[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5152 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5152

   To save the Federal Government money by reducing duplication and 
             increasing efficiency, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2014

    Mr. Murphy of Florida (for himself, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Swalwell of 
 California, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Ms. Kuster, Mr. Meadows, Ms. 
   Sinema, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Garcia, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Gabbard, and Mr. 
  Matheson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, Ways and Means, and 
 Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To save the Federal Government money by reducing duplication and 
             increasing efficiency, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Savings, 
Accountability, Value, and Efficiency III Act of 2014''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Software license management.
Sec. 3. United States Postal Service fleet efficiency.
Sec. 4. Government computer energy optimization.
Sec. 5. Removal of benefits for Federal employee convicted of certain 
                            offenses.
Sec. 6. Codification of Office of Management and Budget criteria.
Sec. 7. Increase energy efficiency of Federal buildings.
Sec. 8. Reduce redundant health payments for seniors.
Sec. 9. Efficient Medicare billing.

SEC. 2. SOFTWARE LICENSE MANAGEMENT.

    (a) Software License Policies Required.--Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall issue software licensing policies for 
agencies to follow that include the following:
            (1) An identification of clear roles, responsibilities, and 
        central oversight authority within each agency for managing 
        enterprise software license agreements.
            (2) A requirement that each agency establish an accurate 
        inventory of enterprise software license agreements by 
        identifying and collecting information about software license 
        agreements using automated discovery and inventory tools.
            (3) A requirement that each agency regularly track and 
        maintain software licenses to assist the agency in implementing 
        decisions throughout the software license management life 
        cycle.
            (4) A requirement that each agency analyze software usage 
        and other data to make cost-effective decisions.
            (5) A requirement that each agency provide training 
        relevant to software license management.
            (6) A requirement that each agency establish goals and 
        objectives to better manage enterprise software license 
        agreements.
            (7) A requirement that each agency consider the software 
        license management life-cycle phases (including requisition, 
        reception, deployment and maintenance, retirement, and disposal 
        phases) to implement effective decisionmaking and incorporate 
        existing standards, processes, and metrics.
    (b) Agency Defined.--In this section, the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE FLEET EFFICIENCY.

    (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are to provide for the 
upgrade of the vehicle fleet of the United States Postal Service, to 
improve mail delivery services to benefit customers and the 
environment, to increase savings by reducing maintenance or other 
costs, and to set benchmarks to maximize fuel economy and reduce 
emissions for the Postal fleet with the goal of making the Postal 
Service a national leader in efficiency and technology innovation.
    (b) Authority To Enter Into Energy Savings Performance Contracts.--
Section 804(4) of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 
U.S.C. 8287c(4)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) in the case of a contract in which the United 
                States Postal Service is a party--
                            ``(i) the purchase or lease of low emission 
                        and fuel efficient vehicles;
                            ``(ii) a measure to upgrade a vehicle 
                        owned, operated, leased, or otherwise 
                        controlled by or assigned to the United States 
                        Postal Service to increase average fuel economy 
                        and reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide of 
                        such vehicle; or
                            ``(iii) the construction of infrastructure, 
                        including electric vehicle charging stations, 
                        to support vehicles described in clauses (i) 
                        and (ii).''.
    (c) Upgrade of Postal Fleet.--
            (1) Postal fleet requirements.--
                    (A) Motor vehicle standards.--The Postmaster 
                General shall develop guidelines for contracted 
                vehicles and vehicles purchased or leased for use by 
                the Postal Service, that, at a minimum, provide--
                            (i) for light-duty vehicles--
                                    (I) that emissions of carbon 
                                dioxide comply with applicable 
                                standards developed by the 
                                Environmental Protection Agency under 
                                title II of the Clean Air Act (42 
                                U.S.C. 7521 et seq.) and may not 
                                exceed, on average, 250 grams per mile; 
                                and
                                    (II) to meet applicable average 
                                fuel economy standards developed by the 
                                National Highway Traffic Safety 
                                Administration under chapter 329 of 
                                title 49, United States Code, of 34.1 
                                miles per gallon; and
                            (ii) for medium-duty and heavy-duty 
                        vehicles, that comply with applicable 
                        standards--
                                    (I) for emissions of carbon dioxide 
                                developed by the Environmental 
                                Protection Agency under title II of the 
                                Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.); 
                                and
                                    (II) for average fuel economy 
                                developed by the National Highway 
                                Traffic Safety Administration under 
                                chapter 329 of title 49, United States 
                                Code.
                    (B) Applicability.--The standards described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall apply to contracted vehicles and 
                vehicles purchased or leased for use by the Postal 
                Service after the date that is 1 year after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act.
                    (C) Reduction in consumption of petroleum 
                products.--The Postmaster General shall reduce the 
                total consumption of petroleum products by vehicles in 
                the Postal fleet by a minimum of 2 percent annually 
                through the end of fiscal year 2025, relative to the 
                baseline established for fiscal year 2005.
            (2) Replacing vehicles within the postal fleet.--The 
        Postmaster General shall conduct a cost-benefit analysis of 
        vehicles in the Postal fleet to determine if the cost to 
        maintain any such vehicle outweighs the benefit or savings of 
        replacing the vehicle.
            (3) Route requirements.--To inform and prioritize 
        purchases, the Postmaster General shall review and identify 
        Postal delivery routes to determine if motor vehicles used on 
        such routes can be replaced with technologies that increase 
        average fuel economy or reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.
            (4) Reporting requirements.--The Postmaster General shall 
        submit a report to Congress--
                    (A) not later than 1 year after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act, that contains a plan to achieve 
                the requirements of paragraph (1) and recommendations 
                for vehicle body design specifications for vehicles 
                purchased for the Postal fleet that would increase 
                average fuel economy and reduce emissions of carbon 
                dioxide of any such vehicle; and
                    (B) annually, that describes--
                            (i) the progress in meeting the annual 
                        target described in paragraph (1)(C); and
                            (ii) any changes to Postal delivery routes 
                        or vehicle purchase strategies made pursuant to 
                        paragraph (3).
            (5) Restrictions.--To meet the requirements of this 
        section, the Postmaster General may not--
                    (A) reduce the frequency of delivery of mail to 
                fewer than 6 days each week;
                    (B) close post offices or postal distribution 
                facilities;
                    (C) take any action that would restrict or diminish 
                a collective bargaining agreement or eliminate or 
                reduce any employee benefits; or
                    (D) enter into a contract with a private company to 
                perform duties that, as of the date of the enactment of 
                this Act, are performed by bargaining unit employees.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Contracted vehicle.--The term ``contracted vehicle''--
                    (A) means any motor vehicle used in carrying out a 
                contract for surface mail delivery pursuant to section 
                5005(a)(3) of title 39, United States Code; and
                    (B) does not include any motor vehicle used in 
                carrying out a contract for surface mail delivery 
                pursuant to sections 406 and 407 of such title.
            (2) Motor vehicle.--The term ``motor vehicle'' means any 
        self-propelled vehicle designed for transporting persons or 
        property on a street or highway.
            (3) Postal delivery route.--The term ``Postal delivery 
        route'' means the transportation route for surface mail 
        delivery.
            (4) Postal fleet.--The term ``Postal fleet'' means any 
        vehicle that is owned, operated, leased, or otherwise 
        controlled by or assigned to the Postal Service.
            (5) Postal service.--The term ``Postal Service'' means the 
        United States Postal Service.

SEC. 4. GOVERNMENT COMPUTER ENERGY OPTIMIZATION.

    (a) Agency Requirement To Shut Down Computers.--Except as provided 
in subsection (b), not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall make all 
reasonable efforts to ensure that desktop computers are shut down for 
at least 4 hours out of every 24-hour time period.
    (b) Exception.--The requirement in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to--
            (1) desktop computers that are used by a person for 16 or 
        more hours per day; and
            (2) computers that perform automated functions essential to 
        the agency for 16 or more hours per day.
    (c) Agency Defined.--In this section, the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 5. REMOVAL OF BENEFITS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEE CONVICTED OF CERTAIN 
              OFFENSES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an 
individual may not be paid an annuity under chapter 83 or 84 (as the 
case may be) of title 5, United States Code, if the individual is 
convicted of an offense described under section 8332(o)(2)(B) of such 
title, committed after the date of enactment of this Act, for which 
every act or omission of the individual that is needed to satisfy the 
elements of the offense directly relates to the performance of the 
individual's official duties.
    (b) Credit of Service.--Any such individual shall be entitled to be 
paid any amounts contributed by the individual towards the annuity 
during the period of service covered by subsection (a), pursuant to, or 
in a similar manner as, the terms of section 8316 of such title.
    (c) Thrift Savings Plan.--
            (1) Employing agency contributions.--Any contributions made 
        under section 8432 of such title by an employing agency for the 
        benefit of an individual convicted of an offense described in 
        subsection (a) shall be forfeited. Such contributions shall be 
        returned to the general fund of the Treasury.
            (2) Employee contributions.--Any contributions made by the 
        individual pursuant to section 8432 of such title shall be 
        payable to the individual, upon application of such individual.
            (3) Computation.--The computation of amounts required by 
        paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be made on the date of the 
        conviction of the individual and shall consist of the value of 
        the contributions, including interest accrued, on such date.
    (d) Regulations.--The Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management shall prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this 
section.

SEC. 6. CODIFICATION OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET CRITERIA.

    The Secretary of Defense shall implement the following criteria in 
requests for overseas contingency operations:
            (1) For theater of operations for non-classified war 
        overseas contingency operations funding, the geographic areas 
        in which combat or direct combat support operations occur are: 
        Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, 
        Kyrgyzstan, the Horn of Africa, Persian Gulf and Gulf nations, 
        the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, and other 
        countries on a case-by-case basis.
            (2) Permitted Inclusions in the Overseas Contingency 
        Operation Budget:
                    (A) Major Equipment:
                            (i) Replacement of losses that have 
                        occurred but only for items not already 
                        programmed for replacement in the Future Years 
                        Defense Plan (FYDP), but not including 
                        accelerations, which must be made in the base 
                        budget.
                            (ii) Replacement or repair to original 
                        capability (to upgraded capability if that is 
                        currently available) of equipment returning 
                        from theater. The replacement may be a similar 
                        end item if the original item is no longer in 
                        production. Incremental cost of non-war related 
                        upgrades, if made, should be included in the 
                        base.
                            (iii) Purchase of specialized, theater-
                        specific equipment.
                            (iv) Funding for major equipment must be 
                        obligated within 12 months.
                    (B) Ground Equipment Replacement:
                            (i) For combat losses and returning 
                        equipment that is not economical to repair, the 
                        replacement of equipment may be given to 
                        coalition partners, if consistent with approved 
                        policy.
                            (ii) In-theater stocks above customary 
                        equipping levels on a case-by-case basis.
                    (C) Equipment Modifications:
                            (i) Operationally required modifications to 
                        equipment used in theater or in direct support 
                        of combat operations and that is not already 
                        programmed in FYDP.
                            (ii) Funding for equipment modifications 
                        must be able to be obligated in 12 months.
                    (D) Munitions:
                            (i) Replenishment of munitions expended in 
                        combat operations in theater.
                            (ii) Training ammunition for theater-unique 
                        training events.
                            (iii) While forecasted expenditures are not 
                        permitted, a case-by-case assessment for 
                        munitions where existing stocks are 
                        insufficient to sustain theater combat 
                        operations.
                    (E) Aircraft Replacement:
                            (i) Combat losses by accident that occur in 
                        the theater of operations.
                            (ii) Combat losses by enemy action that 
                        occur in the theater of operations.
                    (F) Military Construction:
                            (i) Facilities and infrastructure in the 
                        theater of operations in direct support of 
                        combat operations. The level of construction 
                        should be the minimum to meet operational 
                        requirements.
                            (ii) At non-enduring locations, facilities 
                        and infrastructure for temporary use.
                            (iii) At enduring locations, facilities and 
                        infrastructure for temporary use.
                            (iv) At enduring locations, construction 
                        requirements must be tied to surge operations 
                        or major changes in operational requirements 
                        and will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
                    (G) Research and development projects for combat 
                operations in these specific theaters that can be 
                delivered in 12 months.
                    (H) Operations:
                            (i) Direct war costs:
                                    (I) Transport of personnel, 
                                equipment, and supplies to, from and 
                                within the theater of operations.
                                    (II) Deployment-specific training 
                                and preparation for units and personnel 
                                (military and civilian) to assume their 
                                directed missions as defined in the 
                                orders for deployment into the theater 
                                of operations.
                            (ii) Within the theater, the incremental 
                        costs above the funding programmed in the base 
                        budget to:
                                    (I) Support commanders in the 
                                conduct of their directed missions (to 
                                include Emergency Response Programs).
                                    (II) Build and maintain temporary 
                                facilities.
                                    (III) Provide food, fuel, supplies, 
                                contracted services and other support.
                                    (IV) Cover the operational costs of 
                                coalition partners supporting U.S. 
                                military missions, as mutually agreed.
                            (iii) Indirect war costs incurred outside 
                        the theater of operations will be evaluated on 
                        a case-by-case basis.
                    (I) Health:
                            (i) Short-term care directly related to 
                        combat.
                            (ii) Infrastructure that is only to be used 
                        during the current conflict.
                    (J) Personnel:
                            (i) Incremental special pays and allowances 
                        for servicemembers and civilians deployed to a 
                        combat zone.
                            (ii) Incremental pay, special pays and 
                        allowances for Reserve Component personnel 
                        mobilized to support war missions.
                    (K) Special Operations Command:
                            (i) Operations that meet the criteria in 
                        this guidance.
                            (ii) Equipment that meets the criteria in 
                        this guidance.
                    (L) Prepositioned supplies and equipment for 
                resetting in-theater stocks of supplies and equipment 
                to pre-war levels.
                    (M) Security force funding to train, equip, and 
                sustain Iraqi and Afghan military and police forces.
                    (N) Fuel:
                            (i) War fuel costs and funding to ensure 
                        that logistical support to combat operations is 
                        not degraded due to cash losses in the 
                        Department of Defense's baseline fuel program.
                            (ii) Enough of any base fuel shortfall 
                        attributable to fuel price increases to 
                        maintain sufficient on-hand cash for the 
                        Defense Working Capital Funds to cover seven 
                        days disbursements.
            (3) Excluded items from Overseas Contingency Funding that 
        must be funded from the base budget:
                    (A) Training vehicles, aircraft, ammunition, and 
                simulators, but not training base stocks of 
                specialized, theater-specific equipment that is 
                required to support combat operations in the theater of 
                operations, and support to deployment-specific training 
                described above.
                    (B) Acceleration of equipment service life 
                extension programs already in the Future Years Defense 
                Plan.
                    (C) Base Realignment and Closure projects.
                    (D) Family support initiatives:
                            (i) Construction of childcare facilities.
                            (ii) Funding for private-public 
                        partnerships to expand military families' 
                        access to childcare.
                            (iii) Support for servicemembers' spouses' 
                        professional development.
                    (E) Programs to maintain industrial base capacity 
                including ``war-stoppers''.
                    (F) Personnel:
                            (i) Recruiting and retention bonuses to 
                        maintain end-strength.
                            (ii) Basic Pay and the Basic allowances for 
                        Housing and Subsistence for permanently 
                        authorized end strength.
                            (iii) Individual augmentees on a case-by-
                        case basis.
                    (G) Support for the personnel, operations, or the 
                construction or maintenance of facilities at United 
                States Offices of Security Cooperation in theater.
                    (H) Costs for reconfiguring prepositioned supplies 
                and equipment or for maintaining them.
            (4) Items proposed for increases in reprogrammings or as 
        payback for prior reprogrammings must meet the criteria above.

SEC. 7. INCREASE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF FEDERAL BUILDINGS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Private sector funding and expertise can help address 
        the energy efficiency challenges facing the United States.
            (2) The Federal Government spends more than $6 billion 
        annually in energy costs.
            (3) Reducing Federal energy costs can help save money, 
        create jobs, and reduce waste.
            (4) Energy savings performance contracts and utility energy 
        savings contracts are tools for utilizing private sector 
        investment to upgrade Federal facilities without any up-front 
        cost to the taxpayer.
            (5) Performance contracting is a way to retrofit Federal 
        buildings using private sector investment in the absence of 
        appropriated dollars. Retrofits seek to reduce energy use, 
        improve infrastructure, protect national security, and cut 
        facility operations and maintenance costs.
    (b) Use of Energy and Water Efficiency Measures in Federal 
Buildings.--
            (1) Implementation of identified energy and water 
        efficiency measures.--Section 543(f)(4) of the National Energy 
        Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8253(f)(4)) is amended to 
        read as follows:
            ``(4) Implementation of identified energy and water 
        efficiency measures.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the 
                completion of each evaluation under paragraph (3), each 
                energy manager shall consider--
                            ``(i) implementing any energy- or water-
                        saving or conservation measure that the Federal 
                        agency identified in the evaluation conducted 
                        under paragraph (3) that is life cycle cost-
                        effective; and
                            ``(ii) bundling individual measures of 
                        varying paybacks together into combined 
                        projects.
                    ``(B) Measures not implemented.--The energy 
                manager, as part of the certification system under 
                paragraph (7) and using guidelines developed by the 
                Secretary, shall provide reasons for not implementing 
                any life cycle cost-effective measures under 
                subparagraph (A).''.
            (2) Annual contracting goal.--Section 543(f)(10)(C) of the 
        National Energy Conservation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
        8253(f)(10)(C)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Each Federal agency'' and 
                inserting the following:
                            ``(i) In general.--Each Federal agency''; 
                        and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                            ``(ii) Tracking.--Each Federal agency shall 
                        use the benchmarking systems selected or 
                        developed for the agency under paragraph (8) to 
                        track energy savings realized by the agency 
                        through the implementation of energy- or water-
                        saving or conservation measures pursuant to 
                        paragraph (4), and shall submit information 
                        regarding such savings to the Secretary to be 
                        published on a public website of the Department 
                        of Energy.
                            ``(iii) Consideration.--Each Federal agency 
                        shall consider using energy savings performance 
                        contracts or utility energy service contracts 
                        to implement energy- or water-saving or 
                        conservation measures pursuant to paragraph 
                        (4).
                            ``(iv) Contracting goal.--It shall be the 
                        goal of the Federal Government, in the 
                        implementation of energy- or water-saving or 
                        conservation measures pursuant to paragraph 
                        (4), to enter into energy savings performance 
                        contracts or utility energy service contracts 
                        equal to $1,000,000,000 in each year during the 
                        5-year period beginning on January 1, 2014.
                            ``(v) Report to congress.--Not later than 
                        September 30 of each year during the 5-year 
                        period referred to in clause (iv), each Federal 
                        agency shall submit to the Secretary 
                        information regarding progress made by the 
                        agency towards achieving the goal described in 
                        such clause. Not later than 60 days after each 
                        such September 30, the Secretary, acting 
                        through the Federal Energy Management Program, 
                        shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
                        Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
                        the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 
                        of the Senate a report describing the progress 
                        made by the Federal Government towards 
                        achieving such goal.''.

SEC. 8. REDUCE REDUNDANT HEALTH PAYMENTS FOR SENIORS.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
cooperation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of 
Defense, shall conduct a study examining the extent to which payments 
may be made under both the Medicare Advantage program and under the 
veterans health care system or the TRICARE program for health care 
furnished to individuals who are eligible under such Medicare Advantage 
program and the veterans health care system or the TRICARE program.
    (b) Report.--The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the 
study conducted under subsection (a). The report shall contain 
recommendations that--
            (1) preserve access to benefits under the Medicare program 
        for individuals eligible for such benefits;
            (2) focus on satisfaction and health outcomes of such 
        individuals with respect to such benefits;
            (3) provide for the efficient use of Federal funds;
            (4) account for the adequacy of the veterans health care 
        system and the TRICARE program; and
            (5) minimize disruption to the availability of Medicare 
        Advantage plans and networks of providers participating in such 
        plans.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``Medicare Advantage program'' means the 
        program under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
            (2) The term ``TRICARE program'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 1072(7) of title 10, United States Code.
            (3) The term ``veterans health care system'' means the 
        health care system established under section 1705 of title 38, 
        United States Code.

SEC. 9. EFFICIENT MEDICARE BILLING.

    (a) Option To Receive Medicare Summary Notice Electronically.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1806 of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1395b-7) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following new subsection:
    ``(c) Format of Statements From Secretary.--
            ``(1) Electronic option beginning in 2015.--Subject to 
        paragraph (2), for statements described in subsection (a) that 
        are furnished for a period in 2015 or a subsequent year, in the 
        case that an individual described in subsection (a) elects, in 
        accordance with such form, manner, and time specified by the 
        Secretary, to receive such statement in an electronic format, 
        such statement shall be furnished to such individual for each 
        period subsequent to such election in such a format and shall 
        not be mailed to the individual.
            ``(2) One-time revocation option.--An individual who makes 
        an election described in paragraph (1) may revoke such election 
        once.
            ``(3) Notification.--The Secretary shall ensure that, in 
        the most cost effective manner and beginning January 1, 2017, a 
        clear notification of the option to elect to receive statements 
        described in subsection (a) in an electronic format is made 
        available, such as through the notices distributed under 
        section 1804, to individuals described in subsection (a).''.
            (2) Encouraged expansion of electronic statements.--To the 
        extent to which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        determines appropriate, the Secretary shall--
                    (A) apply an option similar to the option described 
                in subsection (c)(1) of section 1806 of the Social 
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395b-7) (relating to the 
                provision of the Medicare Summary Notice in an 
                electronic format), as added by subsection (a), to 
                other statements and notifications under title XVIII of 
                such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.); and
                    (B) provide such Medicare Summary Notice and any 
                such other statements and notifications on a more 
                frequent basis than is otherwise required under such 
                title.
    (b) Renewal of MAC Contracts.--Section 1874A(b)(1)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395kk-1(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``5 
years'' and inserting ``10 years''.
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