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‘‘(D) MEDICAL
IMAGING
SERVICE.—The 
term ‘medical imaging service’ means a service 
that involves the science of an image.’’. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE EXPENSE TO RE-
FLECT HIGHER PRESUMED UTILIZATION.—Section 1848 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘this paragraph’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) ADJUSTMENT IN PRACTICE EXPENSE 
TO
REFLECT
HIGHER
PRESUMED
UTILIZA-
TION.—In computing the number of practice 
expense relative value units under subsection 
(c)(2)(C)(ii) with respect to imaging services 
described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
shall adjust such number of units so it reflects 
a 75 percent (rather than 50 percent) presumed 
rate of utilization of imaging equipment.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(v)(II), by inserting 
‘‘AND OTHER PROVISIONS’’ after ‘‘OPD PAYMENT 
CAP’’. 
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(c) ADJUSTMENT IN TECHNICAL COMPONENT ‘‘DIS-
COUNT’’ ON SINGLE-SESSION IMAGING TO CONSECUTIVE 
BODY PARTS.—Section 1848(b)(4) of such Act is further 
amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(E) ADJUSTMENT IN TECHNICAL COMPO-
NENT DISCOUNT ON SINGLE-SESSION IMAGING 
INVOLVING
CONSECUTIVE
BODY
PARTS.—The 
Secretary shall increase the reduction in ex-
penditures attributable to the multiple proce-
dure payment reduction applicable to the tech-
nical component for imaging under the final 
rule published by the Secretary in the Federal 
Register on November 21, 2005 (42 CFR 405, 
et al.) from 25 percent to 50 percent.’’. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT IN ASSUMED INTEREST RATE FOR 
CAPITAL PURCHASES.—Section 1848(b)(4) of such Act is 
further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) ADJUSTMENT IN ASSUMED INTEREST 
RATE FOR CAPITAL PURCHASES.—In computing 
the practice expense component for imaging 
services under this section, the Secretary shall 
change the interest rate assumption for capital 
purchases of imaging devices to reflect the pre-
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), the Secretary shall make the web- 
based tracking system required under this 
paragraph available to Congress, other 
Federal agencies, and the public through 
the Internet. 
‘‘(ii) EXEMPTIONS.—At the request of 
a Federal agency, the Secretary may ex-
empt specific data for specific buildings 
from disclosure under clause (i) for na-
tional security purposes. 
‘‘(7) BENCHMARKING
OF
FEDERAL
FACILI-
TIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The energy manager 
shall enter energy use data for each building or 
facility that meets the criteria established by 
the Secretary under paragraph (1) into a build-
ing energy use benchmarking system, such as 
the Energy Star Portfolio Manager. 
‘‘(B) SYSTEM AND GUIDANCE.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) select or develop the building en-
ergy use benchmarking system required
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(A) carry out the services under this section; 
and 
(B) provide such other services that will im-
prove the financial stability and economic condi-
tion of low- and moderate-income and low- 
wealth individuals. 
(2) GOAL.—The goal of the pilot project grants 
under this subsection is to— 
(A) identify successful methods resulting in 
positive behavioral change for financial em-
powerment; and 
(B) establish program models for organiza-
tions to carry out effective counseling services. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this section and for the provi-
sion of additional financial educational services. 
(f) STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS AND IM-
PACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study on the effec-
tiveness and impact of the grant program established 
under this section. Not later than 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
shall submit a report on the results of such study to
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the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af-
fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives. 
(2) CONTENT
OF
STUDY.—The study required 
under paragraph (1) shall include an evaluation of 
the following: 
(A) The effectiveness of the grant program 
established under this section in improving the 
financial situation of homeowners and prospec-
tive homebuyers served by the grant program. 
(B) The extent to which financial education 
and counseling services have resulted in positive 
behavioral changes. 
(C) The effectiveness and quality of the eli-
gible organizations providing financial edu-
cation and counseling services under the grant 
program. 
(g) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary is authorized to 
promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to imple-
ment and administer the grant program authorized by this 
section. 
SEC. 1133. TRANSFER AND RIGHTS OF CERTAIN HUD EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) TRANSFER.—Each employee of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development whose position respon-
for research, development, or investment into clean 
energy technology. 
‘‘(2) Second, the affected industry transition as-
sistance amount shall be available for transition as-
sistance to industries negatively affected by this Act, 
as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in 
consultation with the Secretary of Labor. 
‘‘(3) Third, the amount remaining after the ap-
plication of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be available 
for payroll tax relief under rebate paid under section 
36. 
‘‘(d) AFFECTED INDUSTRY TRANSITION ASSISTANCE 
AMOUNT.—For purposes of subsection (c)(2), the affected 
industry transition assistance amount is the amount deter-
mined as follows: 
‘‘(1) For calendar year 2008, 1⁄12 of the amount 
in the Trust Fund equivalent to the taxes received 
in the Treasury under section 4691 for calendar 
year 2008, determined after the application of sub-
section (c)(1). 
‘‘(2) For calendar year 2009, 9⁄10 of the amount 
made available under paragraph (1) for calendar 
year 2008. 
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shall respond in writing to the notice provided pur-
suant to subsection (g)(2)(C) by the public housing 
agency. 
‘‘(2) 
PREFERENCES.—Such 
a 
replacement 
dwelling unit shall be made available to each house-
hold displaced as a result of the revitalization plan 
before any replacement dwelling unit is made avail-
able to any other eligible household. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS TO SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
shall require each public housing agency carrying 
out a revitalization plan assisted under this section 
to submit to the Secretary such reports as may be 
necessary to allow the Secretary to determine the ex-
tent to which the public housing agency has com-
plied with this subsection and to which displaced 
residents occupy replacement housing provided pur-
suant to subsection (j), which shall include informa-
tion describing the location of replacement housing 
provided pursuant to subsection (j) and statistical 
information on the characteristics of all households 
occupying such replacement housing. 
‘‘(j) ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT.—Each revitaliza-
tion plan assisted with a grant under this section under 
which any public housing dwelling unit is demolished or 
disposed of shall provide as follows:
IV 
House Calendar No. 122 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 597 
[Report No. 112–423] 
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 112) 
establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 
2014 through 2022, and providing for consideration of motions to sus-
pend the rules. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2012 
Mr. WOODALL, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution (H. 
Con. Res. 112) establishing the budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2014 
through 2022, and providing for consideration of motions 
to suspend the rules. 
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of 
rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee 
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2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011, and, except as pro-
vided in paragraph (4), zero thereafter. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION
OF
LIMITATION.—The na-
tional technology bond limitation for a calendar year 
shall be allocated by the Secretary among the quali-
fied projects designated for such year. 
‘‘(3) DESIGNATION
SUBJECT
TO
LIMITATION 
AMOUNT.—The maximum aggregate face amount of 
bonds issued during any calendar year which may be 
designated under subsection (d)(1) with respect to 
any qualified project shall not exceed the limitation 
amount allocated to such project under paragraph 
(2) for such calendar year. 
‘‘(4) CARRYOVER OF UNUSED LIMITATION.—If 
for any calendar year— 
‘‘(A) the national technology limitation 
amount, exceeds 
‘‘(B) the amount of bonds issued during 
such year which are designated under sub-
section (d)(1) with respect to qualified projects, 
the national technology limitation amount for the 
following calendar year shall be increased by the 
amount of such excess. 
‘‘(f) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
subpart— 
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under this paragraph for each type of 
building; and 
‘‘(ii) issue guidance for use of the sys-
tem. 
‘‘(C) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE.—Each Federal 
agency shall post the benchmarking information 
generated under this subsection, along with 
each building’s annual energy use per square 
foot and energy costs, on the agency’s website. 
The agency shall update such information each 
year, and shall include in such reporting pre-
vious years’ information to allow changes in 
building performance to be tracked over time. 
‘‘(8) FEDERAL AGENCY SCORECARDS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall issue 
semiannual scorecards for energy management 
activities carried out by each Federal agency 
that includes— 
‘‘(i) summaries of the status of imple-
menting the various requirements of the 
agency and its energy managers under this 
subsection; and
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‘‘(ii) any other means of measuring 
performance that the Director considers 
appropriate. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The Director shall 
make the scorecards required under this para-
graph available to Congress, other Federal 
agencies, and the public through the Internet. 
‘‘(9) FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
‘‘(A) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as are necessary to carry out 
this subsection. 
‘‘(B) FUNDING OPTIONS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this 
subsection, a Federal agency may use any 
combination of— 
‘‘(I) appropriated funds made 
available under subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(II) private financing, including 
financing available through energy 
savings performance contracts or util-
ity energy service contracts. 
‘‘(ii) COMBINED FUNDING FOR SAME 
MEASURE.—A Federal agency may use any
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riod described in section 412.30(c) of title 
42, Code of Federal Regulations, applica-
ble to the conversion of hospital beds into 
a distinct-part rehabilitation unit shall not 
apply to such units. 
(ii) Services provided in inpatient re-
habilitation units established under clause 
(i) shall not be reimbursed as long-term 
care hospital services under section 1886 
of such Act and shall be subject to pay-
ment policies established by the Secretary 
to reimburse services provided by inpatient 
hospital rehabilitation units. 
(D) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 
made by subparagraphs (A) and (B), and the 
provisions of subparagraph (C), shall apply to 
discharges occurring on or after January 1, 
2008. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION
OF
FACILITY
AND
PA-
TIENT CRITERIA.— 
(A) REPORT.—No later than 1 year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall 
submit to the appropriate committees of Con-
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gress a report containing recommendations re-
garding the promulgation of the national long- 
term care hospital facility and patient criteria 
for application under paragraphs (4) and (5) of 
section 1861(ccc) and section 1886(n) of the 
Social Security Act, as added by subparagraphs 
(A) and (B), respectively, of paragraph (1). In 
the report, the Secretary shall consider rec-
ommendations contained in a report to Con-
gress by the Medicare Payment Advisory Com-
mission in June 2004 for long-term care hos-
pital-specific facility and patient criteria to en-
sure that patients admitted to long-term care 
hospitals are medically complex and appropriate 
to receive long-term care hospital services. 
(B) IMPLEMENTATION.—No later than 1 
year after the date of submittal of the report 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall, 
after rulemaking, implement the national long- 
term care hospital facility and patient criteria 
referred to in such subparagraph. Such long- 
term care hospital facility and patient criteria 
shall be used to screen patients in determining 
the medical necessity and appropriateness of a 
Medicare beneficiary’s admission to, continued 
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‘‘(D) 
POWERS
AS
CONSERVATOR.—The 
Agency may, as conservator, take such action as 
may be— 
‘‘(i) necessary to put the regulated en-
tity in a sound and solvent condition; and 
‘‘(ii) appropriate to carry on the busi-
ness of the regulated entity and preserve 
and conserve the assets and property of the 
regulated entity. 
‘‘(E) ADDITIONAL POWERS AS RECEIVER.— 
In any case in which the Agency is acting as re-
ceiver, the Agency shall place the regulated entity 
in liquidation and proceed to realize upon the 
assets of the regulated entity in such manner as 
the Agency deems appropriate, including through 
the sale of assets, the transfer of assets to a lim-
ited-life regulated entity established under sub-
section (i), or the exercise of any other rights or 
privileges granted to the Agency under this para-
graph. 
‘‘(F) 
ORGANIZATION
OF
NEW
ENTER-
PRISE.—The Agency may, as receiver for an en-
terprise, organize a successor enterprise that will 
operate pursuant to subsection (i).
of the programs is established after funding 
under this section terminates. 
‘‘(G) That the comprehensive school-based 
mental health program carried out under this 
section will be based on evidence-based prac-
tices. 
‘‘(H) That the comprehensive school-based 
mental health program carried out under this 
section will be coordinated with early inter-
vening activities carried out under the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act. 
‘‘(I) That the comprehensive school-based 
mental health program carried out under this 
section will be culturally and linguistically ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(J) That the comprehensive school-based 
mental health program carried out under this 
section will include a range of program sites, 
which may include elementary schools, sec-
ondary schools, and related facilities and trans-
portation sites. 
‘‘(K) That the comprehensive school-based 
mental health program carried out under this 
section will include a broad needs assessment of 
youth who drop out of school due to policies of 
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108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2991
AN ACT
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of
the Interior to participate in the Inland Empire regional
recycling project and in the Cucamonga County Water
District recycling project.
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‘‘(G) TRANSFER OR SALE OF ASSETS AND 
LIABILITIES.—The Agency may, as conservator 
or receiver, transfer or sell any asset or liability 
of the regulated entity in default, and may do so 
without any approval, assignment, or consent 
with respect to such transfer or sale. 
‘‘(H) PAYMENT OF VALID OBLIGATIONS.— 
The Agency, as conservator or receiver, shall, to 
the extent of proceeds realized from the perform-
ance of contracts or sale of the assets of a regu-
lated entity, pay all valid obligations of the reg-
ulated entity that are due and payable at the 
time of the appointment of the Agency as conser-
vator or receiver, in accordance with the pre-
scriptions and limitations of this section. 
‘‘(I) SUBPOENA AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(I) AGENCY
AUTHORITY.—The 
Agency may, as conservator or receiver, 
and for purposes of carrying out any 
power, authority, or duty with respect 
to a regulated entity (including deter-
mining any claim against the regu-
lated entity and determining and real-
izing upon any asset of any person in
IV 
House Calendar No. 123 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 600 
[Report No. 112–424] 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4281) to provide an extension 
of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, 
and other programs funded out of the Highway Trust Fund pending 
enactment of a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 28, 2012 
Mr. WEBSTER, from the Committee on Rules, reported the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 
RESOLUTION 
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4281) to provide 
an extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, 
motor carrier safety, transit, and other programs funded 
out of the Highway Trust Fund pending enactment of 
a multiyear law reauthorizing such programs, and for 
other purposes. 
Resolved, That upon the adoption of this resolution 
it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 
4281) to provide an extension of Federal-aid highway, 
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the course of collecting money due the 
regulated entity), exercise any power 
established under section 1348. 
‘‘(II) APPLICABILITY
OF
LAW.— 
The provisions of section 1348 shall 
apply with respect to the exercise of 
any power under this subparagraph, 
in the same manner as such provisions 
apply under that section. 
‘‘(ii) SUBPOENA.—A subpoena or sub-
poena duces tecum may be issued under 
clause (i) only by, or with the written ap-
proval of, the Director, or the designee of the 
Director. 
‘‘(iii) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This 
subsection shall not be construed to limit 
any rights that the Agency, in any capac-
ity, might otherwise have under section 
1317 or 1379B. 
‘‘(J) INCIDENTAL
POWERS.—The Agency 
may, as conservator or receiver— 
‘‘(i) exercise all powers and authorities 
specifically granted to conservators or re-
ceivers, respectively, under this section, and
IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 604 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President 
exercised the recess appointment power despite the fact that neither 
the House of Representatives nor the Senate have been adjourned for 
a period in excess of three days during the Second Session of the 
112th Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 29, 2012 
Mr. ISSA submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
the President exercised the recess appointment power 
despite the fact that neither the House of Representa-
tives nor the Senate have been adjourned for a period 
in excess of three days during the Second Session of 
the 112th Congress. 
Whereas the House of Representatives met on January 3, 
2012, and again on January 6, 2012, constituting each 
as a legislative day; 
Whereas article I, section 5, clause 4 of the Constitution re-
quires either House of Congress to consent to an ad-
journment of the other in excess of three days; 
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such incidental powers as shall be necessary 
to carry out such powers; and 
‘‘(ii) take any action authorized by 
this section, which the Agency determines is 
in the best interests of the regulated entity 
or the Agency. 
‘‘(K) OTHER PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(i) SHAREHOLDERS AND CREDITORS 
OF FAILED REGULATED ENTITY.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the ap-
pointment of the Agency as receiver for a 
regulated entity pursuant to paragraph (2) 
or (4) of subsection (a) and its succession, 
by operation of law, to the rights, titles, 
powers, and privileges described in sub-
section (b)(2)(A) shall terminate all rights 
and claims that the stockholders and credi-
tors of the regulated entity may have 
against the assets or charter of the regulated 
entity or the Agency arising as a result of 
their status as stockholders or creditors, ex-
cept for their right to payment, resolution, 
or other satisfaction of their claims, as per-
mitted under subsections (b)(9), (c), and (e).
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(v) to explore quantifiable and non-
quantifiable beneficial impacts on public 
health and employee and student perform-
ance; 
(3) 
demonstration 
projects 
to 
evaluate 
replicable approaches to achieving various types of 
commercial buildings in various climates; and 
(4) deployment activities to disseminate infor-
mation on and encourage widespread adoption of 
technologies, practices, and policies to achieve zero- 
net-energy commercial buildings or low energy use 
and effective monitoring of energy use in commercial 
buildings. 
(c) CRITERIA.— 
(1) FEDERAL FACILITIES.—With respect to the 
existing or proposed Federal facility at which a dem-
onstration project under this section is conducted, 
the Federal facility shall— 
(A) be an appropriate model for a project 
relating to— 
(i) the effectiveness of high-perform-
ance technologies; 
(ii) analysis of materials, components, 
systems, and emergency operations in the 
building, and the impact of those mate-
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2993
AN ACT
To provide for a circulating quarter dollar coin program
to honor the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes.