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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5196 

To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement for 

the Federal Government. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2014 

Mr. COFFMAN (for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways 

and Means, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, House Administration, 

and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue 

enhancement for the Federal Government. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Unified Savings and Accountability Act’’ or the ‘‘USA 

6 Act’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, 

FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

Subtitle A—Amendments and Other Provisions Relating to Federal Property, 

Federal Contracts, and Information Technology 

Sec. 101. Promotion of competition in Federal contracting. 

Sec. 102. Promotion of strategic sourcing in Federal contracting. 

Sec. 103. Avoiding duplicative information technology investments. 

Sec. 104. Strengthening oversight of information technology investments. 

Sec. 105. Strengthening oversight of information technology operations. 

Sec. 106. Promotion of reverse auctions in Federal contracting. 

Sec. 107. Creation of long-term strategy for targeted ownership investments to 

replace some high-value leases. 

Subtitle B—Data Center Consolidation 

Sec. 111. Purpose. 

Sec. 112. Definitions. 

Sec. 113. Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative. 

Sec. 114. Performance requirements related to data center consolidation. 

Sec. 115. Cost savings related to data center optimization. 

Sec. 116. Reporting requirements to Congress and the Federal Chief Information Officer. 

Sec. 117. Reduction and consolidation of data centers. 

TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

Sec. 201. Report on implementation of certain Medicare and Medicaid fraud 

detection and program integrity provisions. 

Sec. 202. Revocation or denial of passport and passport card in case of certain 

tax delinquencies. 

Sec. 203. Prohibition on non-cost-effective minting and printing of coins and 

currency. 

Sec. 204. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies of Congressional documents. 

Sec. 205. Replacing the $1 note with the $1 coin. 

Sec. 206. Enhancing the Internal Revenue Service’s online services. 

Sec. 207. Improving foreclosure loss mitigation efforts for mortgages made, insured, or guaranteed by Federal agencies. 


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1 TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING 

2 TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, FED3 ERAL CONTRACTS AND IN4 FORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

5 Subtitle A—Amendments and 

6 Other Provisions Relating to 

7 Federal Property, Federal Con8 tracts, and Information Tech9 nology 

10 SEC. 101. PROMOTION OF COMPETITION IN FEDERAL CON11 TRACTING. 

12 (a) OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY.— 

13 Not later than six months after the date of enactment of 

14 this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Pol15 icy shall issue guidance to Federal agencies to reinvigorate 

16 the role of the competition advocate, consistent with the 

17 recommendations of the Government Accountability Office 

18 in its report GAO–10–833 (July 26, 2010). 

19 (b) ELEMENTS OF GUIDANCE.—The guidance issued 

20 pursuant to subsection (a) shall include key factors agen21 cies should consider in appointing and utilizing competi22 tion advocates, such as placement within the organization, 

23 skill set, and potential methods to effectively carry out 

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1 petition advocates to actively involve program offices in 

2 highlighting opportunities to increase competition. 

3 SEC. 102. PROMOTION OF STRATEGIC SOURCING IN FED4 ERAL CONTRACTING. 

5 (a) SAVINGS GOALS.—Not later than six months 

6 after the date of enactment of this Act, and for 4 years 

7 annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Manage8 ment and Budget shall issue Government-wide savings 

9 goals for the strategic sourcing of goods and services by 

10 executive agencies required to designate or appoint a Chief 

11 Financial Officer as set forth in section 901 of title 31, 

12 United States Code. The Director may issue goals re13 quired by this section that are customized to individual 

14 agencies or sourcing efforts. 

15 (b) MATTERS COVERED.—In complying with sub16 section (a), the Director shall provide at a minimum— 

17 (1) guidance to executive agencies on calcu18 lating savings generated from strategic sourcing ef19 forts; and 

20 (2) standards to measure progress towards 

21 meeting savings goals established by subsection (a). 

22 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the date 

23 of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Con24 gress a report on the extent of savings realized through 

25 the strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive 


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1 agencies during the period Government-wide savings goals 

2 are required to be issued pursuant to subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 103. AVOIDING DUPLICATIVE INFORMATION TECH4 NOLOGY INVESTMENTS. 

5 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to im6 prove transparency in order to ensure that agencies avoid 

7 making duplicative information technology investments. 

8 (b) REPORTING POTENTIAL DUPLICATION.— 

9 (1) RESPONSIBILITY OF AGENCY CHIEF INFOR10 MATION OFFICERS.—Each agency chief information 

11 officer shall utilize existing or newly developed trans12 parency mechanisms to report to the Director of the 

13 Office of Management and Budget, not later than 

14 six months after the date of enactment of this Act 

15 and at least annually thereafter, on the results of 

16 the agency’s efforts to identify and eliminate, where 

17 appropriate, each potentially duplicative information 

18 technology investment. 

19 (2) FUNCTIONS OF THE DIRECTOR.—Not later 

20 than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 

22 Budget shall issue a policy requiring consistency 

23 among all agencies in identifying information tech24 nology investments in any required reporting, and 

25 such investments shall include applicable research 


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1 and development projects and mission-essential sys2 tems. 

3 SEC. 104. STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT OF INFORMATION 

4 TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS. 

5 Section 11303(b) of title 40, United States Code, is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para8 graph (6); and 

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol10 lowing new paragraph (5): 

11 ‘‘(5) ANALYSES OF INVESTMENTS IN OPER12 ATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—The Director shall re13 quire each executive agency to develop a policy con14 sistent with OMB guidance for performing analysis 

15 on each operational/steady state information tech16 nology investment to measure how well the invest17 ment is achieving expected cost, schedule, perform18 ance, and other goals, and to determine whether the 

19 investment provides the most cost effective way of 

20 delivering business value. The agencies shall conduct 

21 these operational analyses on a yearly basis and 

22 shall report the results to the Director and through 

23 existing or newly developed transparency mecha24 nisms.’’. 


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1 SEC. 105. STRENGTHENING OVERSIGHT OF INFORMATION 

2 TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS. 

3 (a) IMPROVEMENT OF PORTFOLIOSTAT IMPLEMEN4 TATION.—Not later than six months after the date of en5 actment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage6 ment and Budget shall carry out the following, consistent 

7 with the recommendations of the Government Account8 ability Office in its report GAO–14–343SP (April 2014): 

9 (1) Issue guidance for the Secretaries of Agri10 culture, Commerce, Defense, Housing and Urban 

11 Development, the Interior, and Labor, and the agen12 cy heads of the Environmental Protection Agency, 

13 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Per14 sonnel Management, Small Business Administration, 

15 Social Security Administration, and U.S. Agency for 

16 International Development, to complete their com17 modity IT baselines (as part of PortfolioStat). 

18 (2) Require the Secretaries of Defense, Housing 

19 and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor, State, 

20 Transportation, and Veterans Affairs, and the agen21 cy heads of the Environmental Protection Agency, 

22 General Services Administration, National Aero23 nautics and Space Administration, Office of Per24 sonnel Management, Social Security Administration, 

25 and U.S. Agency for International Development, to 

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1 ment’s or agency’s progress in the migration of two 

2 commodity IT areas (enterprise IT systems and IT 

3 infrastructure) to a shared service. 

4 (b) REQUIRED ACTIONS BY FEDERAL CHIEF INFOR5 MATION OFFICER.— 

6 (1) The Director of the Office of Management 

7 and Budget shall direct the Federal Chief Informa8 tion Officer to take the following actions, consistent 

9 with the recommendations of the Government Ac10 countability Office in its report GAO–14–343SP 

11 (April 2014) and as part of integrated data collec12 tion quarterly reporting: 

13 (A) Require that agencies— 

14 (i) describe the actions that have been 

15 taken to ensure the completeness of their 

16 commodity IT baseline information; and 

17 (ii) identify any limitation in such in18 formation. 

19 (B) Require agencies to report on the 

20 progress of their efforts to migrate two com21 modity IT areas (enterprise IT systems and IT 

22 infrastructure) to a shared service. 

23 (C) Require agencies to fully disclose any 

24 limitations their chief information officers 

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1 sponsibilities provided by law and the 2013 

2 PortfolioStat guidance of the Office of Manage3 ment and Budget. 

4 (D) Require agencies to disclose the limita5 tions of any data reported (or disclose the pa6 rameters and assumptions of these data) on the 

7 agencies’ data consolidation efforts and associ8 ated cost savings and cost avoidance. 

9 (E) Require agencies to improve trans10 parency of and accountability for PortfolioStat 

11 by publicly disclosing planned and actual data 

12 consolidation efforts and related cost savings. 

13 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) PORTFOLIOSTAT.—The term 

15 ‘‘PortfolioStat’’ refers to the initiative launched by 

16 the Office of Management and budget in March 

17 2012 to maximize the return on information tech18 nology investments across the Federal Government. 

19 (2) IT.—The term ‘‘IT’’ means information 

20 technology. 

21 SEC. 106. PROMOTION OF REVERSE AUCTIONS IN FEDERAL 

22 CONTRACTING. 

23 (a) REVISION OF FAR.—Not later than six months 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 

25 Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to address reverse 


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1 auctions by Federal agencies, including how and when 

2 they should be used, the roles and responsibilities of con3 tracting officers, and what agencies should do if there is 

4 no interactive bidding during an auction. 

5 (b) GUIDANCE ON REVERSE AUCTIONS.—Not later 

6 than six months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

7 the Director of Office of Management and Budget shall, 

8 consistent with the recommendations of the Government 

9 Accountability Office on reverse auctions in its report 

10 GAO–14–343SP (April 2014), issue Government-wide 

11 guidance— 

12 (1) advising agencies to collect and analyze data 

13 on the level of interactive bidding and, where appli14 cable, fees paid, to determine the cost effectiveness 

15 of using reverse auctions in the procurement of 

16 goods or services; and 

17 (2) on best practices to maximize competition 

18 and savings in the use of reverse auctions. 

19 SEC. 107. CREATION OF LONG-TERM STRATEGY FOR TAR20 GETED OWNERSHIP INVESTMENTS TO RE21 PLACE SOME HIGH-VALUE LEASES. 

22 Not later than six months after the date of the enact23 ment of the Act, the Administrator of General Services 

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1 ommendations of the Government Accountability Office in 

2 its report GAO–14–343SP: 

3 (1) Develop and use criteria to rank and 

4 prioritize potential long-term ownership solutions to 

5 current high-value leases among other capital invest6 ments and use this ranking to create long-term cross 

7 agency strategy that facilitates consideration of tar8 geted investments in ownership. 

9 (2) Report to the appropriate congressional 

10 committees any leases above the prospectus thresh11 old that did not follow the congressional prospectus 

12 process and include in the lease prospectus a de13 scription of the length of time that an agency esti14 mates it will need the space, an historical account of 

15 how long the agency will need to make the leased 

16 space meet its mission. For the spaces for which an 

17 agency has a long-term projected need, also include 

18 an appropriate form of cost-to-lease versus cost-to19 own alternatives analysis to facilitate the evaluation. 

20 Subtitle B—Data Center 

21 Consolidation 

22 SEC. 111. PURPOSE. 

23 The purpose of this subtitle is to optimize Federal 

24 data center usage and efficiency. 


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1 SEC. 112. DEFINITIONS. 

2 In this subtitle: 

3 (1) FEDERAL DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION INI4 TIATIVE.—The term ‘‘Federal Data Center Optimi5 zation Initiative’’ or the ‘‘Initiative’’ means the ini6 tiative developed and implemented by the Director, 

7 through the Federal Chief Information Officer, as 

8 required under section 113. 

9 (2) COVERED AGENCY.—The term ‘‘covered 

10 agency’’ means any agency included in the Federal 

11 Data Center Optimization Initiative. 

12 (3) FEDERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.— 

13 The term ‘‘Federal Chief Information Officer’’ 

14 means the Administrator of the Office of Electronic 

15 Government established under section 3602 of title 

16 44, United States Code. 

17 (4) DATA CENTER.—The term ‘‘data center’’ 

18 means a closet, room, floor, or building for the stor19 age, management, and dissemination of data and in20 formation, as defined by the Federal Chief Informa21 tion Officer under guidance issued pursuant to this 

22 section. 

23 (5) FEDERAL DATA CENTER.—The term ‘‘Fed24 eral data center’’ means any data center of a cov25 ered agency used or operated by a covered agency, 


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1 by a contractor of a covered agency, or by another 

2 organization on behalf of a covered agency. 

3 (6) SERVER UTILIZATION.—The term ‘‘server 

4 utilization’’ refers to the activity level of a server rel5 ative to its maximum activity level, expressed as a 

6 percentage. 

7 (7) POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS.—The term 

8 ‘‘power usage effectiveness’’ means the ratio ob9 tained by dividing the total amount of electricity and 

10 other power consumed in running a data center by 

11 the power consumed by the information and commu12 nications technology in the data center. 

13 SEC. 113. FEDERAL DATA CENTER OPTIMIZATION INITIA14 TIVE. 

15 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR INITIATIVE.—The Federal 

16 Chief Information Officer, in consultation with the chief 

17 information officers of covered agencies, shall develop and 

18 implement an initiative, to be known as the Federal Data 

19 Center Optimization Initiative, to optimize the usage and 

20 efficiency of Federal data centers by meeting the require21 ments of this Act and taking additional measures, as ap22 propriate. 

23 (b) REQUIREMENT FOR PLAN.—Within 6 months 

24 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal 

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1 information officers of covered agencies, shall develop and 

2 submit to Congress a plan for implementation of the Ini3 tiative required by subsection (a) by each covered agency. 

4 In developing the plan, the Federal Chief Information Of5 ficer shall take into account the findings and recommenda6 tions of the Comptroller General review required by sec7 tion 115(e). 

8 (c) MATTERS COVERED.—The plan shall include— 

9 (1) descriptions of how covered agencies will 

10 use reductions in floor space, energy use, infrastruc11 ture, equipment, applications, personnel, increases in 

12 multiorganizational use, and other appropriate meth13 ods to meet the requirements of the initiative; and 

14 (2) appropriate consideration of shifting feder15 ally owned data centers to commercially owned data 

16 centers. 

17 SEC. 114. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO 

18 DATA CENTER CONSOLIDATION. 

19 (a) SERVER UTILIZATION.—Each covered agency 

20 may use the following methods to achieve the maximum 

21 server utilization possible as determined by the Federal 

22 Chief Information Officer: 

23 (1) The closing of existing data centers that 

24 lack adequate server utilization, as determined by 

25 the Federal Chief Information Officer. If the agency 


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1 fails to close such data centers, the agency shall pro2 vide a detailed explanation as to why this data cen3 ter should remain in use as part of the submitted 

4 plan. The Federal Chief Information Officer shall in5 clude an assessment of the agency explanation in the 

6 annual report to Congress. 

7 (2) The consolidation of services within existing 

8 data centers to increase server utilization rates. 

9 (3) Any other method that the Federal Chief 

10 Information Officer, in consultation with the chief 

11 information officers of covered agencies, determines 

12 necessary to optimize server utilization. 

13 (b) POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS.—Each covered 

14 agency may use the following methods to achieve the max15 imum energy efficiency possible as determined by the Fed16 eral Chief Information Officer: 

17 (1) The use of the measurement of power usage 

18 effectiveness to calculate data center energy effi19 ciency. 

20 (2) The use of power meters in data centers to 

21 frequently measure power consumption over time. 

22 (3) The establishment of power usage effective23 ness goals for each data center. 

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1 (A) temperature and airflow in data cen2 ters; and 

3 (B) power supply efficiency. 

4 (5) The implementation of any other method 

5 that the Federal Chief Information Officer, in con6 sultation with the Chief Information Officers of cov7 ered agencies, determines necessary to optimize data 

8 center energy efficiency. 

9 SEC. 115. COST SAVINGS RELATED TO DATA CENTER OPTI10 MIZATION. 

11 (a) REQUIREMENT TO TRACK COSTS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each covered agency shall 

13 track costs resulting from implementation of the 

14 Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative within 

15 the agency and submit a report on those costs annu16 ally to the Federal Chief Information Officer. Cov17 ered agencies shall determine the net costs from 

18 data consolidation on an annual basis. 

19 (2) FACTORS.—In calculating net costs each 

20 year under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall 

21 use the following factors: 

22 (A) Energy costs. 

23 (B) Personnel costs. 

24 (C) Real estate costs. 

25 (D) Capital expense costs. 


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1 (E) Operating system, database, and other 

2 software license expense costs. 

3 (F) Other appropriate costs, as determined 

4 by the agency in consultation with the Federal 

5 Chief Information Officer. 

6 (b) REQUIREMENT TO TRACK SAVINGS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each covered agency shall 

8 track savings resulting from implementation of the 

9 Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative within 

10 the agency and submit a report on those savings an11 nually to the Federal Chief Information Officer. 

12 Covered agencies shall determine the net savings 

13 from data consolidation on an annual basis. 

14 (2) FACTORS.—In calculating net savings each 

15 year under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall 

16 use the following factors: 

17 (A) Energy savings. 

18 (B) Personnel savings. 

19 (C) Real estate savings. 

20 (D) Capital expense savings. 

21 (E) Operating system, database, and other 

22 software license expense savings. 

23 (F) Other appropriate savings, as deter24 mined by the agency in consultation with the 

25 Federal Chief Information Officer. 


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1 (c) REQUIREMENT TO USE COST-EFFECTIVE MEAS2 URES.—Covered agencies shall use the most cost-effective 

3 measures to implement the Federal Data Center Optimi4 zation Initiative. 

5 (d) USE OF SAVINGS.—Any savings resulting from 

6 implementation of the Federal Data Center Optimization 

7 Initiative within a covered agency shall be used for the 

8 following purposes: 

9 (1) To offset the costs of implementing the Ini10 tiative within the agency. 

11 (2) To further enhance information technology 

12 capabilities and services within the agency. 

13 (e) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE14 VIEW.—Not later than 3 months after the date of the en15 actment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 

16 States shall examine methods for calculating savings from 

17 the Initiative and using them for the purposes identified 

18 in subsection (d), including establishment and use of a 

19 special revolving fund that supports data centers and serv20 er optimization, and shall submit to the Federal Chief In21 formation Officer and Congress a report on the Comp22 troller General’s findings and recommendations. 


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1 SEC. 116. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO CONGRESS AND 

2 THE FEDERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFI3 CER. 

4 (a) AGENCY REQUIREMENT TO REPORT TO CIO.— 

5 Each year, each covered agency shall submit to the Fed6 eral Chief Information Officer a report on the implementa7 tion of the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative, 

8 including savings resulting from such implementation. The 

9 report shall include an update of the agency’s plan for im10 plementing the Initiative. 

11 (b) FEDERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER RE12 QUIREMENT TO REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Each year, the 

13 Federal Chief Information Officer shall submit to the rel14 evant congressional committees a report that assesses 

15 agency progress in carrying out the Federal Data Center 

16 Optimization Initiative and updates the plan under section 

17 113. The report may be included as part of the annual 

18 report required under section 3606 of title 44, United 

19 States Code. 

20 SEC. 117. REDUCTION AND CONSOLIDATION OF DATA CEN21 TERS. 

22 (a) OMB RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than 6 

23 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

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1 ommendations for reducing or consolidating the number 

2 of Federal data centers in existence as of the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act— 

4 (1) by at least 40 percent not later than Sep5 tember 30, 2018; and 

6 (2) by at least 80 percent not later than Sep7 tember 30, 2023. 

8 (b) REDUCTION OF DATA CENTERS.—Not later than 

9 6 months after the issuance of recommendations by the 

10 Director of the Office of Management and Budget under 

11 subsection (a), the head of each executive agency shall im12 plement the recommendations by reducing the number of 

13 Federal data centers in accordance with such rec14 ommendations. 

15 TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 

16 SEC. 201. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN 

17 MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD DETEC18 TION AND PROGRAM INTEGRITY PROVISIONS. 

19 Section 1128J(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7k(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at 

21 the end the following new clause: 

22 ‘‘(iii) REPORT ON INTEGRATED DATA

23 REPOSITORY AND ONE PROGRAM INTEG24 RITY SYSTEM.—Not later than six months 

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1 the Secretary shall submit to the appro2 priate congressional committees a report 

3 on the following: 

4 ‘‘(I) INTEGRATED DATA REPOSI5 TORY.—Efforts to finalize plans and 

6 schedules for fully implementing and 

7 expanding the use of the Integrated 

8 Data Repository, including actions 

9 taken to finalize, implement, and 

10 manage plans for incorporating data 

11 into the Integrated Data Repository 

12 and actions taken to define measur13 able financial benefits expected from 

14 the implementation of the Integrated 

15 Data Repository. 

16 ‘‘(II) ONE PROGRAM INTEGRITY

17 SYSTEM.—Actions taken to plan, 

18 schedule, and conduct training on the 

19 One Program Integrity System, a 

20 Web-based portal and suite of soft21 ware tools used to analyze and extract 

22 data from the Integrated Data Repos23 itory, and actions taken to define 

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1 from the use of the One Program In2 tegrity System.’’. 

3 SEC. 202. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT AND 

4 PASSPORT CARD IN CASE OF CERTAIN TAX 

5 DELINQUENCIES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the 

7 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 

8 the end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 7345. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT AND 

10 PASSPORT CARD IN CASE OF CERTAIN TAX 

11 DELINQUENCIES. 

12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary receives certifi13 cation by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that any 

14 individual has a seriously delinquent tax debt in an 

15 amount in excess of $50,000, the Secretary shall transmit 

16 such certification to the Secretary of State for action with 

17 respect to denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport 

18 or passport card pursuant to section 4 of the Act entitled 

19 ‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 

20 and for other purposes’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 

21 211a et seq.), commonly known as the ‘Passport Act of 

22 1926’. 

23 ‘‘(b) SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT.—For pur24 poses of this section, the term ‘seriously delinquent tax 

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1 a notice of lien has been filed in public records pursuant 

2 to section 6323 or a notice of levy has been filed pursuant 

3 to section 6331, except that such term does not include— 

4 ‘‘(1) a debt that is being paid in a timely man5 ner pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or 

6 7122, and 

7 ‘‘(2) a debt with respect to which collection is 

8 suspended because a collection due process hearing 

9 under section 6330, or relief under subsection (b), 

10 (c), or (f) of section 6015, is requested or pending. 

11 ‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—In the case of 

12 a calendar year beginning after 2015, the dollar amount 

13 in subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount equal 

14 to— 

15 ‘‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by— 

16 ‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 

17 under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, deter18 mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2014’ for ‘cal19 endar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof. If 

20 any amount as adjusted under the preceding sen21 tence is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount shall 

22 be rounded to the next highest multiple of $1,000.’’. 

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

24 for subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue 


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1 Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 7345. Revocation or denial of passport and passport card in case of certain tax delinquencies.’’. 

3 (c) AUTHORITY FOR INFORMATION SHARING.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (l) of section 

5 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

6 amended by adding at the end the following new 

7 paragraph: 

8 ‘‘(23) DISCLOSURE OF RETURN INFORMATION

9 TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR PURPOSES OF PASS10 PORT AND PASSPORT CARD REVOCATION UNDER

11 SECTION 7345.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, 

13 upon receiving a certification described in sec14 tion 7345, disclose to the Secretary of State re15 turn information with respect to a taxpayer who 

16 has a seriously delinquent tax debt described in 

17 such section. Such return information shall be 

18 limited to— 

19 ‘‘(i) the taxpayer identity information 

20 with respect to such taxpayer, and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the amount of such seriously de22 linquent tax debt. 

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1 (A) may be used by officers and employees of 

2 the Department of State for the purposes of, 

3 and to the extent necessary in, carrying out the 

4 requirements of section 4 of the Act entitled 

5 ‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of 

6 passports, and for other purposes’, approved 

7 July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), com8 monly known as the ‘Passport Act of 1926’.’’. 

9 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) 

10 of section 6103(p) of such Code is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘or (22)’’ each place it appears in subparagraph 

12 (F)(ii) and in the matter preceding subparagraph 

13 (A) and inserting ‘‘(22), or (23)’’. 

14 (d) REVOCATION AUTHORIZATION.—The Act entitled 

15 ‘‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 

16 and for other purposes.’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 

17 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known as the ‘‘Passport 

18 Act of 1926’’, is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT AND 

21 PASSPORT CARD. 

22 ‘‘(a) INELIGIBILITY.— 

23 ‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—Except as provided under 

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1 Code of 1986 from the Secretary of the Treasury, 

2 the Secretary of State may not issue a passport or 

3 passport card to any individual who has a seriously 

4 delinquent tax debt described in such section. 

5 ‘‘(2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of State 

6 shall revoke a passport or passport card previously 

7 issued to any individual described in paragraph (1). 

8 ‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUA10 TIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Sec11 retary of State may issue a passport or passport 

12 card, in emergency circumstances or for humani13 tarian reasons, to an individual described in para14 graph (1) of such subsection. 

15 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION FOR RETURN TO UNITED

16 STATES.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the 

17 Secretary of State, before revocation, may— 

18 ‘‘(A) limit a previously issued passport or 

19 passport card only for return travel to the 

20 United States; or 

21 ‘‘(B) issue a limited passport or passport 

22 card that only permits return travel to the 

23 United States.’’. 

24 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

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1 SEC. 203. PROHIBITION ON NON-COST-EFFECTIVE MINTING 

2 AND PRINTING OF COINS AND CURRENCY. 

3 (a) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO COINS.—Sec4 tion 5111 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 

5 adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MINTING.—Notwith7 standing any other provision of this subchapter, after the 

8 end of the 4-year period following the date of the enact9 ment of this subsection, the Secretary may not mint or 

10 issue any circulating coin that costs more to produce than 

11 the denomination of the coin (including labor, materials, 

12 dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and 

13 shipping).’’. 

14 (b) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO CURRENCY.— 

15 Section 5114(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amend16 ed by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(4) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN PRINTING.— 

18 Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub19 chapter, after the end of the 4-year period following 

20 the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the 

21 Secretary may not engrave or print any United 

22 States currency that costs more to produce than the 

23 denomination of the currency (including labor, mate24 rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 

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1 SEC. 204. RESTRICTIONS ON PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION 

2 OF PAPER COPIES OF CONGRESSIONAL DOC3 UMENTS. 

4 (a) PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS

5 BY PUBLIC PRINTER.— 

6 (1) RESTRICTIONS.—Chapter 7 of title 44, 

7 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

8 end the following new section: 

9 ‘‘§ 742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of 

10 paper copies 

11 ‘‘(a) MANDATORY USE OF ELECTRONIC FORMAT FOR

12 DISTRIBUTION OF CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS.—Not13 withstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Pub14 lic Printer shall make any document of the House of Rep15 resentatives or Senate which is subject to any of the provi16 sions of this chapter available only in an electronic format 

17 which is accessible through the Internet, and may not 

18 print or distribute a printed copy of the document except 

19 as provided in subsection (b). 

20 ‘‘(b) PERMITTING PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF

21 PRINTED COPIES UPON REQUEST.—Notwithstanding 

22 subsection (a), at the request of any person to whom the 

23 Public Printer would have been required to provide a 

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1 and distribute a copy of a document or report for the use 

2 of that person, except that— 

3 ‘‘(1) the number of printed copies the Public 

4 Printer may provide to the person may not exceed 

5 the number of printed copies the Public Printer 

6 would have provided to the person had subsection 

7 (a) not been in effect; and 

8 ‘‘(2) the Public Printer may print and dis9 tribute copies to the person only upon payment by 

10 the person of the costs of printing and distributing 

11 the copies, except that this paragraph shall not 

12 apply to an office of the House of Representatives 

13 or Senate (including the office of a Member of Con14 gress).’’. 

15 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec16 tions of chapter 7 of such title is amended by adding 

17 at the end following new item: 

‘‘742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies.’’. 

18 (b) PROVISION OF DOCUMENTS IN ELECTRONIC

19 FORMAT DEEMED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSE

20 AND SENATE RULES REGARDING DISTRIBUTION OF

21 PRINTED COPIES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—If any rule or regulation of 

23 the House of Representatives or Senate requires a 

24 Member or committee to provide printed copies of 

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1 the use of the House or Senate or for the use of any 

2 office of the House or Senate, the Member or com3 mittee shall be considered to have met the require4 ment of the rule or regulation if the Member or com5 mittee makes the document available to the recipient 

6 in an electronic format. 

7 (2) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF

8 SENATE AND HOUSE.—This subsection is enacted by 

9 Congress— 

10 (A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 

11 of the Senate and House of Representatives, re12 spectively, and as such it is deemed a part of 

13 the rules of each House, respectively, and it su14 persedes other rules only to the extent that it 

15 is inconsistent with such rules; and 

16 (B) with full recognition of the constitu17 tional right of either House to change the rules 

18 (so far as relating to the procedure of that 

19 House) at any time, in the same manner, and 

20 to the same extent as in the case of any other 

21 rule of that House. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend23 ments made by this section shall apply with respect to doc24 uments produced on or after January 1, 2015. 


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1 SEC. 205. REPLACING THE $1 NOTE WITH THE $1 COIN. 

2 (a) DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE

3 FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM.— 

4 (1) COIN SEQUESTRATION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Within six months of 

6 the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of 

7 Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall 

8 sequester all $1 coins bearing the design com9 mon to those $1 coins minted and issued from 

10 1979–1981 and again in 1999. 

11 (B) TREATMENT OF COINS.—Coins seques12 tered pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall not 

13 be returned to ordinary circulation or otherwise 

14 released from storage controlled by the Federal 

15 Reserve System or an agent of the Federal Re16 serve System. 

17 (C) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN USES.—Not18 withstanding subparagraph (B), coins seques19 tered pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be re20 leased, at face value and in bulk quantities— 

21 (i) to dealers in collectible coins; and 

22 (ii) to countries that have adopted the 

23 United States dollar as their base unit of 

24 exchange. 

25 (D) OBSOLETE COINS.—At the end of the 

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1 actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treas2 ury shall declare all coins described under sub3 paragraph (A) to be obsolete, and such coins— 

4 (i) shall be treated in the same man5 ner as all other obsolete United States 

6 coins; and 

7 (ii) to the extent such coins remain in 

8 general circulation, shall remain legal ten9 der. 

10 (2) QUARTERLY REPORT ON $1 COINS.—The 

11 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

12 shall issue quarterly reports to the Committee on Fi13 nancial Services of the House of Representatives and 

14 the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af15 fairs of the Senate on— 

16 (A) the number of coins sequestered pursu17 ant to paragraph (1)(A); 

18 (B) the number of coins described in para19 graph (1)(A) that remain in general circulation; 

20 and 

21 (C) efforts that have been made to reduce 

22 the number of coins described in subparagraphs 

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1 (3) IMPROVEMENT OF CIRCULATION.—The 

2 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

3 shall— 

4 (A) undertake efforts to improve the cir5 culation and remove barriers to the circulation 

6 of the $1 coin, other than those coins described 

7 under paragraph (1)(A); 

8 (B) issue a quarterly report to the Com9 mittee on Financial Services of the House of 

10 Representatives and the Committee on Bank11 ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 

12 on— 

13 (i) what efforts have been made to im14 prove the circulation of $1 coins and what 

15 efforts are being planned to improve the 

16 circulation of $1 coins; 

17 (ii) the success of such efforts, includ18 ing an analysis of such coins held in stor19 age owned or controlled by the Federal Re20 serve System and the number of such coins 

21 in circulation; 

22 (iii) barriers to the circulation of such 

23 coins, including the availability of such 

24 coins in quantities unmixed with the $1 

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1 (iv) the extent to which the Federal 

2 Reserve System and any agents of the 

3 Federal Reserve System are unable to 

4 meet end-user requests for delivery of 

5 unmixed quantities of such coins in what6 ever form such end user requires, including 

7 rolls, disposable tubes, or volume bags of 

8 such coins. 

9 (4) OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.—The Board 

10 of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall 

11 continuously conduct outreach and education pro12 grams aimed at helping each business using or ac13 cepting cash to choose the best mix of $1 coins and 

14 banknotes to facilitate transactions and reduce costs 

15 of transactions and of ‘‘cashing out’’ at the end of 

16 a transaction period. 

17 (5) USE OF $1 COINS BY FOREIGN COUN18 TRIES.—The Board of Governors of the Federal Re19 serve System shall work with the Departments of 

20 State and the Treasury to ensure that countries that 

21 have adopted the dollar as a base unit of exchange 

22 and which place orders with the Federal Reserve 

23 System, or through any United States financial in24 stitution, for supplies of $1 monetary units, are fully 

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1 bility and longevity of $1 coins in high-circulation 

2 economies when used for transactions of a low dollar 

3 value. 

4 (b) PUBLICITY REQUIREMENT.—Section 5112(p)(2) 

5 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 

6 after ‘‘Mint’’ the following: ‘‘and the Board of Governors 

7 of the Federal Reserve System’’. 

8 (c) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 

9 the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the 

10 enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Comp11 troller General of the United States and the Inspector 

12 General of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau 

13 of Consumer Financial Protection shall each issue a report 

14 to the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 

16 and Urban Affairs of the Senate on steps being taken by 

17 the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

18 to carry out this Act. 

19 (d) CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO SEIGNIOR20 AGE.—The ninth proviso of section 5136 of title 31, 

21 United States Code, is amended, by inserting after ‘‘mis22 cellaneous receipts’’ the following: ‘‘and such amount shall 

23 be included as an estimated receipt of the Government and 

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1 respectively, of section 1105(a) in any budget submitted 

2 under such section’’. 

3 (e) POLICY STATEMENT.—It is the policy of the 

4 United States that after $1 coins achieve sufficient market 

5 penetration such that consumers and retailers are com6 fortable using $1 coins and are able to obtain adequate 

7 supplies of $1 coins, $1 coins should replace $1 Federal 

8 Reserve notes as the only $1 monetary unit issued and 

9 circulated by the Federal Reserve System. 

10 (f) DEADLINE FOR PLACING $1 FEDERAL RESERVE

11 NOTES INTO CIRCULATION.—Federal Reserve banks may 

12 continue to place into circulation $1 Federal Reserve notes 

13 until the earlier of— 

14 (1) the date on which the number of $1 coins 

15 placed into circulation after the date of the enact16 ment of this Act exceeds 600,000,000 annually; or 

17 (2) the date that is 4 years after the date of the 

18 enactment of this Act. 

19 (g) TRANSITION PERIOD.—After the date referred to 

20 in subsection (f), a Federal Reserve bank may not order 

21 additional $1 Federal Reserve notes but may, for a period 

22 of one year, continue to place into circulation $1 Federal 

23 Reserve notes on hand or those deposited with it, except 

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1 (h) REMOVAL OF UNFIT CURRENCY.—After the date 

2 referred to in subparagraph (f), a Federal Reserve bank 

3 shall continue to remove unfit currency from circulation, 

4 and shall continue to destroy such currency. 

5 (i) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsections (f) 

6 and (g), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

7 System shall produce such Federal Reserve notes of $1 

8 denomination as the Board determines from time to time 

9 are appropriate solely to meet the needs of collectors of 

10 that denomination. Such notes shall be issued by one or 

11 more Federal Reserve banks in accordance with section 

12 16 of the Federal Reserve Act and sold by the Board, in 

13 whole or in part, under procedures prescribed by the 

14 Board. 

15 (j) NO EFFECT ON LEGAL TENDER.—Notwith16 standing any other subsection of this section, $1 Federal 

17 Reserve notes are legal tender in the United States for 

18 all debts, public and private, public charges, taxes, and 

19 duties, regardless of the date of printing or issue. 

20 SEC. 206. ENHANCING THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE’S 

21 ONLINE SERVICES. 

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1 ment Accountability Office in its report GAO–14–343SP 

2 (April, 2014): 

3 (1) Develop a long-term strategy to improve 

4 web services provided to taxpayers, in accordance 

5 with www.Howto.gov and other Federal guidance 

6 outlined in the April 2013 report of the Government 

7 Accountability Office GAO–13–279SP. 

8 (2) Study leading practices of other organiza9 tions to understand how web improvement strategies 

10 were developed and new services prioritized. 

11 (3) Develop business cases for all new online 

12 services, describing the potential benefits and costs 

13 of the project, and use them to prioritize future 

14 projects. 

15 (4) Review risk mitigation plans for interactive 

16 tools to ensure all risks are addressed and link in17 vestments in security to the long-term plan. 

18 SEC. 207. IMPROVING FORECLOSURE LOSS MITIGATION EF19 FORTS FOR MORTGAGES MADE, INSURED, OR 

20 GUARANTEED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. 

21 (a) PERIODIC ANALYSIS OF LOSS MITIGATION AC22 TIONS.—Not later than the expiration of the 6-month pe23 riod beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 

24 and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Housing and 

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1 Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall each analyze the effec2 tiveness and long-term costs and benefits of the programs, 

3 actions, and strategies of the applicable agency for avoid4 ance or mitigation of foreclosure losses with respect to cov5 ered loans and mortgages of the applicable agency, which 

6 shall include analyses of— 

7 (1) the re-default rates associated with various 

8 types of loss mitigation actions; and 

9 (2) the impacts that loan and borrower charac10 teristics have on the performance of different loss 

11 mitigation actions. 

12 (b) RE-EVALUATION.—Upon completion of each peri13 odic analysis conducted pursuant to subsection (a) with 

14 respect to covered loans and mortgages of an applicable 

15 agency, the head of the applicable agency shall use the 

16 results of the analysis to— 

17 (1) re-evaluate the programs, actions, and 

18 strategies of the agency for avoidance or mitigation 

19 of foreclosure losses with respect to covered loans 

20 and mortgages; and 

21 (2) provide additional guidance to servicers of 

22 covered loans and mortgages to more effectively tar23 get and implement loss mitigation efforts. 

24 (c) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—Each of the 

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1 (1) collect such information regarding covered 

2 loans and mortgages of the applicable agency as may 

3 be necessary to conduct the analysis required under 

4 such subsection, including loan level data and infor5 mation regarding loan performance; or 

6 (2) require servicers of such loans and mort7 gages to provide any such information not main8 tained or collected by the applicable agency. 

9 (d) CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION.—Each of 

10 the agency heads referred to in subsection (a) shall consult 

11 and coordinate with each other in conducting the analyses 

12 and re-evaluations required under subsection (a) and (b) 

13 to ensure the sharing of information and promote effective 

14 loss mitigation efforts. 

15 (e) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 

16 following definitions shall apply: 

17 (1) APPLICABLE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘applica18 ble agency’’ means— 

19 (A) with respect to the Secretary of Hous20 ing and Urban Development, the Department of 

21 Housing and Urban Development; 

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1 (C) with respect to the Secretary of Vet2 erans Affairs, the Department of Veterans Af3 fairs. 

4 (2) COVERED LOANS AND MORTGAGES.—The 

5 term ‘‘covered loans and mortgages’’ means, with re6 spect to an applicable agency, loans for and mort7 gages on 1- to 4-family homes made, insured, or 

8 guaranteed by such applicable agency. 

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