Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended by this Act, 
for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974; 
(2) for all committees other than the Committee 
on Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal 
years 2017, 2017 through 2021, and 2017 through 
2026 consistent with the most recent baseline of the 
Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the budg-
etary effects of any provision of law enacted during 
the period beginning on the date such baseline is 
issued and ending on the date of submission of such 
statement, for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 
(3) aggregate spending levels for fiscal year 2017 
in accordance with the allocations established under 
paragraphs (1) and (2), for the purpose of enforcing 
section 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974; 
(4) aggregate revenue levels for fiscal years 2017, 
2017 through 2021, and 2017 through 2026 consistent 
with the most recent baseline of the Congressional 
Budget Office, as adjusted for the budgetary effects of 
any provision of law enacted during the period begin-
ning on the date such baseline is issued and ending 
on the date of submission of such statement, for the
purpose of enforcing section 311 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974; and 
(5) levels of Social Security revenues and outlays 
for fiscal years 2017, 2017 through 2021, and 2017 
through 2026 consistent with the most recent baseline 
of the Congressional Budget Office, as adjusted for the 
budgetary effects of any provision of law enacted dur-
ing the period beginning on the date such baseline is 
issued and ending on the date of submission of such 
statement, for the purpose of enforcing sections 302 
and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
(c) ADDITIONAL MATTER.—The filing referred to in 
subsection (b) may also include for fiscal year 2017 the 
matter contained in subtitles A and B of title IV of S. Con. 
Res. 11 (114th Congress) updated by 1 fiscal year. 
(d) EXPIRATION.—This section shall expire if a con-
current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017 is 
agreed to by the Senate and the House of Representatives 
pursuant to section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974. 
TITLE II—AGRICULTURE 
SEC. 201. STANDARD REINSURANCE AGREEMENT. 
Section 508(k)(8) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(8)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding 
clause (i), by striking ‘‘may renegotiate’’ and all that 
follows through the end of clause (ii) and inserting 
the following: ‘‘shall renegotiate the financial terms 
and conditions of each Standard Reinsurance Agree-
ment— 
‘‘(i) not later than December 31, 2016; 
and 
‘‘(ii) not less than once during each pe-
riod of 5 reinsurance years thereafter.’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(E) CAP ON OVERALL RATE OF RETURN.— 
Notwithstanding subparagraph (F), the Board 
shall ensure that the Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement renegotiated under subparagraph 
(A)(i) establishes a target rate of return for the 
approved insurance providers, taken as a whole, 
that does not exceed 8.9 percent of retained pre-
mium for each of the 2017 through 2026 reinsur-
ance years.’’. 
TITLE III—COMMERCE 
SEC. 301. DEBT COLLECTION IMPROVEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 227(b) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting 
‘‘, unless such call is made solely to collect a debt 
owed to or guaranteed by the United States’’ 
after ‘‘charged for the call’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, is 
made solely pursuant to the collection of a debt 
owed to or guaranteed by the United States,’’ 
after ‘‘purposes’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) may restrict or limit the number and 
duration of calls made to a telephone number as-
signed to a cellular telephone service to collect a 
debt owed to or guaranteed by the United 
States.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS.—Not later than 9 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal 
Communications Commission, in consultation with the De-
partment of the Treasury, shall prescribe regulations to im-
plement the amendments made by this section.
TITLE IV—STRATEGIC 
PETROLEUM RESERVE 
SEC. 401. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE TEST DRAW-
DOWN AND SALE NOTIFICATION AND DEFINI-
TION CHANGE. 
(a) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Section 161(g) of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(g)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(8) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.— 
‘‘(A) PRIOR NOTICE.—Not less than 14 days 
before the date on which a test is carried out 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall notify 
both Houses of Congress of the test. 
‘‘(B) EMERGENCY.—The prior notice re-
quirement in subparagraph (A) shall not apply 
if the Secretary determines that an emergency 
exists which requires a test to be carried out, in 
which case the Secretary shall notify both Houses 
of Congress of the test as soon as possible. 
‘‘(C) DETAILED DESCRIPTION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 
days after the date on which a test is com-
pleted under this subsection, the Secretary
shall submit to both Houses of Congress a 
detailed description of the test. 
‘‘(ii) REPORT.—A detailed description 
submitted under clause (i) may be included 
as part of a report made to the President 
and Congress under section 165.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION CHANGE.—Section 3(8)(C)(iii) of the 
Energy 
Policy 
and 
Conservation 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
6202(8)(C)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘sabotage or an act 
of God’’ and inserting ‘‘sabotage, an act of terrorism, or 
an act of God’’. 
SEC. 402. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE MISSION READ-
INESS OPTIMIZATION. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall— 
(1) complete a long-range strategic review of the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve; and 
(2) develop and submit to Congress a proposed 
action plan, including a proposed implementation 
schedule, that— 
(A) specifies near- and long-term roles of 
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to the 
energy and economic security goals and objec-
tives of the United States;
(B) describes whether existing legal authori-
ties that govern the policies, configuration, and 
capabilities of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
are adequate to ensure that the Strategic Petro-
leum Reserve can meet the current and future 
energy and economic security goals and objec-
tives of the United States; 
(C) identifies the configuration and per-
formance capabilities of the Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve and recommends an action plan to 
achieve the optimal— 
(i) capacity, location, and composition 
of petroleum products in the Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve; and 
(ii) storage and distributional capa-
bilities; and 
(D) estimates the resources required to at-
tain and maintain the long-term sustainability 
and operational effectiveness of the Strategic Pe-
troleum Reserve. 
SEC. 403. STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE DRAWDOWN 
AND SALE. 
(a) DRAWDOWN AND SALE.—Notwithstanding section 
161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6241), except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary 
of Energy shall draw down and sell— 
(1) 5,000,000 barrels of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2018; 
(2) 5,000,000 barrels of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2019; 
(3) 5,000,000 barrels of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2020; 
(4) 5,000,000 barrels of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2021; 
(5) 8,000,000 barrels of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2022; 
(6) 10,000,000 barrels of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2023; 
(7) 10,000,000 barrels of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2024; and 
(8) 10,000,000 barrels of crude oil from the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve during fiscal year 2025. 
(b) EMERGENCY PROTECTION.—The Secretary shall 
not draw down and sell crude oil under this section in 
amounts that would limit the authority to sell petroleum 
products under section 161(h) of the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6241(h)) in the full amount 
authorized by that subsection.
(c) PROCEEDS.—Proceeds from a sale under this sec-
tion shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury 
during the fiscal year in which the sale occurs. 
SEC. 404. ENERGY SECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE MOD-
ERNIZATION FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in 
the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as 
the Energy Security and Infrastructure Modernization 
Fund (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Fund’’), consisting 
of— 
(1) collections deposited in the Fund under sub-
section (c); and 
(2) amounts otherwise appropriated to the Fund. 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Fund is to provide 
for the construction, maintenance, repair, and replacement 
of Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities. 
(c) COLLECTION AND DEPOSIT OF SALE PROCEEDS IN 
FUND.— 
(1) DRAWDOWN
AND
SALE.—Notwithstanding 
section 161 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6241), to the extent provided in ad-
vance in appropriation Acts, the Secretary of Energy 
shall draw down and sell crude oil from the Strategic 
Petroleum Reserve in amounts as authorized under 
subsection (e), except as provided in paragraph (2).
Amounts received for a sale under this paragraph 
shall be deposited into the Fund during the fiscal year 
in which the sale occurs. Such amounts shall remain 
available in the Fund without fiscal year limitation. 
(2) EMERGENCY
PROTECTION.—The Secretary 
shall not draw down and sell crude oil under this 
subsection in amounts that would limit the authority 
to sell petroleum products under section 161(h) of the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6241(h)) in the full amount authorized by that sub-
section. 
(d) AUTHORIZED USES OF FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts in the Fund may be 
used for, or may be credited as offsetting collections 
for amounts used for, carrying out the program de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(B), to the extent provided in 
advance in appropriation Acts. 
(2) PROGRAM TO MODERNIZE THE STRATEGIC 
PETROLEUM RESERVE.— 
(A) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol-
lowing: 
(i) The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is 
one of the Nation’s most valuable energy se-
curity assets.
(ii) The age and condition of the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve have diminished its 
value as a Federal energy security asset. 
(iii) Global oil markets and the loca-
tion and amount of United States oil pro-
duction and refining capacity have dra-
matically changed in the 40 years since the 
establishment of the Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve. 
(iv) Maximizing the energy security 
value of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve re-
quires a modernized infrastructure that 
meets the drawdown and distribution needs 
of changed domestic and international oil 
and refining market conditions. 
(B) PROGRAM.—The Secretary of Energy 
shall establish a Strategic Petroleum Reserve 
modernization program to protect the United 
States economy from the impacts of emergency 
product supply disruptions. The program may 
include— 
(i) operational improvements to extend 
the useful life of surface and subsurface in-
frastructure;
(ii) maintenance of cavern storage in-
tegrity; and 
(iii) addition of infrastructure and fa-
cilities to optimize the drawdown and in-
cremental distribution capacity of the Stra-
tegic Petroleum Reserve. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated (and drawdowns and sales 
under subsection (c) in an equal amount are authorized) 
for carrying out subsection (d)(2)(B), $2,000,000,000 for 
the period encompassing fiscal years 2017 through 2020. 
(f) TRANSMISSION
OF DEPARTMENT BUDGET RE-
QUESTS.—The Secretary of Energy shall prepare and sub-
mit in the Department’s annual budget request to Con-
gress— 
(1) an itemization of the amounts of funds nec-
essary to carry out subsection (d); and 
(2) a designation of any activities thereunder for 
which a multiyear budget authority would be appro-
priate. 
(g) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to draw 
down and sell crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Re-
serve under this section shall expire at the end of fiscal year 
2020.
TITLE V—PENSIONS 
SEC. 501. SINGLE EMPLOYER PLAN ANNUAL PREMIUM 
RATES. 
(a) FLAT-RATE PREMIUM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4006(a)(3)(A)(i) of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (IV), by strik-
ing the period at the end of subclause (V) and insert-
ing a semicolon, and by inserting after subclause (V) 
the following: 
‘‘(VI) for plan years beginning 
after December 31, 2016, and before 
January 1, 2018, $69; 
‘‘(VII) for plan years beginning 
after December 31, 2017, and before 
January 1, 2019, $74; and 
‘‘(VIII) for plan years beginning 
after December 31, 2018, $80.’’. 
(2) PREMIUM
RATES
AFTER
2019.—Section 
4006(a)(3)(G) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(G)) 
is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’; and
(B) in clause (i)(II) by striking ‘‘2014’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
(b) VARIABLE-RATE PREMIUM INCREASES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4006(a)(8)(C) of such 
Act (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(8)(C)) is amended— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘increase in 2014 and 2015’’ and inserting 
‘‘increases’’; 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(C) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iv) in the case of plan years begin-
ning in calendar year 2017, by $3; 
‘‘(v) in the case of plan years begin-
ning in calendar year 2018, by $4; and 
‘‘(vi) in the case of plan years begin-
ning in calendar year 2019, by $4.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
4006(a)(8) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(8)) is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end;
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) for plan years beginning after cal-
endar year 2017, the amount in effect for 
plan years beginning in 2017 (determined 
after application of subparagraph (C)); 
‘‘(vi) for plan years beginning after 
calendar year 2018, the amount in effect for 
plan years beginning in 2018 (determined 
after application of subparagraph (C)); and 
‘‘(vii) for plan years beginning after 
calendar year 2019, the amount in effect for 
plan years beginning in 2019 (determined 
after application of subparagraph (C)).’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(v) 2015, in the case of plan years be-
ginning after calendar year 2017; 
‘‘(vi) 2016, in the case of plan years 
beginning after calendar year 2018; and 
‘‘(vii) 2017, in the case of plan years 
beginning after calendar year 2019.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this section shall apply to plan years beginning 
after December 31, 2016. 
SEC. 502. PENSION PAYMENT ACCELERATION. 
Notwithstanding section 4007(a) of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1307(a)) 
and section 4007.11 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, 
for plan years commencing after December 31, 2024, and 
before January 1, 2026, the premium due date for such plan 
years shall be the fifteenth day of the ninth calendar month 
that begins on or after the first day of the premium pay-
ment year. 
SEC. 503. MORTALITY TABLES. 
(a) CREDIBILITY.—For purposes of subclause (I) of 
section 430(h)(3)(C)(iii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and subclause (I) of section 303(h)(3)(C)(iii) of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the de-
termination of whether plans have credible information 
shall be made in accordance with established actuarial 
credibility theory, which— 
(1) is materially different from rules under such 
section of such Code, including Revenue Procedure 
2007–37, that are in effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(2) permits the use of tables that reflect adjust-
ments to the tables described in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) of section 430(h)(3) of such Code, and sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of section 303(h)(3) of such 
Act, if such adjustments are based on the experience 
described in subclause (II) of section 430(h)(3)(C)(iii) 
of such Code and in subclause (II) of section 
303(h)(3)(C)(iii) of such Act. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
plan years beginning after December 31, 2015. 
SEC. 504. EXTENSION OF CURRENT FUNDING STABILIZA-
TION PERCENTAGES TO 2018, 2019, AND 2020. 
(a) FUNDING STABILIZATION UNDER THE INTERNAL 
REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—The table in subclause (II) of 
section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘If the calendar year is: 
The applicable minimum 
percentage is: 
The applicable maximum 
percentage is: 
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 
2016, 2017, 2018, 
2019, or 2020.
90% ..................................
110% 
2021 ..................................
85% ..................................
115% 
2022 ..................................
80% ..................................
120% 
2023 ..................................
75% ..................................
125% 
After 2023 ........................
70% ..................................
130%’’. 
(b) FUNDING STABILIZATION UNDER EMPLOYEE RE-
TIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The table in subclause (II) of 
section 303(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Employee Retirement 
Income 
Security 
Act 
of 
1974 
(29 
U.S.C. 
1083(h)(2)(C)(iv)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘If the calendar year is: 
The applicable minimum 
percentage is: 
The applicable maximum 
percentage is: 
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 
2016, 2017, 2018, 
2019, or 2020.
90% ..................................
110% 
2021 ..................................
85% ..................................
115% 
2022 ..................................
80% ..................................
120% 
2023 ..................................
75% ..................................
125% 
After 2023 ........................
70% ..................................
130%’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(f)(2)(D) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 1021(f)(2)(D)) is amend-
ed— 
(i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘and the 
Highway and Transportation Funding Act 
of 2014’’ both places it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘, the Highway and Transportation
Funding Act of 2014, and the Bipartisan 
Budget Act of 2015’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(B) STATEMENTS.—The Secretary of Labor 
shall modify the statements required under sub-
clauses (I) and (II) of section 101(f)(2)(D)(i) of 
such Act to conform to the amendments made by 
this section. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to plan years beginning 
after December 31, 2015. 
TITLE VI—HEALTH CARE 
SEC. 601. MAINTAINING 2016 MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM 
AND DEDUCTIBLE LEVELS CONSISTENT WITH 
ACTUARIALLY FAIR RATES. 
(a) 2016 PREMIUM AND DEDUCTIBLE AND REPAY-
MENT THROUGH FUTURE PREMIUMS.—Section 1839(a) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘Such’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraphs 
(5) and (6), such’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5)(A) In applying this part (including subsection (i) 
and section 1833(b)), the monthly actuarial rate for enroll-
ees age 65 and over for 2016 shall be determined as if sub-
section (f) did not apply. 
‘‘(B) Subsection (f) shall continue to be applied to 
paragraph (6)(A) (during a repayment month, as described 
in paragraph (6)(B)) and without regard to the application 
of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(6)(A) With respect to a repayment month (as de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)), the monthly premium other-
wise established under paragraph (3) shall be increased by, 
subject to subparagraph (D), $3. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, a repayment 
month is a month during a year, beginning with 2016, for 
which a balance due amount is computed under subpara-
graph (C) as greater than zero. 
‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the balance due 
amount computed under this subparagraph, with respect to 
a month, is the amount estimated by the Chief Actuary of 
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to be equal 
to— 
‘‘(i) the amount transferred under section 
1844(d)(1); plus 
‘‘(ii) the amount that is equal to the aggregate 
reduction, for all individuals enrolled under this part, 
in the income related monthly adjustment amount as 
a result of the application of paragraph (5); minus
‘‘(iii) the amounts payable under this part as a 
result of the application of this paragraph for pre-
ceding months. 
‘‘(D) If the balance due amount computed under sub-
paragraph (C), without regard to this subparagraph, for 
December of a year would be less than zero, the Chief Actu-
ary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall 
estimate, and the Secretary shall apply, a reduction to the 
dollar amount increase applied under subparagraph (A) for 
each month during such year in a manner such that the 
balance due amount for January of the subsequent year is 
equal to zero.’’. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.— 
Section 1844 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘In applying paragraph (1), the amounts transferred under 
subsection (d)(1) with respect to enrollees described in sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) of such subsection shall be treated 
as premiums payable and deposited in the Trust Fund 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, of para-
graph (1).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d)(1) For 2016, there shall be transferred from the 
General Fund to the Trust Fund an amount, as estimated 
by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Med-
icaid Services, equal to the reduction in aggregate pre-
miums payable under this part for a month in such year 
(excluding any changes in amounts collected under section 
1839(i)) that is attributable to the application of section 
1839(a)(5)(A) with respect to— 
‘‘(A) enrollees age 65 and over; and 
‘‘(B) enrollees under age 65. 
Such amounts shall be transferred from time to time as ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(2) Premium increases affected under section 
1839(a)(6) shall not be taken into account in applying sub-
section (a). 
‘‘(3) There shall be transferred from the Trust Fund 
to the General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent 
to the additional premiums payable as a result of the appli-
cation of section 1839(a)(6), excluding the aggregate pay-
ments 
attributable 
to 
the 
application 
of 
section 
1839(i)(3)(A)(ii)(II).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING APPLICATION OF HIGH INCOME AD-
JUSTMENTS TO INCREASED MONTHLY PREMIUM IN SAME 
MANNER AS FOR REGULAR MEDICARE PREMIUMS.—Sec-
tion 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395r(i)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘AMOUNT.—200 percent’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(I) 200 percent’’; and 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘; plus’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
clause: 
‘‘(II) 4 times the amount of the 
increase in the monthly premium 
under subsection (a)(6) for a month in 
the year.’’. 
(d) CONDITIONAL APPLICATION TO 2017 IF NO SOCIAL 
SECURITY COLA FOR 2017.—If there is no increase in the 
monthly insurance benefits payable under title II with re-
spect to December 2016 pursuant to section 215(i), then the 
amendments made by this section shall be applied as if— 
(1) the reference to ‘‘2016’’ in paragraph (5)(A) 
of section 1839(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395r(a)), as added by subsection (a)(2), was 
a reference to ‘‘2016 and 2017’’; 
(2) the reference to ‘‘a month during a year, be-
ginning with 2016’’ in paragraph (6)(B) of section 
1839 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(a)), as added by
subsection (a)(2), was a reference to ‘‘a month in a 
year, beginning with 2016 and beginning with 2017, 
respectively’’; and 
(3) the reference to ‘‘2016’’ in subsection (d)(1) 
of section 1844 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w), as 
added by subsection (b)(2), was a reference to ‘‘each 
of 2016 and 2017’’. 
Any increase in premiums effected under this subsection 
shall be in addition to the increase effected by the amend-
ments made by subsection (a). 
(e) CONSTRUCTION REGARDING NO AUTHORITY TO INI-
TIATE APPLICATION TO YEARS AFTER 2017.—Nothing in 
subsection (d) or the amendments made by this section shall 
be construed as authorizing the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services to initiate application of such subsection 
or amendments for a year after 2017. 
SEC. 602. APPLYING THE MEDICAID ADDITIONAL REBATE 
REQUIREMENT TO GENERIC DRUGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1927(c)(3) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘The 
amount’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (C), the amount’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL REBATE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the 
rebate specified in this paragraph for a re-
bate period, with respect to each dosage 
form and strength of a covered outpatient 
drug other than a single source drug or an 
innovator multiple source drug of a manu-
facturer, shall be increased in the manner 
that the rebate for a dosage form and 
strength of a single source drug or an inno-
vator multiple source drug is increased 
under subparagraphs (A) and (D) of para-
graph (2), except as provided in clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULES FOR APPLICATION 
OF PROVISION.—In applying subparagraphs 
(A) and (D) of paragraph (2) under clause 
(i)— 
‘‘(I) the reference in subparagraph 
(A)(i) of such paragraph to ‘1990’ 
shall be deemed a reference to ‘2014’; 
‘‘(II) subject to clause (iii), the 
reference in subparagraph (A)(ii) of 
such paragraph to ‘the calendar quar-
ter beginning July 1, 1990’ shall be
deemed a reference to ‘the calendar 
quarter beginning July 1, 2014’; and 
‘‘(III) subject to clause (iii), the 
reference in subparagraph (A)(ii) of 
such paragraph to ‘September 1990’ 
shall be deemed a reference to ‘Sep-
tember 2014’; 
‘‘(IV) the references in subpara-
graph (D) of such paragraph to ‘para-
graph (1)(A)(ii)’, ‘this paragraph’, and 
‘December 31, 2009’ shall be deemed 
references to ‘subparagraph (A)’, ‘this 
subparagraph’, 
and 
‘December 
31, 
2014’, respectively; and 
‘‘(V) any reference in such para-
graph to a ‘single source drug or an 
innovator multiple source drug’ shall 
be deemed to be a reference to a drug 
to which clause (i) applies. 
‘‘(iii) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
CERTAIN 
NONINNOVATOR
MULTIPLE
SOURCE 
DRUGS.—In 
applying 
paragraph 
(2)(A)(ii)(II) under clause (i) with respect 
to a covered outpatient drug that is first 
marketed as a drug other than a single
source drug or an innovator multiple source 
drug after April 1, 2013, such paragraph 
shall be applied— 
‘‘(I) by substituting ‘the applica-
ble quarter’ for ‘the calendar quarter 
beginning July 1, 1990’; and 
‘‘(II) by substituting ‘the last 
month in such applicable quarter’ for 
‘September 1990’. 
‘‘(iv) 
APPLICABLE
QUARTER
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘appli-
cable quarter’ means, with respect to a drug 
described in clause (iii), the fifth full cal-
endar quarter after which the drug is mar-
keted as a drug other than a single source 
drug or an innovator multiple source 
drug.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to rebate periods beginning after the 
date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 603. TREATMENT OF OFF-CAMPUS OUTPATIENT DE-
PARTMENTS OF A PROVIDER. 
Section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395l(t)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘but’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(v) does not include applicable items 
and services (as defined in subparagraph 
(A) of paragraph (21)) that are furnished 
on or after January 1, 2017, by an off-cam-
pus outpatient department of a provider (as 
defined in subparagraph (B) of such para-
graph).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(21) SERVICES FURNISHED BY AN OFF-CAMPUS 
OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF A PROVIDER.— 
‘‘(A) APPLICABLE ITEMS AND SERVICES.— 
For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(v) and this 
paragraph, the term ‘applicable items and serv-
ices’ means items and services other than items 
and services furnished by a dedicated emergency 
department (as defined in section 489.24(b) of 
title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations).
‘‘(B) OFF-CAMPUS
OUTPATIENT
DEPART-
MENT OF A PROVIDER.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1)(B)(v) and this paragraph, 
subject to clause (ii), the term ‘off-campus 
outpatient department of a provider’ means 
a department of a provider (as defined in 
section 413.65(a)(2) of title 42 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations, as in effect as of the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph) 
that is not located— 
‘‘(I) on the campus (as defined in 
such section 413.65(a)(2)) of such pro-
vider; or 
‘‘(II) within the distance (de-
scribed in such definition of campus) 
from a remote location of a hospital fa-
cility (as defined in such section 
413.65(a)(2)). 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1)(B)(v) and this paragraph, 
the term ‘off-campus outpatient department 
of a provider’ shall not include a depart-
ment of a provider (as so defined) that was 
billing under this subsection with respect to
covered OPD services furnished prior to the 
date of the enactment of this paragraph. 
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY
OF
PAYMENT
UNDER 
OTHER PAYMENT SYSTEMS.—Payments for ap-
plicable items and services furnished by an off- 
campus outpatient department of a provider that 
are described in paragraph (1)(B)(v) shall be 
made under the applicable payment system 
under this part (other than under this sub-
section) if the requirements for such payment are 
otherwise met. 
‘‘(D) INFORMATION
NEEDED
FOR
IMPLE-
MENTATION.—Each hospital shall provide to the 
Secretary such information as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate to implement this para-
graph and paragraph (1)(B)(v) (which may in-
clude reporting of information on a hospital 
claim using a code or modifier and reporting in-
formation about off-campus outpatient depart-
ments of a provider on the enrollment form de-
scribed in section 1866(j)). 
‘‘(E) LIMITATIONS.—There shall be no ad-
ministrative or judicial review under section 
1869, section 1878, or otherwise of the following:
‘‘(i) The determination of the applica-
ble items and services under subparagraph 
(A) and applicable payment systems under 
subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(ii) The determination of whether a 
department of a provider meets the term de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(iii) Any information that hospitals 
are required to report pursuant to subpara-
graph (D).’’. 
SEC. 604. REPEAL OF AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT REQUIRE-
MENT. 
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 
et seq.) is amended by repealing section 18A (as added by 
section 1511 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
Act (Public Law 111–148)). 
TITLE VII—JUDICIARY 
SEC. 701. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUST-
MENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improve-
ments Act of 2015’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS.—The Federal Civil Penalties Infla-
tion Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) is 
amended—
(1) in section 4— 
(A) by striking the matter preceding para-
graph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than July 1, 2016, and 
not later than January 15 of every year thereafter, and sub-
ject to subsections (c) and (d), the head of each agency 
shall—’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘by regulation adjust’’ 
and inserting ‘‘in accordance with sub-
section (b), adjust’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, the Tariff Act of 
1930, the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970, or the Social Security Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ or the Tariff Act of 1930’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘such reg-
ulation’’ and inserting ‘‘such adjustment’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURES FOR ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) CATCH UP ADJUSTMENT.—For the first ad-
justment made under subsection (a) after the date of 
enactment of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Ad-
justment Act Improvements Act of 2015—
‘‘(A) the head of an agency shall adjust civil 
monetary penalties through an interim final 
rulemaking; and 
‘‘(B) the adjustment shall take effect not 
later than August 1, 2016. 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT ADJUSTMENTS.—For the sec-
ond adjustment made under subsection (a) after the 
date of enactment of the Federal Civil Penalties Infla-
tion Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, and 
each adjustment thereafter, the head of an agency 
shall adjust civil monetary penalties and shall make 
the adjustment notwithstanding section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION.—For the first adjustment made 
under subsection (a) after the date of enactment of the Fed-
eral Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements 
Act of 2015, the head of an agency may adjust the amount 
of a civil monetary penalty by less than the otherwise re-
quired amount if— 
‘‘(1) the head of the agency, after publishing a 
notice of proposed rulemaking and providing an op-
portunity for comment, determines in a final rule 
that—
‘‘(A) increasing the civil monetary penalty 
by the otherwise required amount will have a 
negative economic impact; or 
‘‘(B) the social costs of increasing the civil 
monetary penalty by the otherwise required 
amount outweigh the benefits; and 
‘‘(2) the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget concurs with the determination of the 
head of the agency under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) OTHER ADJUSTMENTS MADE.—If a civil mone-
tary penalty subject to a cost-of-living adjustment under 
this Act is, during the 12 months preceding a required cost- 
of-living adjustment, increased by an amount greater than 
the amount of the adjustment required under subsection (a), 
the head of the agency is not required to make the cost- 
of-living adjustment for that civil monetary penalty in that 
year.’’; 
(2) in section 5— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘to the 
nearest—’’ and all that follows through the end 
of subsection (a) and inserting ‘‘to the nearest 
multiple of $1.’’; and 
(B) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), for purposes of subsection (a), the term 
‘cost-of-living adjustment’ means the percentage (if 
any) for each civil monetary penalty by which— 
‘‘(A) the Consumer Price Index for the 
month of October preceding the date of the ad-
justment, exceeds 
‘‘(B) the Consumer Price Index for the 
month of October 1 year before the month of Oc-
tober referred to in subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) INITIAL ADJUSTMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (C), for the first inflation adjustment 
under section 4 made by an agency after the date 
of enactment of the Federal Civil Penalties Infla-
tion Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, 
the term ‘cost-of-living adjustment’ means the 
percentage (if any) for each civil monetary pen-
alty by which the Consumer Price Index for the 
month of October, 2015 exceeds the Consumer 
Price Index for the month of October of the cal-
endar year during which the amount of such 
civil monetary penalty was established or ad-
justed under a provision of law other than this 
Act.
‘‘(B) APPLICATION OF ADJUSTMENT.—The 
cost-of-living adjustment described in subpara-
graph (A) shall be applied to the amount of the 
civil monetary penalty as it was most recently 
established or adjusted under a provision of law 
other than this Act. 
‘‘(C) MAXIMUM ADJUSTMENT.—The amount 
of the increase in a civil monetary penalty under 
subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 150 percent of 
the amount of that civil monetary penalty on the 
date of enactment of the Federal Civil Penalties 
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 
2015.’’; 
(3) in section 6, by striking ‘‘violations which 
occur’’ and inserting ‘‘civil monetary penalties, in-
cluding those whose associated violation predated such 
increase, which are assessed’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 7. IMPLEMENTATION AND OVERSIGHT ENHANCE-
MENTS. 
‘‘(a) OMB GUIDANCE.—Not later than February 29, 
2016, not later than December 15, 2016, and December 15 
of every year thereafter, the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall issue guidance to agencies on im-
plementing the inflation adjustments required under this 
Act. 
‘‘(b) AGENCY FINANCIAL REPORTS.—The head of each 
agency shall include in the Agency Financial Report sub-
mitted under OMB Circular A–136, or any successor there-
to, information about the civil monetary penalties within 
the jurisdiction of the agency, including the adjustment of 
the civil monetary penalties by the head of the agency under 
this Act. 
‘‘(c) GAO REVIEW.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall annually submit to Congress a report 
assessing the compliance of agencies with the inflation ad-
justments required under this Act, which may be included 
as part of another report submitted to Congress.’’. 
(c) REPEAL.—Section 31001(s) of the Debt Collection 
Improvement Act of 1996 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) is amended 
by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 702. CRIME VICTIMS FUND. 
There is hereby rescinded and permanently canceled 
$1,500,000,000 of the funds deposited or available in the 
Crime Victims Fund created by section 1402 of the Victims 
of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601).
SEC. 703. ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND. 
Of the amounts deposited in the Department of Justice 
Assets Forfeiture Fund, $746,000,000 are hereby rescinded 
and permanently cancelled. 
TITLE VIII—SOCIAL SECURITY 
SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Benefit 
Protection and Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2015’’. 
Subtitle A—Ensuring Correct 
Payments and Reducing Fraud 
SEC. 811. EXPANSION OF COOPERATIVE DISABILITY INVES-
TIGATIONS UNITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1, 2022, the 
Commissioner of Social Security shall take any necessary 
actions, subject to the availability of appropriations, to en-
sure that cooperative disability investigations units have 
been established, in areas where there is cooperation with 
local law enforcement agencies, that would cover each of the 
50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, 
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and 
American Samoa. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until 
the earlier of 2022 or the date on which nationwide coverage 
is achieved, the Commissioner of Social Security shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House