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I 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. __ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES M_. ______ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on ______________ A BILL To provide for spending reduction.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Spending Reduction Act of 2012.
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Table of contents
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 (Public Law 111–5; 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 (7 U.S.C. 2014) 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 (7 U.S.C. 2014) 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 style="OLC" id="HCF3A3A0FAD1B46BAB4F1A7B941F976DB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)) 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 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e))</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 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6))</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 (7 U.S.C. 2025) 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 (7 U.S.C. 2031(d)(1)(B)(ii)) 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 (7 U.S.C. 2029) 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 (7 U.S.C. 2025) 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 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(1)(A)) 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 (7 U.S.C. 2037(d)) 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 (7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 18031(a)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 300u–11) 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 (42 U.S.C. 18042(g)), the unobligated balance is rescinded.</text> </section> </subtitle> <subtitle id="H4E3CBC5C836C48CB9E1BDD7980DCEE35"> <enum>B</enum> <header>Medicaid</header> <section id="H46C9C4A540EE470DADCF2A97D3182761" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"> <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 (42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)(4)(C)(ii)) 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 id="HAC70601FACFD4FCEA7965BC6D0C745E1" commented="no"> <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 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9466AAFFE5CD4CEE89C4AF1DEEEB5382" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"> <enum>(1)</enum> <text>by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H507CFF2210F047C68F03A30C7025B4B9" commented="no"> <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 id="H364AD910096B431E86C46B0F8D32AE7D" commented="no"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0E6D62E8CD534DADABB8D74D3F858BFB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HAF00A9FD6ABB44D18533BDD96B660191" commented="no"> <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 (42 U.S.C. 1396a) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(d)(3)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) 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 Public Law 111–148) is amended by striking the third sentence of subparagraph (A).</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H68F7744BAE9849B59007DF60B8D25FF1" commented="no"> <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 id="H5980E03700A7426B8B88D32938E7A4EE" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"> <enum>214.</enum> <header>Medicaid payments to territories</header> <subsection id="H136DD8475EB745F598B50D4F88B24738" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <enum>(a)</enum> <header>Limit on payments</header> <text>Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H371C0DBE8F6C498298FF603440858913" commented="no"> <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 id="HF6CE76E54B544AA39BBD1CA27813DC3D" commented="no"> <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 id="H7F078ABDC2974B0AAA41D64FE4CB7ECF" commented="no"> <enum>(3)</enum> <text>by striking paragraph (5).</text> </paragraph> </subsection> <subsection id="H042CC14530314656871D5D1767C5F352" commented="no"> <enum>(b)</enum> <header>FMAP</header> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first sentence of section 1905(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(a)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(n)(2)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1397kk(b)(3)) 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> <toc container-level="title-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H8FEA42E6A4814C528D566D3C5BF9B3EA" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded"> <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 style="OLC" id="H722A58274E8F43EAA4EDD243C73B399D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HA31C4497C66E4F26BFC05B0D9F916E84"> <enum>(A)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">require the company to file a petition for bankruptcy under section 301 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 (12 U.S.C. 1820(b)(3)) 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 (12 U.S.C. 5230) 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 section 101 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 section 1126 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 style="OLC" id="H6643898B5EC4457F95D51E3F428A34CE" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 chapter 35 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> (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) or section 351 of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 262) 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 (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.)).</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 (21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1) and (h)) and section 351(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="PHSA">Public Health Service Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 262(a)), 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 chapter 171 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">Section 8334(c) 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 id="H65C4F9B066F341D181B370B61B04ECB2" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 id="HF68E301007A94183BEF9B538827A322D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 id="HBFA02903284B46E2BD4FED985C354EF0" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 id="H675CBC75311842F5ACC969EAC4B6A270" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 id="HA9186E078A174AC284AD15F8305563E6" display-inline="yes-display-inline"> <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 section 2003 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>Section 8334(a)(1)(B) 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>Section 8422(a)(3) 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 id="HE367C945C5864D87847070ABB0D5ED06" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 id="H8953822C30714135B544CC77DA628439" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 id="H83FC50AD85434FE09F152F7A5FB6739E" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 id="H7515C88E2CEA4090B27F9FF57BCF2628" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 id="H6D92BE533CB041D7BD635B44DC8D3F35" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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>Section 8423(a)(2) 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 style="USC" id="H0AA6117D475144C6B8067408589E5617" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H08D905A39C19483BAAE3295D8069C659" indent="up2"> <enum>(B)</enum> <clause id="H2A1C07C29A1F4EEF9137D120DD3CDB46" display-inline="yes-display-inline"> <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">Section 8421(a) 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>Section 8351(b) 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 style="USC" id="H1C13898C767E4B4CA68CB7E767BE4D68" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="H6F1A14246C8A4AE49D95ACAD6EB2EF76" indent="up1"> <enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph id="H1363720192A8468DA7A8E940F3BC03B2" display-inline="yes-display-inline"> <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>Section 8432(a) 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 style="USC" id="H82498CE54AE64AB2AA5B3F136A060A57" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H52962BCB664F4402A4DE00CF267B434D"> <enum>(a)</enum> <paragraph id="HFB57295E36E448BDBD235CBACEB41495" display-inline="yes-display-inline"> <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 style="USC" id="H02B2334ED672482E83C768D68F801D18" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 section 36B(f) 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 style="OLC" id="H184D033D6F43456990F696CEBD137525" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 section 24 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 (42 U.S.C. 1397–1397f) 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 (42 U.S.C. 604(d)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 622(b)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 672(h)(1)) is amended by striking the 2nd sentence.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H09D42D83685B4A2481D36BE2F8C69C50"> <enum>(5)</enum> <text>Section 473(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673(b)) 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 id="HED8855B90D794AF3BB0C47C2D3336EA1" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <enum>(6)</enum> <text>Section 504(b)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 704(b)(6)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking the penultimate sentence.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H365B3F8C44C84475AC7026389413825B"> <enum>(8)</enum> <text>Section 1128(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(h)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1320b–2(a)(1)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(F)(iii)) 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 id="HED92ED007E5F4923876980DA09A7EACB" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <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 (7 U.S.C. 2025(k)(5)(B)(i)) 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 (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(3)) 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 (8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(I)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 1766) 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 (25 U.S.C. 1931(b)) 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>Section 3803(c)(2)(C) 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>Section 14502(d)(3) 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 (42 U.S.C. 300z–5(a)(15)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 3013(b)(3)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 3020d) 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 (42 U.S.C. 3026(d)) 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 (42 U.S.C. 8624) 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 (42 U.S.C. 10901) is repealed.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H989FA08DE0D346C9B370463F229B41CD"> <enum>(27)</enum> <text>Section 3(d)(1) of the Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14402(d)(1)) 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 pursuant to section 251A of such Act shall have no force or effect.</text> </section>