H. R. 3630 
One Hundred Twelfth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twelve 
An Act 
To provide incentives for the creation of jobs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Middle Class 
Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF PAYROLL TAX REDUCTION 
Sec. 1001. Extension of payroll tax reduction. 
TITLE II—UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT CONTINUATION AND PROGRAM 
IMPROVEMENT 
Sec. 2001. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Reforms of Unemployment Compensation to Promote Work and Job 
Creation 
Sec. 2101. Consistent job search requirements. 
Sec. 2102. State flexibility to promote the reemployment of unemployed workers. 
Sec. 2103. Improving program integrity by better recovery of overpayments. 
Sec. 2104. Data exchange standardization for improved interoperability. 
Sec. 2105. Drug testing of applicants. 
Subtitle B—Provisions Relating To Extended Benefits 
Sec. 2121. Short title. 
Sec. 2122. Extension and modification of emergency unemployment compensation 
program. 
Sec. 2123. Temporary extension of extended benefit provisions. 
Sec. 2124. Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unem-
ployment Insurance Act. 
Subtitle C—Improving Reemployment Strategies Under the Emergency 
Unemployment Compensation Program 
Sec. 2141. Improved work search for the long-term unemployed. 
Sec. 2142. Reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment ac-
tivities. 
Sec. 2143. Promoting program integrity through better recovery of overpayments. 
Sec. 2144. Restore State flexibility to improve unemployment program solvency. 
Subtitle D—Short-Time Compensation Program 
Sec. 2160. Short title. 
Sec. 2161. Treatment of short-time compensation programs. 
Sec. 2162. Temporary financing of short-time compensation payments in States 
with programs in law. 
Sec. 2163. Temporary financing of short-time compensation agreements. 
Sec. 2164. Grants for short-time compensation programs. 
Sec. 2165. Assistance and guidance in implementing programs.
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Sec. 2166. Reports. 
Subtitle E—Self-Employment Assistance 
Sec. 2181. State administration of self-employment assistance programs. 
Sec. 2182. Grants for self-employment assistance programs. 
Sec. 2183. Assistance and guidance in implementing self-employment assistance 
programs. 
Sec. 2184. Definitions. 
TITLE III—MEDICARE AND OTHER HEALTH PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Medicare Extensions 
Sec. 3001. Extension of MMA section 508 reclassifications. 
Sec. 3002. Extension of outpatient hold harmless payments. 
Sec. 3003. Physician payment update. 
Sec. 3004. Work geographic adjustment. 
Sec. 3005. Payment for outpatient therapy services. 
Sec. 3006. Payment for technical component of certain physician pathology services. 
Sec. 3007. Ambulance add-on payments. 
Subtitle B—Other Health Provisions 
Sec. 3101. Qualifying individual program. 
Sec. 3102. Transitional medical assistance. 
Subtitle C—Health Offsets 
Sec. 3201. Reduction of bad debt treated as an allowable cost. 
Sec. 3202. Rebase Medicare clinical laboratory payment rates. 
Sec. 3203. Rebasing State DSH allotments for fiscal year 2021. 
Sec. 3204. Technical correction to the disaster recovery FMAP provision. 
Sec. 3205. Prevention and Public Health Fund. 
TITLE IV—TANF EXTENSION 
Sec. 4001. Short title. 
Sec. 4002. Extension of program. 
Sec. 4003. Data exchange standardization for improved interoperability. 
Sec. 4004. Spending policies for assistance under State TANF programs. 
Sec. 4005. Technical corrections. 
TITLE V—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT 
Sec. 5001. Increase in contributions to Federal Employees’ Retirement System for 
new employees. 
Sec. 5002. Foreign Service Pension System. 
Sec. 5003. Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System. 
TITLE VI—PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC 
SPECTRUM AUCTIONS 
Sec. 6001. Definitions. 
Sec. 6002. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 6003. Enforcement. 
Sec. 6004. National security restrictions on use of funds and auction participation. 
Subtitle A—Reallocation of Public Safety Spectrum 
Sec. 6101. Reallocation of D block to public safety. 
Sec. 6102. Flexible use of narrowband spectrum. 
Sec. 6103. 470–512 MHz public safety spectrum. 
Subtitle B—Governance of Public Safety Spectrum 
Sec. 6201. Single public safety wireless network licensee. 
Sec. 6202. Public safety broadband network. 
Sec. 6203. Public Safety Interoperability Board. 
Sec. 6204. Establishment of the First Responder Network Authority. 
Sec. 6205. Advisory committees of the First Responder Network Authority. 
Sec. 6206. Powers, duties, and responsibilities of the First Responder Network Au-
thority. 
Sec. 6207. Initial funding for the First Responder Network Authority. 
Sec. 6208. Permanent self-funding; duty to assess and collect fees for network use. 
Sec. 6209. Audit and report. 
Sec. 6210. Annual report to Congress. 
Sec. 6211. Public safety roaming and priority access.
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Sec. 6212. Prohibition on direct offering of commercial telecommunications service 
directly to consumers. 
Sec. 6213. Provision of technical assistance. 
Subtitle C—Public Safety Commitments 
Sec. 6301. State and Local Implementation Fund. 
Sec. 6302. State and local implementation. 
Sec. 6303. Public safety wireless communications research and development. 
Subtitle D—Spectrum Auction Authority 
Sec. 6401. Deadlines for auction of certain spectrum. 
Sec. 6402. General authority for incentive auctions. 
Sec. 6403. Special requirements for incentive auction of broadcast TV spectrum. 
Sec. 6404. Certain conditions on auction participation prohibited. 
Sec. 6405. Extension of auction authority. 
Sec. 6406. Unlicensed use in the 5 GHz band. 
Sec. 6407. Guard bands and unlicensed use. 
Sec. 6408. Study on receiver performance and spectrum efficiency. 
Sec. 6409. Wireless facilities deployment. 
Sec. 6410. Functional responsibility of NTIA to ensure efficient use of spectrum. 
Sec. 6411. System certification. 
Sec. 6412. Deployment of 11 GHz, 18 GHz, and 23 GHz microwave bands. 
Sec. 6413. Public Safety Trust Fund. 
Sec. 6414. Study on emergency communications by amateur radio and impediments 
to amateur radio communications. 
Subtitle E—Next Generation 9–1–1 Advancement Act of 2012 
Sec. 6501. Short title. 
Sec. 6502. Definitions. 
Sec. 6503. Coordination of 9–1–1 implementation. 
Sec. 6504. Requirements for multi-line telephone systems. 
Sec. 6505. GAO study of State and local use of 9–1–1 service charges. 
Sec. 6506. Parity of protection for provision or use of Next Generation 9–1–1 serv-
ices. 
Sec. 6507. Commission proceeding on autodialing. 
Sec. 6508. Report on costs for requirements and specifications of Next Generation 
9–1–1 services. 
Sec. 6509. Commission recommendations for legal and statutory framework for 
Next Generation 9–1–1 services. 
Subtitle F—Telecommunications Development Fund 
Sec. 6601. No additional Federal funds. 
Sec. 6602. Independence of the Fund. 
Subtitle G—Federal Spectrum Relocation 
Sec. 6701. Relocation of and spectrum sharing by Federal Government stations. 
Sec. 6702. Spectrum Relocation Fund. 
Sec. 6703. National security and other sensitive information. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 7001. Repeal of certain shifts in the timing of corporate estimated tax pay-
ments. 
Sec. 7002. Repeal of requirement relating to time for remitting certain merchandise 
processing fees. 
Sec. 7003. Treatment for PAYGO purposes. 
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF PAYROLL TAX 
REDUCTION 
SEC. 1001. EXTENSION OF PAYROLL TAX REDUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 601 of the Tax Relief, 
Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act 
of 2010 (26 U.S.C. 1401 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) PAYROLL TAX HOLIDAY PERIOD.—The term ‘payroll tax holi-
day period’ means calendar years 2011 and 2012.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 601 of such Act (26 
U.S.C. 1401 note) is amended by striking subsections (f) and (g).