To ensure that the reduced annual cost-of-living adjustment to the retired pay of members and former members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 will not apply to members or former members who first became members prior to January 1, 2014, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-25
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2013-01-22
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process

Electric power generation and transmission

Executive agency funding and structure

Government trust funds

Health personnel

Inflation and prices

Land transfers

Medicare

Military personnel and dependents

Utah

Veterans' pensions and compensation
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-15
text: Became Public Law No: 113-82.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong></strong>South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, insofar as the Strawberry Water Users Association conveyed its interest in an electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, to convey and assign to the District: (1) all interest of the United States in all fixtures owned by the United States as part of the electric distribution system and the federal lands and interests where the fixtures are located, (2) license for use in perpetuity of the shared power poles, and (3) licenses for use and access in perpetuity to specified project lands and interests and corridors where federal lands and interests are abutting public streets and roads and can provide access to facilities. </p>

action_date: 2013-04-22
action_desc: Reported to Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)</b></p> <p><strong></strong>South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, insofar as the Strawberry Water Users Association conveyed its interest in an electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, to convey and assign to the District: (1) all interest of the United States in all fixtures owned by the United States as part of the electric distribution system and the federal lands and interests where the fixtures are located, (2) license for use in perpetuity of the shared power poles, and (3) licenses for use and access in perpetuity to specified project lands and interests and corridors where federal lands and interests are abutting public streets and roads and can provide access to facilities. </p> <p>Requires the District to assume all liability from the United States for the administration, operation, maintenance, and replacement of such electric distribution system. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary, before conveying such lands, interests, and fixtures, to be in compliance with all applicable requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and any other law applicable to such land and facilities. </p> <p>Prohibits anything, except for the uses as granted by license in the shared power poles, from being construed as granting or conveying to the District or any other party any interest in any facilities comprising a part of the Strawberry Valley Project power generation system or the federally owned parts of the 46 kilovolt transmission system, the ownership of which shall remain in the United States. </p> <p>Prohibits, upon conveyance of any land or facility under this Act: (1) the conveyed and assigned land and facilities from any longer being considered as part of a federal reclamation project; (2) the District from being entitled to receive any future Bureau of Reclamation benefits respecting such land and facilities, except for those that would be available to other non-Bureau facilities; and (3) the United States from being liable for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence related to the land and facilities, including the transaction specified above between the Association and the District. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of such conveyance, any obstacles to completing it, and the anticipated date for its completion, if the conveyance is not completed within one year of enactment of this Act.</p>

action_date: 2013-06-19
action_desc: Passed Senate without amendment
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p><strong></strong>South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act - Requires the Secretary of the Interior, insofar as the Strawberry Water Users Association conveyed its interest in an electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, to convey and assign to the District: (1) all interest of the United States in all fixtures owned by the United States as part of the electric distribution system and the federal lands and interests where the fixtures are located, (2) license for use in perpetuity of the shared power poles, and (3) licenses for use and access in perpetuity to specified project lands and interests and corridors where federal lands and interests are abutting public streets and roads and can provide access to facilities. </p> <p>Requires the District to assume all liability from the United States for the administration, operation, maintenance, and replacement of such electric distribution system. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary, before conveying such lands, interests, and fixtures, to be in compliance with all applicable requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and any other law applicable to such land and facilities. </p> <p>Prohibits anything, except for the uses as granted by license in the shared power poles, from being construed as granting or conveying to the District or any other party any interest in any facilities comprising a part of the Strawberry Valley Project power generation system or the federally owned parts of the 46 kilovolt transmission system, the ownership of which shall remain in the United States. </p> <p>Prohibits, upon conveyance of any land or facility under this Act: (1) the conveyed and assigned land and facilities from any longer being considered as part of a federal reclamation project; (2) the District from being entitled to receive any future Bureau of Reclamation benefits respecting such land and facilities, except for those that would be available to other non-Bureau facilities; and (3) the United States from being liable for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence related to the land and facilities, including the transaction specified above between the Association and the District. </p> <p>Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the status of such conveyance, any obstacles to completing it, and the anticipated date for its completion, if the conveyance is not completed within one year of enactment of this Act.</p>

action_date: 2014-02-11
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p>Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, with respect to the implementation of direct spending reductions, to require the President to order a sequestration for FY2024 on the date the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issues its sequestration preview report for such fiscal year.</p> <p>Makes the reduction in annual cost-of-living adjustments of military retired pay for armed forces members under age 62 enacted by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 inapplicable to those who first became members before January 1, 2014. (That Act reduced the cost-of-living adjustments from the full Consumer Price Index [CPI] to the CPI less 1%.)</p> <p>Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to replace the requirement to establish a Medicare Improvement Fund with one that requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Transitional Fund for Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Reform, available to provide funds to pay for physicians' services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) to supplement the conversion factor for 2017 if the conversion factor for that year is less than that for 2013. Makes $2.3 billion available to the Fund from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for expenditures during or after 2017.</p>

action_date: 2014-02-15
action_desc: Public Law
text: <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on February 11, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, with respect to the implementation of direct spending reductions, to require the President to order a sequestration for FY2024 on the date the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issues its sequestration preview report for such fiscal year.</p> <p>Makes the reduction in annual cost-of-living adjustments of military retired pay for armed forces members under age 62 enacted by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 inapplicable to those who first became members before January 1, 2014. (That Act reduced the cost-of-living adjustments from the full Consumer Price Index [CPI] to the CPI less 1%.)</p> <p>Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to replace the requirement to establish a Medicare Improvement Fund with one that requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Transitional Fund for Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Reform, available to provide funds to pay for physicians' services under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) to supplement the conversion factor for 2017 if the conversion factor for that year is less than that for 2013. Makes $2.3 billion available to the Fund from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for expenditures during or after 2017.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 25 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013 Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) District The term District means the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, organized under the laws of the State of Utah. (2) Electric distribution system The term Electric Distribution System means fixtures, irrigation, or power facilities lands, distribution fixture lands, and shared power poles. (3) Fixtures The term fixtures means all power poles, cross-members, wires, insulators and associated fixtures, including substations, that— (A) comprise those portions of the Strawberry Valley Project power distribution system that are rated at a voltage of 12.5 kilovolts and were constructed with Strawberry Valley Project revenues; and (B) any such fixtures that are located on Federal lands and interests in lands. (4) Irrigation or power facilities lands The term irrigation or power facilities lands means all Federal lands and interests in lands where the fixtures are located on the date of the enactment of this Act and which are encumbered by other Strawberry Valley Project irrigation or power features, including lands underlying the Strawberry Substation. (5) Distribution fixture lands The term distribution fixture lands means all Federal lands and interests in lands where the fixtures are located on the date of the enactment of this Act and which are unencumbered by other Strawberry Valley Project features, to a maximum corridor width of 30 feet on each side of the centerline of the fixtures’ power lines as those lines exist on the date of the enactment of this Act. (6) Shared power poles The term shared power poles means poles that comprise those portions of the Strawberry Valley Project Power Transmission System, that are rated at a voltage of 46.0-kilovolts, are owned by the United States, and support fixtures of the Electric Distribution System. (7) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. 3. Conveyance of Electric Distribution System (a) In general Inasmuch as the Strawberry Water Users Association conveyed its interest, if any, in the Electric Distribution System to the District by a contract dated April 7, 1986, and in consideration of the District assuming from the United States all liability for administration, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the Electric Distribution System, the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act and in accordance with applicable law, convey and assign to the District without charge or further consideration— (1) all of the United States right, title, and interest in and to— (A) all fixtures owned by the United States as part of the Electric Distribution System; and (B) the distribution fixture land; (2) license for use in perpetuity of the shared power poles to continue to own, operate, maintain, and replace Electric Distribution Fixtures attached to the shared power poles; and (3) licenses for use and for access in perpetuity for purposes of operation, maintenance, and replacement across, over, and along— (A) all project lands and interests in irrigation and power facilities lands where the Electric Distribution System is located on the date of the enactment of this Act that are necessary for other Strawberry Valley Project facilities (the ownership of such underlying lands or interests in lands shall remain with the United States), including lands underlying the Strawberry Substation; and (B) such corridors where Federal lands and interests in lands— (i) are abutting public streets and roads; and (ii) can provide access that will facilitate operation, maintenance, and replacement of facilities. (b) Compliance with environmental laws (1) In general Before conveying lands, interest in lands, and fixtures under subsection (a), the Secretary shall comply with all applicable requirements under— (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ); and (C) any other law applicable to the land and facilities. (2) Effect Nothing in this Act modifies or alters any obligations under— (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); or (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ). (c) Power Generation and 46kV Transmission Facilities Excluded Except for the uses as granted by license in Shared Power Poles under section 3(a)(2), nothing in this Act shall be construed to grant or convey to the District or any other party, any interest in any facilities shared or otherwise that comprise a portion of the Strawberry Valley Project power generation system or the federally owned portions of the 46 kilovolt transmission system which ownership shall remain in the United States. 4. Effect of conveyance On conveyance of any land or facility under section 3(a)(1)— (1) the conveyed and assigned land and facilities shall no longer be part of a Federal reclamation project; (2) the District shall not be entitled to receive any future Bureau or Reclamation benefits with respect to the conveyed and assigned land and facilities, except for benefits that would be available to other non-Bureau of Reclamation facilities; and (3) the United States shall not be liable for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to the land and facilities, including the transaction of April 7, 1986, between the Strawberry Water Users Association and the Strawberry Electric Service District. 5. Report If a conveyance required under section 3 is not completed by the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after that date, submit to Congress a report that— (1) describes the status of the conveyance; (2) describes any obstacles to completing the conveyance; and (3) specifies an anticipated date for completion of the conveyance.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 46 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 25 [Report No. 113–15] IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 22 (legislative day, January 3), 2013 Mr. Hatch (for himself and Mr. Lee ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources April 22, 2013 Reported by Mr. Wyden , without amendment A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) District The term District means the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, organized under the laws of the State of Utah. (2) Electric distribution system The term Electric Distribution System means fixtures, irrigation, or power facilities lands, distribution fixture lands, and shared power poles. (3) Fixtures The term fixtures means all power poles, cross-members, wires, insulators and associated fixtures, including substations, that— (A) comprise those portions of the Strawberry Valley Project power distribution system that are rated at a voltage of 12.5 kilovolts and were constructed with Strawberry Valley Project revenues; and (B) any such fixtures that are located on Federal lands and interests in lands. (4) Irrigation or power facilities lands The term irrigation or power facilities lands means all Federal lands and interests in lands where the fixtures are located on the date of the enactment of this Act and which are encumbered by other Strawberry Valley Project irrigation or power features, including lands underlying the Strawberry Substation. (5) Distribution fixture lands The term distribution fixture lands means all Federal lands and interests in lands where the fixtures are located on the date of the enactment of this Act and which are unencumbered by other Strawberry Valley Project features, to a maximum corridor width of 30 feet on each side of the centerline of the fixtures’ power lines as those lines exist on the date of the enactment of this Act. (6) Shared power poles The term shared power poles means poles that comprise those portions of the Strawberry Valley Project Power Transmission System, that are rated at a voltage of 46.0-kilovolts, are owned by the United States, and support fixtures of the Electric Distribution System. (7) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. 3. Conveyance of Electric Distribution System (a) In general Inasmuch as the Strawberry Water Users Association conveyed its interest, if any, in the Electric Distribution System to the District by a contract dated April 7, 1986, and in consideration of the District assuming from the United States all liability for administration, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the Electric Distribution System, the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act and in accordance with applicable law, convey and assign to the District without charge or further consideration— (1) all of the United States right, title, and interest in and to— (A) all fixtures owned by the United States as part of the Electric Distribution System; and (B) the distribution fixture land; (2) license for use in perpetuity of the shared power poles to continue to own, operate, maintain, and replace Electric Distribution Fixtures attached to the shared power poles; and (3) licenses for use and for access in perpetuity for purposes of operation, maintenance, and replacement across, over, and along— (A) all project lands and interests in irrigation and power facilities lands where the Electric Distribution System is located on the date of the enactment of this Act that are necessary for other Strawberry Valley Project facilities (the ownership of such underlying lands or interests in lands shall remain with the United States), including lands underlying the Strawberry Substation; and (B) such corridors where Federal lands and interests in lands— (i) are abutting public streets and roads; and (ii) can provide access that will facilitate operation, maintenance, and replacement of facilities. (b) Compliance with environmental laws (1) In general Before conveying lands, interest in lands, and fixtures under subsection (a), the Secretary shall comply with all applicable requirements under— (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ); and (C) any other law applicable to the land and facilities. (2) Effect Nothing in this Act modifies or alters any obligations under— (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); or (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ). (c) Power Generation and 46kV Transmission Facilities Excluded Except for the uses as granted by license in Shared Power Poles under section 3(a)(2), nothing in this Act shall be construed to grant or convey to the District or any other party, any interest in any facilities shared or otherwise that comprise a portion of the Strawberry Valley Project power generation system or the federally owned portions of the 46 kilovolt transmission system which ownership shall remain in the United States. 4. Effect of conveyance On conveyance of any land or facility under section 3(a)(1)— (1) the conveyed and assigned land and facilities shall no longer be part of a Federal reclamation project; (2) the District shall not be entitled to receive any future Bureau or Reclamation benefits with respect to the conveyed and assigned land and facilities, except for benefits that would be available to other non-Bureau of Reclamation facilities; and (3) the United States shall not be liable for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to the land and facilities, including the transaction of April 7, 1986, between the Strawberry Water Users Association and the Strawberry Electric Service District. 5. Report If a conveyance required under section 3 is not completed by the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after that date, submit to Congress a report that— (1) describes the status of the conveyance; (2) describes any obstacles to completing the conveyance; and (3) specifies an anticipated date for completion of the conveyance.

April 22, 2013 Reported without amendment

tv_txt: 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 25 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) District The term District means the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, organized under the laws of the State of Utah. (2) Electric distribution system The term Electric Distribution System means fixtures, irrigation, or power facilities lands, distribution fixture lands, and shared power poles. (3) Fixtures The term fixtures means all power poles, cross-members, wires, insulators and associated fixtures, including substations, that— (A) comprise those portions of the Strawberry Valley Project power distribution system that are rated at a voltage of 12.5 kilovolts and were constructed with Strawberry Valley Project revenues; and (B) any such fixtures that are located on Federal lands and interests in lands. (4) Irrigation or power facilities lands The term irrigation or power facilities lands means all Federal lands and interests in lands where the fixtures are located on the date of the enactment of this Act and which are encumbered by other Strawberry Valley Project irrigation or power features, including lands underlying the Strawberry Substation. (5) Distribution fixture lands The term distribution fixture lands means all Federal lands and interests in lands where the fixtures are located on the date of the enactment of this Act and which are unencumbered by other Strawberry Valley Project features, to a maximum corridor width of 30 feet on each side of the centerline of the fixtures’ power lines as those lines exist on the date of the enactment of this Act. (6) Shared power poles The term shared power poles means poles that comprise those portions of the Strawberry Valley Project Power Transmission System, that are rated at a voltage of 46.0-kilovolts, are owned by the United States, and support fixtures of the Electric Distribution System. (7) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior. 3. Conveyance of Electric Distribution System (a) In general Inasmuch as the Strawberry Water Users Association conveyed its interest, if any, in the Electric Distribution System to the District by a contract dated April 7, 1986, and in consideration of the District assuming from the United States all liability for administration, operation, maintenance, and replacement of the Electric Distribution System, the Secretary shall, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act and in accordance with applicable law, convey and assign to the District without charge or further consideration— (1) all of the United States right, title, and interest in and to— (A) all fixtures owned by the United States as part of the Electric Distribution System; and (B) the distribution fixture land; (2) license for use in perpetuity of the shared power poles to continue to own, operate, maintain, and replace Electric Distribution Fixtures attached to the shared power poles; and (3) licenses for use and for access in perpetuity for purposes of operation, maintenance, and replacement across, over, and along— (A) all project lands and interests in irrigation and power facilities lands where the Electric Distribution System is located on the date of the enactment of this Act that are necessary for other Strawberry Valley Project facilities (the ownership of such underlying lands or interests in lands shall remain with the United States), including lands underlying the Strawberry Substation; and (B) such corridors where Federal lands and interests in lands— (i) are abutting public streets and roads; and (ii) can provide access that will facilitate operation, maintenance, and replacement of facilities. (b) Compliance with environmental laws (1) In general Before conveying lands, interest in lands, and fixtures under subsection (a), the Secretary shall comply with all applicable requirements under— (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); and (C) any other law applicable to the land and facilities. (2) Effect Nothing in this Act modifies or alters any obligations under— (A) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ); or (B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). (c) Power Generation and 46kV Transmission Facilities Excluded Except for the uses as granted by license in Shared Power Poles under section 3(a)(2), nothing in this Act shall be construed to grant or convey to the District or any other party, any interest in any facilities shared or otherwise that comprise a portion of the Strawberry Valley Project power generation system or the federally owned portions of the 46 kilovolt transmission system which ownership shall remain in the United States. 4. Effect of conveyance On conveyance of any land or facility under section 3(a)(1)— (1) the conveyed and assigned land and facilities shall no longer be part of a Federal reclamation project; (2) the District shall not be entitled to receive any future Bureau or Reclamation benefits with respect to the conveyed and assigned land and facilities, except for benefits that would be available to other non-Bureau of Reclamation facilities; and (3) the United States shall not be liable for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to the land and facilities, including the transaction of April 7, 1986, between the Strawberry Water Users Association and the Strawberry Electric Service District. 5. Report If a conveyance required under section 3 is not completed by the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after that date, submit to Congress a report that— (1) describes the status of the conveyance; (2) describes any obstacles to completing the conveyance; and (3) specifies an anticipated date for completion of the conveyance.

Passed the Senate June 19, 2013. Secretary

tv_txt: 113th CONGRESS 2d Session In the House of Representatives, U. S., February 11, 2014 AMENDMENT:

That the bill from the Senate (S. 25) entitled An Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District, and for other purposes. , do pass with the following Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 1. Extension of direct spending reduction for fiscal year 2024 Paragraph (6)(B) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a ) is amended by striking and for fiscal year 2023 and by inserting , for fiscal year 2023, and for fiscal year 2024 . 2. Inapplicability of reduced annual adjustment of retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 who first became members prior to January 1, 2014 (a) In general Section 1401a(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 403(a) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 ( Public Law 113–67 ) and amended by section 10001 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 ( Public Law 113–76 ), is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (G) Members covered This paragraph applies to a member or former member of an armed force who first became a member of a uniformed service on or after January 1, 2014. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on December 1, 2015, immediately after the coming into effect of section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and the amendments made by that section. 3. Transitional Fund for Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Reform Section 1898 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii ) is amended— (1) by amending the heading to read as follows: transitional fund for sustainable growth rate (SGR) reform ; (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish under this title a Transitional Fund for Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Reform (in this section referred to as the Fund ) which shall be available to the Secretary to provide funds to pay for physicians’ services under part B to supplement the conversion factor under section 1848(d) for 2017 if the conversion factor for 2017 is less than conversion factor for 2013. ; (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking during— and all that follows and inserting during or after 2017, $2,300,000,000. ; and (4) in subsection (b)(2), by striking from the Federal and all that follows and inserting from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. .

Lorraine Miller Clerk.

tv_txt: One Hundred Thirteenth Congress of the United States of America 2d Session Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, the third day of January, two thousand and fourteen S. 25 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AN ACT To ensure that the reduced annual cost-of-living adjustment to the retired pay of members and former members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 will not apply to members or former members who first became members prior to January 1, 2014, and for other purposes.

1. Extension of direct spending reduction for fiscal year 2024 Paragraph (6)(B) of section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901a ) is amended by striking and for fiscal year 2023 and by inserting , for fiscal year 2023, and for fiscal year 2024 . 2. Inapplicability of reduced annual adjustment of retired pay for members of the Armed Forces under the age of 62 under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 who first became members prior to January 1, 2014 (a) In general Section 1401a(b)(4) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 403(a) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 ( Public Law 113–67 ) and amended by section 10001 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2014 ( Public Law 113–76 ), is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (G) Members covered This paragraph applies to a member or former member of an armed force who first became a member of a uniformed service on or after January 1, 2014. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on December 1, 2015, immediately after the coming into effect of section 403 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 and the amendments made by that section. 3. Transitional Fund for Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Reform Section 1898 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395iii ) is amended— (1) by amending the heading to read as follows: transitional fund for sustainable growth rate (SGR) reform ; (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) Establishment The Secretary shall establish under this title a Transitional Fund for Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) Reform (in this section referred to as the Fund ) which shall be available to the Secretary to provide funds to pay for physicians’ services under part B to supplement the conversion factor under section 1848(d) for 2017 if the conversion factor for 2017 is less than conversion factor for 2013. ; (3) in subsection (b)(1), by striking during— and all that follows and inserting during or after 2017, $2,300,000,000. ; and (4) in subsection (b)(2), by striking from the Federal and all that follows and inserting from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund. .

Speaker of the House of Representatives Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate