fails to close such data centers, the agency shall pro-
vide a detailed explanation as to why this data cen-
ter should remain in use as part of the submitted 
plan. The Federal Chief Information Officer shall in-
clude an assessment of the agency explanation in the 
annual report to Congress. 
(2) The consolidation of services within existing 
data centers to increase server utilization rates. 
(3) Any other method that the Federal Chief 
Information Officer, in consultation with the chief 
information officers of covered agencies, determines 
necessary to optimize server utilization. 
(b) POWER USAGE EFFECTIVENESS.—Each covered 
agency may use the following methods to achieve the max-
imum energy efficiency possible as determined by the Fed-
eral Chief Information Officer: 
(1) The use of the measurement of power usage 
effectiveness to calculate data center energy effi-
ciency. 
(2) The use of power meters in data centers to 
frequently measure power consumption over time. 
(3) The establishment of power usage effective-
ness goals for each data center. 
(4) The adoption of best practices for man-
aging— 
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(A) temperature and airflow in data cen-
ters; and 
(B) power supply efficiency. 
(5) The implementation of any other method 
that the Federal Chief Information Officer, in con-
sultation with the Chief Information Officers of cov-
ered agencies, determines necessary to optimize data 
center energy efficiency. 
SEC. 115. COST SAVINGS RELATED TO DATA CENTER OPTI-
MIZATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO TRACK COSTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each covered agency shall 
track costs resulting from implementation of the 
Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative within 
the agency and submit a report on those costs annu-
ally to the Federal Chief Information Officer. Cov-
ered agencies shall determine the net costs from 
data consolidation on an annual basis. 
(2) FACTORS.—In calculating net costs each 
year under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall 
use the following factors: 
(A) Energy costs. 
(B) Personnel costs. 
(C) Real estate costs. 
(D) Capital expense costs. 
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(E) Operating system, database, and other 
software license expense costs. 
(F) Other appropriate costs, as determined 
by the agency in consultation with the Federal 
Chief Information Officer. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO TRACK SAVINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each covered agency shall 
track savings resulting from implementation of the 
Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative within 
the agency and submit a report on those savings an-
nually to the Federal Chief Information Officer. 
Covered agencies shall determine the net savings 
from data consolidation on an annual basis. 
(2) FACTORS.—In calculating net savings each 
year under paragraph (1), a covered agency shall 
use the following factors: 
(A) Energy savings. 
(B) Personnel savings. 
(C) Real estate savings. 
(D) Capital expense savings. 
(E) Operating system, database, and other 
software license expense savings. 
(F) Other appropriate savings, as deter-
mined by the agency in consultation with the 
Federal Chief Information Officer. 
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(c) REQUIREMENT TO USE COST-EFFECTIVE MEAS-
URES.—Covered agencies shall use the most cost-effective 
measures to implement the Federal Data Center Optimi-
zation Initiative. 
(d) USE OF SAVINGS.—Any savings resulting from 
implementation of the Federal Data Center Optimization 
Initiative within a covered agency shall be used for the 
following purposes: 
(1) To offset the costs of implementing the Ini-
tiative within the agency. 
(2) To further enhance information technology 
capabilities and services within the agency. 
(e) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE RE-
VIEW.—Not later than 3 months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall examine methods for calculating savings from 
the Initiative and using them for the purposes identified 
in subsection (d), including establishment and use of a 
special revolving fund that supports data centers and serv-
er optimization, and shall submit to the Federal Chief In-
formation Officer and Congress a report on the Comp-
troller General’s findings and recommendations. 
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SEC. 116. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS TO CONGRESS AND 
THE FEDERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFI-
CER. 
(a) AGENCY REQUIREMENT TO REPORT TO CIO.— 
Each year, each covered agency shall submit to the Fed-
eral Chief Information Officer a report on the implementa-
tion of the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative, 
including savings resulting from such implementation. The 
report shall include an update of the agency’s plan for im-
plementing the Initiative. 
(b) FEDERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER RE-
QUIREMENT TO REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Each year, the 
Federal Chief Information Officer shall submit to the rel-
evant congressional committees a report that assesses 
agency progress in carrying out the Federal Data Center 
Optimization Initiative and updates the plan under section 
113. The report may be included as part of the annual 
report required under section 3606 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 117. REDUCTION AND CONSOLIDATION OF DATA CEN-
TERS. 
(a) OMB RECOMMENDATION.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in con-
sultation with the Administrator of General Services and 
the heads of other executive agencies, shall issue rec-
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ommendations for reducing or consolidating the number 
of Federal data centers in existence as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act— 
(1) by at least 40 percent not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2018; and 
(2) by at least 80 percent not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2023. 
(b) REDUCTION OF DATA CENTERS.—Not later than 
6 months after the issuance of recommendations by the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget under 
subsection (a), the head of each executive agency shall im-
plement the recommendations by reducing the number of 
Federal data centers in accordance with such rec-
ommendations. 
TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 201. REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN 
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD DETEC-
TION AND PROGRAM INTEGRITY PROVISIONS. 
Section 1128J(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320a–7k(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) REPORT ON INTEGRATED DATA 
REPOSITORY
AND
ONE
PROGRAM
INTEG-
RITY SYSTEM.—Not later than six months 
after the date of enactment of this clause, 
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from the use of the One Program In-
tegrity System.’’. 
SEC. 202. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT AND 
PASSPORT CARD IN CASE OF CERTAIN TAX 
DELINQUENCIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 75 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 7345. REVOCATION OR DENIAL OF PASSPORT AND 
PASSPORT CARD IN CASE OF CERTAIN TAX 
DELINQUENCIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary receives certifi-
cation by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue that any 
individual has a seriously delinquent tax debt in an 
amount in excess of $50,000, the Secretary shall transmit 
such certification to the Secretary of State for action with 
respect to denial, revocation, or limitation of a passport 
or passport card pursuant to section 4 of the Act entitled 
‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 
and for other purposes’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 
211a et seq.), commonly known as the ‘Passport Act of 
1926’. 
‘‘(b) SERIOUSLY DELINQUENT TAX DEBT.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘seriously delinquent tax 
debt’ means an outstanding debt under this title for which 
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a notice of lien has been filed in public records pursuant 
to section 6323 or a notice of levy has been filed pursuant 
to section 6331, except that such term does not include— 
‘‘(1) a debt that is being paid in a timely man-
ner pursuant to an agreement under section 6159 or 
7122, and 
‘‘(2) a debt with respect to which collection is 
suspended because a collection due process hearing 
under section 6330, or relief under subsection (b), 
(c), or (f) of section 6015, is requested or pending. 
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—In the case of 
a calendar year beginning after 2015, the dollar amount 
in subsection (a) shall be increased by an amount equal 
to— 
‘‘(1) such dollar amount, multiplied by— 
‘‘(2) the cost-of-living adjustment determined 
under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year, deter-
mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2014’ for ‘cal-
endar year 1992’ in subparagraph (B) thereof. If 
any amount as adjusted under the preceding sen-
tence is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount shall 
be rounded to the next highest multiple of $1,000.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subchapter D of chapter 75 of the Internal Revenue 
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Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 7345. Revocation or denial of passport and passport card in case of cer-
tain tax delinquencies.’’. 
(c) AUTHORITY FOR INFORMATION SHARING.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subsection (l) of section 
6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(23) DISCLOSURE OF RETURN INFORMATION 
TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR PURPOSES OF PASS-
PORT
AND
PASSPORT
CARD
REVOCATION
UNDER 
SECTION 7345.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, 
upon receiving a certification described in sec-
tion 7345, disclose to the Secretary of State re-
turn information with respect to a taxpayer who 
has a seriously delinquent tax debt described in 
such section. Such return information shall be 
limited to— 
‘‘(i) the taxpayer identity information 
with respect to such taxpayer, and 
‘‘(ii) the amount of such seriously de-
linquent tax debt. 
‘‘(B) RESTRICTION ON DISCLOSURE.—Re-
turn information disclosed under subparagraph 
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(A) may be used by officers and employees of 
the Department of State for the purposes of, 
and to the extent necessary in, carrying out the 
requirements of section 4 of the Act entitled 
‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of 
passports, and for other purposes’, approved 
July 3, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 211a et seq.), com-
monly known as the ‘Passport Act of 1926’.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) 
of section 6103(p) of such Code is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or (22)’’ each place it appears in subparagraph 
(F)(ii) and in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) and inserting ‘‘(22), or (23)’’. 
(d) REVOCATION AUTHORIZATION.—The Act entitled 
‘‘An Act to regulate the issue and validity of passports, 
and for other purposes.’’, approved July 3, 1926 (22 
U.S.C. 211a et seq.), commonly known as the ‘‘Passport 
Act of 1926’’, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO DENY OR REVOKE PASSPORT AND 
PASSPORT CARD. 
‘‘(a) INELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—Except as provided under 
subsection (b), upon receiving a certification de-
scribed in section 7345 of the Internal Revenue 
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Code of 1986 from the Secretary of the Treasury, 
the Secretary of State may not issue a passport or 
passport card to any individual who has a seriously 
delinquent tax debt described in such section. 
‘‘(2) REVOCATION.—The Secretary of State 
shall revoke a passport or passport card previously 
issued to any individual described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) EMERGENCY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUA-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Sec-
retary of State may issue a passport or passport 
card, in emergency circumstances or for humani-
tarian reasons, to an individual described in para-
graph (1) of such subsection. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
FOR
RETURN
TO
UNITED 
STATES.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2), the 
Secretary of State, before revocation, may— 
‘‘(A) limit a previously issued passport or 
passport card only for return travel to the 
United States; or 
‘‘(B) issue a limited passport or passport 
card that only permits return travel to the 
United States.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2015. 
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SEC. 203. PROHIBITION ON NON-COST-EFFECTIVE MINTING 
AND PRINTING OF COINS AND CURRENCY. 
(a) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO COINS.—Sec-
tion 5111 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN MINTING.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this subchapter, after the 
end of the 4-year period following the date of the enact-
ment of this subsection, the Secretary may not mint or 
issue any circulating coin that costs more to produce than 
the denomination of the coin (including labor, materials, 
dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, marketing, and 
shipping).’’. 
(b) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO CURRENCY.— 
Section 5114(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PROHIBITION
ON
CERTAIN
PRINTING.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub-
chapter, after the end of the 4-year period following 
the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the 
Secretary may not engrave or print any United 
States currency that costs more to produce than the 
denomination of the currency (including labor, mate-
rials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses, 
marketing, and shipping).’’. 
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SEC. 204. RESTRICTIONS ON PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION 
OF PAPER COPIES OF CONGRESSIONAL DOC-
UMENTS. 
(a) PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF DOCUMENTS 
BY PUBLIC PRINTER.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS.—Chapter 7 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of 
paper copies 
‘‘(a) MANDATORY USE OF ELECTRONIC FORMAT FOR 
DISTRIBUTION OF CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Pub-
lic Printer shall make any document of the House of Rep-
resentatives or Senate which is subject to any of the provi-
sions of this chapter available only in an electronic format 
which is accessible through the Internet, and may not 
print or distribute a printed copy of the document except 
as provided in subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) PERMITTING PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF 
PRINTED
COPIES
UPON
REQUEST.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (a), at the request of any person to whom the 
Public Printer would have been required to provide a 
printed copy of a document under this chapter had sub-
section (a) not been in effect, the Public Printer may print 
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and distribute a copy of a document or report for the use 
of that person, except that— 
‘‘(1) the number of printed copies the Public 
Printer may provide to the person may not exceed 
the number of printed copies the Public Printer 
would have provided to the person had subsection 
(a) not been in effect; and 
‘‘(2) the Public Printer may print and dis-
tribute copies to the person only upon payment by 
the person of the costs of printing and distributing 
the copies, except that this paragraph shall not 
apply to an office of the House of Representatives 
or Senate (including the office of a Member of Con-
gress).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions of chapter 7 of such title is amended by adding 
at the end following new item: 
‘‘742. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies.’’. 
(b) PROVISION
OF DOCUMENTS
IN ELECTRONIC 
FORMAT DEEMED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSE 
AND
SENATE
RULES
REGARDING
DISTRIBUTION
OF 
PRINTED COPIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If any rule or regulation of 
the House of Representatives or Senate requires a 
Member or committee to provide printed copies of 
any document (including any bill or resolution) for 
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the use of the House or Senate or for the use of any 
office of the House or Senate, the Member or com-
mittee shall be considered to have met the require-
ment of the rule or regulation if the Member or com-
mittee makes the document available to the recipient 
in an electronic format. 
(2) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING AUTHORITY OF 
SENATE AND HOUSE.—This subsection is enacted by 
Congress— 
(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power 
of the Senate and House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and as such it is deemed a part of 
the rules of each House, respectively, and it su-
persedes other rules only to the extent that it 
is inconsistent with such rules; and 
(B) with full recognition of the constitu-
tional right of either House to change the rules 
(so far as relating to the procedure of that 
House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
to the same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that House. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to doc-
uments produced on or after January 1, 2015. 
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SEC. 205. REPLACING THE $1 NOTE WITH THE $1 COIN. 
(a) DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE 
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM.— 
(1) COIN SEQUESTRATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Within six months of 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall 
sequester all $1 coins bearing the design com-
mon to those $1 coins minted and issued from 
1979–1981 and again in 1999. 
(B) TREATMENT OF COINS.—Coins seques-
tered pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall not 
be returned to ordinary circulation or otherwise 
released from storage controlled by the Federal 
Reserve System or an agent of the Federal Re-
serve System. 
(C) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN USES.—Not-
withstanding subparagraph (B), coins seques-
tered pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be re-
leased, at face value and in bulk quantities— 
(i) to dealers in collectible coins; and 
(ii) to countries that have adopted the 
United States dollar as their base unit of 
exchange. 
(D) OBSOLETE COINS.—At the end of the 
1-year period beginning on the date of the en-
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actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall declare all coins described under sub-
paragraph (A) to be obsolete, and such coins— 
(i) shall be treated in the same man-
ner as all other obsolete United States 
coins; and 
(ii) to the extent such coins remain in 
general circulation, shall remain legal ten-
der. 
(2) QUARTERLY
REPORT
ON
$1
COINS.—The 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 
shall issue quarterly reports to the Committee on Fi-
nancial Services of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate on— 
(A) the number of coins sequestered pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)(A); 
(B) the number of coins described in para-
graph (1)(A) that remain in general circulation; 
and 
(C) efforts that have been made to reduce 
the number of coins described in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) to zero. 
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