Service Retirement System has been eliminated, as determined by the
Office, Government contributions under this subsection shall be determined and
made disregarding this subparagraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5FACA92DB779473D84EDAB277FA91050" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The preceding provisions of this
subparagraph shall be disregarded for purposes of determining the contributions
payable by the United States Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory
Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF34BC3FA7B2845448D84CD33FB02908D"><enum>502.</enum><header>Annuity
supplement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8421">Section 8421(a)</external-xref> of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H681536F4E9A34F88894040BF429D8333"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (3)
and (4)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D1F46D66B8B43FB87F50E08AE82FD3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>paragraph (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (3) and
(4)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD3EFC96510514E61B069E6BB73A0E938"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3292BEE0782476392F10DC6CD7BB095" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H0F57F4A0F4F847A3A8182F5D032811B3" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8227EA5E177E4A009B8E61C499AB6943"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), no annuity supplement under this section shall be payable in
the case of an individual who first becomes subject to this chapter after
December 31, 2012.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88D27E6E4D844E3AB5314CD0800474C3" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Nothing in this paragraph applies in
the case of an individual separating under subsection (d) or (e) of section
8412.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H6B101E2F43564DE59847D958ABE48A25"><enum>503.</enum><header>Contributions
to Thrift Savings Fund of payments for accrued or accumulated leave</header>
<subsection id="HF38BD87D05AD45B1858A445E70B84214"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments
relating to CSRS</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8351">Section 8351(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H014E0EFC26DC4AD18C72DE0E864432A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2)(A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C13898C767E4B4CA68CB7E767BE4D68" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H6F1A14246C8A4AE49D95ACAD6EB2EF76" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1363720192A8468DA7A8E940F3BC03B2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An employee or Member may contribute to the
Thrift Savings Fund in any pay period any amount of such employee’s or Member’s
basic pay for such pay period, and may contribute (by direct transfer to the
Fund) any part of any payment that the employee or Member receives for
accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave under section 5551 or 5552.
Notwithstanding section 2105(e), in this paragraph the term
<quote>employee</quote> includes an employee of the United States Postal
Service or of the Postal Regulatory
Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05AC462477EA4F6FBE37FE2EB9634C98"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H063031DE272242FDB31B4721A62153BB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) as subparagraph (B).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4EAA290B4B1046A897A30F89BFECFF7A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments
relating to FERS</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/8432">Section 8432(a)</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1CAAE2588294F40827243C7878B2A92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking all
that precedes paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82498CE54AE64AB2AA5B3F136A060A57" style="USC">
<subsection id="H52962BCB664F4402A4DE00CF267B434D"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFB57295E36E448BDBD235CBACEB41495"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An employee or
Member—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF9D644AFA97743BD92B9DB6F64AE3E99" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may contribute to the Thrift Savings
Fund in any pay period, pursuant to an election under subsection (b), any
amount of such employee’s or Member’s basic pay for such pay period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94DD68045F944AFF84D5AC8191607F9B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may contribute (by direct transfer to
the Fund) any part of any payment that the employee or Member receives for
accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave under section 5551 or
5552.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H23F4D0468DF74DB6AE9D2275E6A081BE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Contributions made under paragraph
(1)(A) pursuant to an election under subsection (b) shall, with respect to each
pay period for which such election remains in effect, be made in accordance
with a program of regular contributions provided in regulations prescribed by
the Executive Director.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H761B1F7DCF03457EB839BAB37FE50761"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02B2334ED672482E83C768D68F801D18" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H19E8F186CE64400D9AA2742ECFA79D77" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 2105(e), in this
subsection the term <quote>employee</quote> includes an employee of the United
States Postal Service or of the Postal Regulatory
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD0727A56D8044466872308C643D814A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Executive Director of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board shall
promulgate regulations to carry out the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9AA288E275A14940B4886CDC6833FB66"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>Committee on Ways
and Means</header>
<subtitle id="H3FE5F00B811146509C6B5A375172B9CE"><enum>A</enum><header>Recapture of
overpayments resulting from certain federally-subsidized health
insurance</header>
<section id="HDD0267E601374D019B790BD663D61A15" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header>Recapture of
overpayments resulting from certain federally-subsidized health
insurance</header>
<subsection id="HB05517BA2B154A39A345B27E6D875934"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/36B">section
36B(f)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by
striking subparagraph (B).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFFFA47183E894C9E84A35DCB6E7B3339"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>So much of paragraph (2) of section 36B(f) of such
Code, as amended by subsection (a), as precedes <quote>advance payments</quote>
is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H184D033D6F43456990F696CEBD137525" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB0CED4B1536945C78943E699C25E3959"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Excess advance
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If
the</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H7359D745E06B45D0BA5A286C0A3DE0FD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31,
2013.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HB3C777FEEC724DBFA9FD3B487620A514"><enum>B</enum><header>Social security
number required to claim the refundable portion of the child tax
credit</header>
<section id="HF98A313231F74CF68FF9DDE60B1588A5"><enum>611.</enum><header>Social security
number required to claim the refundable portion of the child tax
credit</header>
<subsection id="H94EBF4B732464C549E15B5F0755EA833"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subsection (d) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/24">section
24</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at
the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H562F068BA8534257AD83572214EA35B9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H222F761372BA4CB28D58B1E373163655"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Identification
requirement with respect to taxpayer</header>
<subparagraph id="HB7513BA69E6448908FC3580B2DF28437"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any taxpayer for any
taxable year unless the taxpayer includes the taxpayer’s Social Security number
on the return of tax for such taxable year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCCD328E02644809818CB523CABB873E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Joint
returns</header><text>In the case of a joint return, the requirement of
subparagraph (A) shall be treated as met if the Social Security number of
either spouse is included on such return.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26FA8DC00F744CED95856EE3518E5A55"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the
extent the tentative minimum tax (as defined in section 55(b)(1)(A)) exceeds
the credit allowed under section
32.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HEB37C9A8710F4261AEE23A6CF39A9CB3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Omission treated
as mathematical or clerical error</header><text>Subparagraph (I) of section
6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB459C070E1114C31B57A93E7B87C1D98" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H1D9D28C03C1C4FADAF87E25D134F8521"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an omission of a
correct Social Security number required under section 24(d)(5) (relating to
refundable portion of child tax credit), or a correct TIN under section 24(e)
(relating to child tax credit), to be included on a
return,</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HD338AE9905C94C29B1AEAA5124825DDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Subsection (e) of section 24 of such Code is amended by
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">With Respect to
Qualifying Children</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Identification Requirement</header-in-text></quote> in the heading
thereof.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCB00F19D2FFD47F090AC8942C1545F36"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HE7EC3DF2752247A0BBBCC4C6BFEFFB77"><enum>C</enum><header>Human Resources
Provisions</header>
<section id="H88B617B341D14188ADA8FCC33C833548" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>621.</enum><header>Repeal of the
program of block grants to States for social services</header>
<subsection id="H8E4EE12FADDF4625A44CBA22EDB6D549"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sections 2001 through 2007 of the Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1397-1397f">42 U.S.C. 1397–1397f</external-xref>) are
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H426AC6178DB04F21B774845BA2852AA5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HF794F42D4C12462D87F7365BB7966690"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 404(d) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/604">42 U.S.C. 604(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86A123AB0D984CC9B1B388BCCEC6D8C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>any or all of the following provisions of law:</quote> and
all that follows through <quote>The</quote> and inserting
<quote>the</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB434455BE05A4BDB91C7D94E6AE45D28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause id="H13C1901FDA164598A7E0855CA7434FD5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">rules</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through
<quote>any amount paid</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">rules</header-in-text>.—Any amount
paid</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB8D8BA656C4F440DA0857F88AAADEB37"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>a provision of law specified in paragraph (1)</quote> and
inserting <quote>the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
1990</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFF9D4BEC9F024F9683BB92E8847FD85C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H47615DD058834134B1AFFFBDAE8326BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDAB627BDA1A841AF9523F8DE7AC09CD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 422(b) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/622">42 U.S.C. 622(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB7618EB9260D43479CFBEA89DF2041CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H5877115AB7A04B60BF8C625288DDE615"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>administers or supervises</quote> and inserting
<quote>administered or supervised</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C5CC54B08DB490AAC7A95C5C8F2AB85"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>subtitle 1 of title XX</quote> and inserting <quote>subtitle A
of title XX (as in effect before the repeal of such subtitle)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6186FCF4F1049ED933D1E88DEAC1344"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>under subtitle 1 of title XX,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C3AF7FD775E4C06A0B7AC6C4809F912"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 471(a) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB1CE3B16D88344C7A22E19ACBBC663A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>, under subtitle 1 of title XX of this Act,</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAED4E37119184B2D8553816E53383C37"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by striking <quote>XIX, or XX</quote> and inserting <quote>or
XIX</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H640E7B72EBB7444CA1570C8181249CEC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 472(h)(1)
of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/672">42 U.S.C. 672(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking the 2nd sentence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09D42D83685B4A2481D36BE2F8C69C50"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 473(b) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC798DFD9232481D8370095D1BD826C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H320CF30B83F942CE8CE2273745FD2425"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4),
by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2)</quote> and inserting
<quote>paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61F70A1A2D354EAFAE6E1E47D6B3CAED"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and
(3), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED8855B90D794AF3BB0C47C2D3336EA1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 504(b)(6)
of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/704">42 U.S.C. 704(b)(6)</external-xref>) is amended in
each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) by striking <quote>XIX, or XX</quote> and
inserting <quote>or XIX</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H233DC92D64084AB2BFA933195105DA48"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 1101(a)(1)
of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1301">42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking the penultimate sentence.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H365B3F8C44C84475AC7026389413825B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 1128(h) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1320a-7">42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(h)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E25C5CF0F0944A89008E1755D6E330B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by adding
<quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8CC66828A2E420D8F0D4CAEA4B0538D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFDA021340DC54453BCCE9E4067227F2A"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1128A(i)(1) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(i)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>or subtitle 1 of
title XX</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC9ECB8BFE43746E19F8F2469D422248C"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section
1132(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1320b-2">42 U.S.C. 1320b–2(a)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>XIX, or XX</quote> and inserting <quote>or
XIX</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE670CC64EA3343EA81497FF1ED99B520"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Section
1902(e)(13)(F)(iii) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1396a">42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(F)(iii)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF437786BA5546798BA34649EFFADCA6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Exclusions</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Exclusion</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDC2B6F992FD4BBDBBBA2984FD61F459"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>an agency that determines eligibility for a program established under
the Social Services Block Grant established under title XX or</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H277677D4CE464297A56CA0B384BA2F65"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The heading for
title XX of the Social Security Act is amended by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="title" style="traditional">BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES
FOR SOCIAL SERVICES</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="title" style="traditional">HEALTH PROFESSIONS
DEMONSTRATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONDITION
DETECTION</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED92ED007E5F4923876980DA09A7EACB"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The heading for
subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security Act is amended by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Block Grants to States for
Social Services</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Health Professions Demonstrations and
Environmental Health Condition Detection</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44866CE76B0040E59B74E5421EB16D50"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Section
16(k)(5)(B)(i) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C.
2025(k)(5)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, or title
XX,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDAFA8480C1204AD085533E0C4A6C7396"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Section 402(b)(3)
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1612">8 U.S.C.
1612(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B9EB9A540164C6494F0964EA9B3F070"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 245A(h)(4)(I) of the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1255a">8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(I)</external-xref>) is amended
by striking <quote>, XVI, and XX</quote> and inserting <quote>and
XVI</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D27537981A84E2992545E3E53E42D9C"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Section 17 of the
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1766">42 U.S.C. 1766</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H450CC0580D284992B8073EB92620887D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)(2)—</text>
<clause id="HF89E500F553F4DA89400B00B62566973"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H7A4D82CD8AE24A028FD1D7AB9468A2B6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(i)</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HEA7D5BFCB26C4737A8A91EC7171490B0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (i); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H73307AB5784746AAB451757AAC210493"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking
clause (ii); and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HFE84F40A0B424E88AC62B2037563DA3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking <quote>or title XX</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E2D70DBEB2D455C8828A12FB9E70718"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(o)(2)(B)—</text>
<clause id="H92FB970411EB49D7913AA7940B3631BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>or title XX</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC64C8A5905AD4E01B8732A43AAD93B72"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>or XX</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6CBF266102F44CB987D900D8649554CE"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Section 201(b) of
the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/1931">25 U.S.C. 1931(b)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>titles IV–B and XX</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>part B of title IV</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H461BCC5AEABC4712B41AA60205C7EF1C"><enum>(19)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3803">Section
3803(c)(2)(C)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended by
striking clause (vi) and redesignating clauses (vii) through (xvi) as clauses
(vi) through (xv), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H633D697B60214A0BADF6F173B3EB387C"><enum>(20)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/40/14502">Section
14502(d)(3)</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA4AF16C7323B4B28AA142395E25B0129"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and title XX</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B980949CBF2429284981207A8271551"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, 1397 et seq.</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H183B5285B5414E1BA5EF93EB03778564"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Section
2006(a)(15) of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300z-5">42 U.S.C. 300z–5(a)(15)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>and title XX</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12E03D7C18C74C669818C35E81632473"><enum>(22)</enum><text>Section 203(b)(3)
of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3013">42 U.S.C. 3013(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>XIX, and XX</quote> and inserting <quote>and
XIX</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA6689489BAE2479C8AC9B158CA11A047"><enum>(23)</enum><text>Section 213 of
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3020d">42 U.S.C. 3020d</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>or title XX</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5CA4F4A0E9C344349A938FE8B2E5EF4A"><enum>(24)</enum><text>Section 306(d) of
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/3026">42 U.S.C. 3026(d)</external-xref>) is amended in
each of paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking <quote>titles XIX and XX</quote> and
inserting <quote>title XIX</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H04E056C31E3C42CB93649BA340AABF52"><enum>(25)</enum><text>Section 2605 of
the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/8624">42 U.S.C. 8624</external-xref>) is
amended in each of subsections (b)(4) and (j) by striking <quote>under title XX
of the Social Security Act,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H432115B09D144A8DAD605DC543D3EF25"><enum>(26)</enum><text>Section 602 of
the Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10901">42 U.S.C.
10901</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H989FA08DE0D346C9B370463F229B41CD"><enum>(27)</enum><text>Section 3(d)(1)
of the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/14402">42 U.S.C.
14402(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and
redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (K) as subparagraphs (C) through (J),
respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBC88FC152B41438A98254B25DB2B33FB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The repeals and amendments made by this section shall take
effect on January 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VII</enum><header>Sequester
replacement</header>
<section id="H5F87D3622EB348628667815EF6A2D933" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>701.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Sequester Replacement Act of
2012</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H1713F2AD934B4A318A0B0644D265DBF8"><enum>702.</enum><header>Protecting
veterans programs from sequester</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 256(e)(2)(E) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is repealed.</text>
</section><section id="H363F99F790A64FAA9116FF5CB5E3574D"><enum>703.</enum><header>Achieving $19
billion in discretionary savings</header>
<subsection id="H14775D1F64164E358EACF80052AFC2C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Revised 2013
discretionary spending limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2) of section 251(c) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA16A4A33D38B46CCB3B4E8A8B3F794A7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H813F2E8B324442D8AFA549E52F3E26BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to
fiscal year 2013, for the discretionary category, $1,047,000,000,000 in new
budget
authority;</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6D0BD0486B854D98AE5471E46280B535"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Discretionary
savings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 251A(7)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended to
read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HFF96ED007D74465D925F3C946A8780F2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H72298A5DCD594E96B433BE7B1A035ED6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fiscal year
2013</header>
<clause id="H6D2BF47956334BC79B5AA7623D9EC0FF"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2013
adjustment</header><text>On January 2, 2013, the discretionary category set
forth in section 251(c)(2) shall be decreased by $19,104,000,000 in budget
authority.</text>
</clause><clause id="H801FFF56E16143BC82B90AC0C4AA0525"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Supplemental
sequestration order</header><text>On January 15, 2013, OMB shall issue a
supplemental sequestration report for fiscal year 2013 and take the form of a
final sequestration report as set forth in section 254(f)(2) and using the
procedures set forth in section 253(f), to eliminate any discretionary spending
breach of the spending limit set forth in section 251(c)(2) as adjusted by
clause (i), and the President shall order a sequestration, if any, as required
by such
report.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H5E81450306DD4E05809A284592C6BCE0"><enum>704.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments to section 314 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 314(a) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H65F5EB5D5DF54A73AEA4E61023E47830" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF73A7E8B48B34393A4288EFF5200EBAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adjustments</header>
<paragraph id="HCCDBFA7CD0F2489AA002D4626FDC0280"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives or the Senate may make adjustments as set forth in paragraph
(2) for a bill or joint resolution, amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, by the amount of new budget authority and outlays flowing therefrom in
the same amount as required by section 251(b) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F98B6CEB9AA46428682AC82B94A8F4F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters to be
adjusted</header><text>The chair of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives or the Senate may make the adjustments referred to in paragraph
(1) to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCDFF44CBA617418296EC652E1A395CBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the allocations
made pursuant to the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget pursuant
to section 302(a);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D5DB042C64A4563B26BB601E97C9AA8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the budgetary
aggregates as set forth in the appropriate concurrent resolution on the budget;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A3512F86816400398C0DE28FA2EBBD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the discretionary
spending limits, if any, set forth in the appropriate concurrent resolution on
the
budget.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HEC6C29F2D84A427CB793CB78DC694775"><enum>705.</enum><header>Treatment for
PAYGO purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary
effects of this Act and any amendment made by it shall not be entered on either
PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory
Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.</text>
</section><section id="H8036DAD31313408098A1501B94BFB151" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>706.</enum><header>Elimination of the
fiscal year 2013 sequestration for defense direct spending</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any sequestration order issued by the
President under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
to carry out reductions to direct spending for the defense function (050) for
fiscal year 2013<pagebreak></pagebreak> pursuant to section 251A of such Act shall have no
force or effect.</text>
</section>
Passed the House of
Representatives December 20, 2012.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk