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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``IP-Enabled Voice Communications and 
Public Safety Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SERVICE.

    (a) 911 and E-911 Services.--Notwithstanding section 2(b) or any 
other provision of the Communications Act of 1934, the Commission shall 
prescribe regulations to establish a set of requirements or obligations 
on providers of IP-enabled voice service to ensure that 911 and E-911 
services are available to customers to IP-enabled voice service. Such 
regulations shall include an appropriate transition period by which to 
comply with such requirements or obligations and take into 
consideration available industry technological and operational 
standards, including network security.
    (b) Non-Discriminatory Access to Capabilities.--Each entity with 
ownership or control of the necessary emergency services infrastructure 
shall provide any requesting IP-enabled voice service provider with 
nondiscriminatory access to their equipment, network, databases, 
interfaces and any other related capabilities necessary for the 
delivery and completion of 911 and E911 calls and information related 
to such 911 or E911 calls. Such access shall be consistent with 
industry standards established by the National Emergency Number 
Association or other applicable industry standards organizations. Such 
entity shall provide access to the infrastructure at just and 
reasonable, nondiscriminatory rates, terms and conditions. The 
telecommunications carrier or other entity shall provide such access to 
the infrastructure on a stand-alone basis.
    (c) State Authority.--Nothing in this Act, the Communications Act 
of 1934, or any Commission regulation or order shall prevent the 
imposition on or collection from a provider of voice services, 
including IP-enabled voice services, of any fee or charge specifically 
designated or presented as dedicated by a State, political subdivision 
thereof, or Indian tribe on an equitable, and non-discriminatory basis 
for the support of 911 and E-911 services if no portion of the revenue 
derived from such fee or charge is obligated or expended for any 
purpose other than support of 911 and E-911 services or enhancements of 
such services.
    (d) Standard.--The Commission may establish regulations imposing 
requirements or obligations on providers of voice services, entities 
with ownership or control of emergency services infrastructure under 
subsections (a) and (b) only to the extent that the Commission 
determines such regulations are technologically and operationally 
feasible.
    (e) Customer Notice.--Prior to the compliance with the rules as 
required by subsection (a), a provider of an IP-enabled voice service 
that is not capable of providing 911 and E-911 services shall provide a 
clear and conspicuous notice of the unavailability of such services to 
each customer at the time of entering into a contract for such service 
with that customer.
    (f) Voice Service Provider Responsibility.--An IP-enabled voice 
service provider shall have the sole responsibility for the proper 
design, operation, and function of the 911 and E911 access capabilities 
offered to the provider's customers.
    (g) Parity of Protection for Provision or Use of IP-Enabled Voice 
Service.--
            (1) Provider parity.--If a provider of an IP-enabled voice 
        service offers 911 or E-911 services in compliance with the 
        rules required by subsection (a), that provider, its officers, 
        directors, employees, vendors, and agents, shall have immunity 
        or other protection from liability of a scope and extent that 
        is not less than the scope and extent of immunity or other 
        protection from liability that any local exchange company, and 
        its officers directors, employees, vendors, or agents, have 
        under the applicable Federal and State law (whether through 
        statute, judicial decision, tariffs filed by such local 
        exchange company, or otherwise), including in connection with 
        an act or omission involving the release of subscriber 
        information related to the emergency calls or emergency 
        services to a public safety answering point, emergency medical 
        service provider, or emergency dispatch provider, public 
        safety, fire service, or law enforcement official, or hospital 
        emergency or trauma care facility.
            (2) User parity.--A person using an IP-enabled voice 
        service that offers 911 or E-911 services pursuant to this 
        subsection shall have immunity or other protection from 
        liability of a scope and extent that is not less than the scope 
        and extent of immunity or other protection from liability under 
        applicable law in similar circumstances of a person using 911 
        or E-911 service that is not provided through an IP-enabled 
        voice service.
            (3) PSAP parity.--In matters related to IP-enabled 911 and 
        E-911 communications, a PSAP, and its employees, vendors, 
        agents, and authorizing government entity (if any) shall have 
        immunity or other protection from liability of a scope and 
        extent that is not less than the scope and extent of immunity 
        or other protection from liability under applicable law 
        accorded to such PSAP, employees, vendors, agents, and 
        authorizing government entity, respective, in matters related 
        to 911 or E-911 communications that are not provided via an IP-
        enabled voice service.
    (h) Delegation Permitted.--The Commission may, in the regulations 
prescribed under this section, provide for the delegation to State 
commissions of authority to implement and enforce the requirements of 
this section and the regulations thereunder.

SEC. 3. MIGRATION TO IP-ENABLED EMERGENCY NETWORK.

    Section 158 of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (as added by section 104 of the ENHANCE 
911 Act of 2004) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections 
        (e) and (f), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Migration Plan Required.--
            ``(1) National plan required.--No more than 18 months after 
        the date of the enactment of the ENHANCE 911 Act of 2004, the 
        Office shall develop and report to Congress on a national plan 
        for migrating to a national IP-enabled emergency network 
        capable of receiving and responding to all citizen activated 
        emergency communications.
            ``(2) Contents of plan.--The plan required by paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                    ``(A) outline the potential benefits of such a 
                migration;
                    ``(B) identify barriers that must be overcome and 
                funding mechanisms to address those barriers;
                    ``(C) include a proposed timetable, an outline of 
                costs and potential savings;
                    ``(D) provide specific legislative language, if 
                necessary, for achieving the plan; and
                    ``(E) provide recommendations on any legislative 
                changes, including updating definitions, to facilitate 
                a national IP-enabled emergency network.
            ``(3) Consultation.--In developing the plan required by 
        paragraph (1), the Office shall consult with representatives of 
        the public safety community, technology and telecommunications 
        providers, and others it deems appropriate.''.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) In General.--For purposes of this Act:
            (1) 911 and e-911 services.--
                    (A) 911.--The term ``911'' means a service that 
                allows a user, by dialing the three-digit code 911, to 
                call a public safety answering point operated by a 
                State, local government, Indian tribe, or authorized 
                entity.
                    (B) E-911.--The term ``E-911 service'' means a 911 
                service that automatically delivers the 911 call to the 
                appropriate public safety answering point, and provides 
                automatic identification data, including the 
                originating number of an emergency call, the physical 
                location of the caller, and the capability for the 
                public safety answering point to call the user back if 
                the call is disconnected.
            (2) IP-enabled voice service.--The term ``IP-enabled voice 
        service'' means an IP-enabled service used for real-time 2-way 
        or multidirectional voice communications offered to a customer 
        that--
                    (A) uses North American Numbering Plan administered 
                telephone numbers, or successor protocol; and
                    (B) has two-way interconnection or otherwise 
                exchange traffic with the public switched telephone 
                network.
            (3) Customer.--The term ``customer'' includes a consumer of 
        goods or services whether for a fee, in exchange for an 
        explicit benefit, or provided for free.
            (4) IP-enabled service.--The term ``IP-enabled service'' 
        means the use of software, hardware, or network equipment that 
        enable an end user to send or receive a communication over the 
        public Internet or a private network utilizing Internet 
        protocol, or any successor protocol, in whole or part, to 
        connect users--
                    (A) regardless of whether the communication is 
                voice, data, video, or other form; and
                    (B) notwithstanding --
                            (i) the underlying transmission technology 
                        used to transmit the communications;
                            (ii) whether the packetizing and 
                        depacketizing of the communications occurs at 
                        the customer premise or network level; or
                            (iii) the software, hardware, or network 
                        equipment used to connect users.
            (5) Public switched telephone network.--The term ``public 
        switched telephone network'' means any switched common carrier 
        service that is interconnected with the traditional local 
        exchange or interexchange switched network.
            (6) PSAP.--The term ``public safety answering point'' or 
        ``PSAP'' means a facility that has been designated to receive 
        911 calls.
    (b) Common Terminology.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection 
(a), terms used in this Act have the meanings provided under section 3 
of the Communications Act of 1934.

A: IP-Enabled Voice Communications and Public Safety Act of 2005 - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prescribe regulations to establish a set of requirements or obligations on providers of IP-enabled voice service (Internet protocol-enabled service for real-time two-way or multidirectional voice communications) to ensure that 911 (emergency) services and E-911 services (services that automatically delivers a 911 call to the appropriate public safety answering point) are available to customers of IP-enabled voice service. Requires: (1) nondiscriminatory IP provider access to 911 and E-911 services; (2) IP providers to provide to customers a clear and conspicuous notice of the unavailability of 911 and E-911 services; and (3) IP provider and user immunity in the provision and use of 911 and E-911 services to the same extent as local exchange companies and other persons, respectively.

Amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to require the E-911 Implementation Coordination Office to develop and report to Congress on a national plan for migrating to a national IP-enabled emergency network capable of receiving and responding to all citizen activated emergency communications.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Alaska Federal Lands Management 
Demonstration Project''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS; PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds and declares the following:
            (1) The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (16 
        U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) established new and expanded units of the 
        National Park System and the National Wildlife System in many 
        areas of Alaska. The purposes of these conservation system 
        units were, among other purposes, to protect habitat for fish 
        and wildlife, to conserve fish and wildlife populations in 
        their natural state, to provide continued opportunity for 
        subsistence uses by local residents, and to protect 
        archaeological sites associated with Native cultures.
            (2) Many rural Alaskan communities are in close proximity 
        to conservation system lands, and the purposes of these units 
        are uniquely relevant to the culture and ways of Native 
        Alaskans and other residents of rural Alaskan communities. 
        Congress recognized this close relationship in sections 1306, 
        1307 and 1308 of the Alaska National Interest Lands 
        Conservation Act, which directed the Secretary of Interior to 
        establish programs whereby Native lands were given preference 
        for the siting of conservation service unit facilities, Native 
        corporations and local residents were given preference for the 
        provision of visitor services, and local residents were given 
        preferences for employment. Despite these provisions, little 
        progress has been made in increasing related employment 
        opportunities for Native Alaskan and other local residents.
            (3) In much of rural Alaska, Indian tribes and tribal 
        organizations have a long history of contracting to operate 
        Federal programs and provide Federal services to resident 
        Alaskan Natives and have demonstrated the capacity to provide 
        other kinds of Federal programs and services.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this demonstration project are to 
design innovative management strategies that will lead to greater 
efficiency in conservation system unit management, expand Native 
contracting opportunities, increase local employment, and further the 
unique purposes of these units as they relate to subsistence practices, 
Alaska Native cultures, and the preservation of fish and wildlife 
habitat and populations.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    The Secretary of the Interior shall, for a period not to exceed 5 
years following the date of the enactment of this Act, conduct an 
Alaska Federal Lands Management Demonstration Project.

SEC. 4. ALASKA FEDERAL LANDS MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

    (a) Participation.--The Secretary shall select, upon request and in 
a manner to achieve geographic representation, not less than 6 eligible 
Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations per year to participate in 
the Demonstration Project in fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
    (b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to participate in the 
Demonstration Project, each Indian tribe or tribal organization shall--
            (1) request participation by resolution or other official 
        action of the governing body of the tribal organization;
            (2) demonstrate financial and management stability and 
        capability;
            (3) demonstrate significant use of or dependency upon the 
        relevant conservation system unit or other public land unit for 
        which programs, functions, services, and activities are 
        requested to be placed under contract;
            (4) where the Secretary receives a request to contract 
        specific conservation system unit programs, services, 
        functions, and activities, or portions thereof, from more than 
        1 Indian tribe or tribal organization meeting the criteria set 
        forth in paragraphs (1) through (3), the Secretary shall apply 
        the priority selection criteria applied by the Juneau Area 
        Bureau of Indian Affairs for contracting pursuant to the Indian 
        Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. If, after 
        applying such criteria, there remains more than one eligible 
        participant and such participants have overlapping requests to 
        negotiate and contract for the same programs, services, 
        functions, and activities, or portions thereof, the Secretary 
        may require such Indian tribes or organizations to agree which 
        entity shall have the ability to contract, or to submit a joint 
        request prior to entering into negotiations.
    (c) Contracts.--
            (1) In general.--Upon request, the Secretary shall 
        negotiate and enter into a contract with each participating 
        Indian tribe or tribal organization to plan, conduct and 
        administer requested programs, services, functions and 
        activities, or portions thereof, related to the administration 
        of a conservation system unit or other public land unit that is 
        substantially located within the geographic region of the 
        respective Indian tribe or tribal organization.
            (2) Technical support.--Contracts authorized by this Act 
        shall include, at the request of the Indian tribe or tribal 
        organization, the operation and support of the regional 
advisory councils, biological research, harvest monitoring, and other 
technical research related to conservation and allocation actions by 
the regional councils, and such other programs, functions, services, 
and activities reasonably necessary to carry out title VIII of the 
Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act.
            (3) Time limitation for negotiation of contracts.--Not 
        later than 90 days after selection by the Secretary of 
        participating Indian tribes or tribal organizations, the 
        Secretary shall initiate and conclude negotiations, unless an 
        alternative negotiation and implementation schedule is 
        otherwise mutually agreed to by the parties. The declination 
        and appeals provisions of the Indian Self-Determination and 
        Education Assistance Act, including section 110 of such Act, 
        shall apply to contracts and agreements requested and 
        negotiated under this Act.
    (d) Contract Administration.--
            (1) Inclusion of certain terms.--At the request of the 
        contracting Indian tribe or tribal organization, the benefits, 
        privileges, terms, and conditions of agreements entered into 
        pursuant to titles I and IV of the Indian Self-Determination 
        and Education Assistance Act shall be available for inclusion 
        in a contract entered into under this Act. If any provisions of 
        the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act are 
        incorporated they shall have the same force and effect as if 
        set out in full in this Act and shall apply notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law. The parties may include such other 
        terms and conditions as are mutually agreed to and not 
        otherwise contrary to law.
            (2) Audit.--Contracts entered into under this Act shall 
        provide for a single-agency audit report to be filed as 
        required by chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code.
            (3) Transfer of employees.--Any career Federal employee 
        employed at the time of the transfer of an operation or program 
        to an Indian tribe or tribal organization shall not be 
        separated from Federal service by such transfer. 
        Intergovernmental Personnel Actions may be used to transfer 
        supervision of such employees to the contracting Indian tribe 
        or tribal organization. Such transferred employees shall be 
        given priority placement for any available position within 
        their respective agency, notwithstanding any priority 
        reemployment lists, directives, rules, regulations or other 
        orders from the Department of the Interior, the Office of 
        Management and Budget, or other Federal agencies.
    (e) Available Funding; Payment.--Under the terms of a contract 
negotiated pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide each 
Indian tribe or tribal organization funds in an amount not less than 
the Secretary would have otherwise provided for the operation of the 
requested programs, services, functions, and activities. Contracts 
entered into under this Act shall provide for advance payments to the 
tribal organizations in the form of annual or semiannual installments.
    (f) Timing.--Indian tribes and tribal organizations selected to 
participate shall be entitled to begin implementation of any requested 
contracts no later than the first fiscal year following the year in 
which the Indian tribe or tribal organization is selected for 
participation, unless the Indian tribe or tribal organization and the 
Secretary, by mutual agreement, shall agree to an alternate 
implementation schedule.
    (g) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the close of fiscal years 
2000 and 2001 and the end of this Demonstration Project, the Secretary 
shall present to the Congress detailed reports, including a narrative, 
findings, and conclusions on the costs and benefits of the 
Demonstration Project. The reports shall identify remaining 
institutional and legal barriers to the contracting of conservation 
system unit management to Alaska Native entities and shall contain 
suggestions for improving, continuing, and expanding the Demonstration 
Project. The reports shall be authored jointly with, and shall include 
the separate views of, all participating Alaska Native tribes and 
tribal organizations.
    (h) Limitations.--
            (1) Revenue producing visitor services.--Contracts 
        authorized under this Act shall not include revenue producing 
        visitor services unless an agreement is reached with the most 
        directly affected Alaskan Native corporations to allow such 
        services to be included in the contract. Such contracts shall 
        not otherwise repeal, alter, or otherwise modify the any other 
        existing provision of sections 1307 and 1308 of the Alaska 
        National Interests Lands Conservation Act.
            (2) Denali national park.--The Denali National Park shall 
        not be subject to any of the provisions of this Act.
    (i) Grants.--
            (1) In general.--Upon application, the Secretary shall 
        award a planning grant in the amount of $100,000 to any 
        participating Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization to 
plan for the contracting of programs, functions, services, and 
activities authorized under this Act.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized 
        to be appropriated $600,000 in each of the 2 fiscal years 
        immediately following the date of the enactment of this Act to 
        fund planning grants authorized under this subsection.

SEC. 5. ANILCA SECTION 1307 AND 1308 IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS REPORT.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate and the 
Committee on Resources of the United States House of Representatives a 
report detailing the progress that the Department of the Interior has 
made in the implementation of the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 
of the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act. The report 
shall--
            (1) include a detailed action plan on the future 
        implementation of the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 of 
        that Act;
            (2) describe in detail the measures and actions that will 
        be taken to implement such sections, along with a description 
        of the anticipated results to be achieved during the 3 fiscal 
        years following the submission of the report;
            (3) address any laws, rules, regulations, and policies 
        which limit or deter the goal of Alaska Native hiring or 
        contracting to perform and conduct activities and programs of 
        Department agencies and bureaus other than those currently 
        available through the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    (b) Funding.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be 
completed within existing appropriations.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.--

    For the purposes of this Act:
            (1) Conservation system unit.--The term ``conservation 
        system unit'' shall have the meaning given that term in section 
        102(4) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' shall have the 
        meaning given that term in subsection 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (4) Tribal organization.--The term ``tribal organization'' 
        shall have the meaning given that term in subsection 4(l) of 
        the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.

A: Requires the Secretary to: (1) select not less than six eligible Alaska Native tribes or tribal organizations per year to participate in the Project in FY 2000 and 2001; and (2) negotiate and enter into a contract with each participant to plan, conduct, and administer requested programs and services related to the administration of a conservation system unit or other public land unit substantially located within the respective Indian tribe's or tribal organization's geographic region.
Requires contracts to include, at the participant's request, the operation and support of the regional advisory councils, biological research, harvest monitoring, and other technical research related to conservation and allocation actions by the regional councils and such other programs and services reasonably necessary to carry out title VIII of the Alaska National Interests Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA). Makes available the benefits, privileges, terms, and conditions of agreements entered into pursuant to titles I and IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act for inclusion in the contract, at the request of the contracting tribe or tribal organization.
Prohibits the separation of any career Federal employee employed at the time of the transfer of an operation or program from Federal service to a tribe or tribal organization. Directs the Secretary to provide each tribe or tribal organization funds that would have otherwise been provided for the operation of the requested programs and services.
Specifies that contracts shall not include revenue producing visitor services unless an agreement is reached with the most directly affected Alaska Native corporations.
Exempts Denali National Park from the provisions of this Act.
Requires the Secretary, upon application, to award a planning grant to any participating Alaska Native tribe or tribal organization to plan for the contracting of programs and services authorized under this Act.
Authorizes appropriations.
Requires transmittal by the Secretary to the appropriate congressional committees of a report on the progress that the Department of the Interior has made in the implementation of ANILCA provisions concerning: (1) the continuation of existing visitor services in areas established as or added to a conservation system unit; and (2) establishment of a program for hiring individuals who, by reason of having lived or worked in or near public lands, have special knowledge or expertise concerning the natural or cultural resources of public lands, without regard to certain civil service training requirements, employment preferences, or numerical limitations.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Spending Transparency Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF AGGREGATE DATA ON MEDICARE PROVIDERS OF 
              SERVICES AND SUPPLIERS.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to make aggregate 
information about providers of services and suppliers under the 
Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) publicly available and to provide a new level of 
transparency in such program.
    (b) Public Availability.--Section 1128J of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320a-7k) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) Public Availability of Certain Medicare Data.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, to the extent 
        consistent with applicable information, privacy, security, and 
        disclosure laws, including the regulations promulgated under 
        the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 
        and section 552a of title 5, United States Code, make available 
        to the public on the Internet website of the Centers for 
        Medicare & Medicaid Services the following data with respect to 
        title XVIII:
                    ``(A) A complete list of the providers of services 
                and suppliers participating in the program under such 
                title, including the business address of such providers 
                of services and suppliers.
                    ``(B) Aggregate information about each such 
                provider of services and supplier, including--
                            ``(i) the total number of individuals 
                        furnished items or services by the provider of 
                        services or supplier for which payment was made 
                        under such title during the preceding year;
                            ``(ii) the number of unique patient 
                        encounters conducted by the provider of 
                        services or supplier for which payment was made 
                        under such title during the preceding year;
                            ``(iii) the average number of codes billed 
                        under such title by the provider of services of 
                        supplier per patient encounter during the 
                        preceding year;
                            ``(iv) the total amount paid to such 
                        provider of services or supplier under such 
                        title during the preceding year;
                            ``(v) the top 50 billing codes on claims 
                        paid under such title to the provider of 
                        services or supplier during the preceding year, 
                        as determined by volume, including a 
                        description of such codes;
                            ``(vi) the top 50 billing codes on such 
                        claims paid during such year, as determined by 
                        dollar amount, including a description of such 
                        codes; and
                            ``(vii) the top 50 diagnosis and procedure 
                        code pairs on such claims paid during such 
                        year, as determined by volume, including a 
                        description of such codes.
            ``(2) Implementation.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
        of enactment of the Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011, 
        the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this 
        subsection.''.

SEC. 3. ACCESS TO MEDICARE CLAIMS AND PAYMENT DATA BY QUALIFIED 
              INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to allow qualified 
individuals and groups access to information on claims and payment data 
under the Medicare program for purposes of conducting health research 
and detecting fraud under such program.
    (b) Access to Medicare Claims and Payment Data by Qualified 
Individuals and Groups.--Section 1128J of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1320a-7k), as amended by section 2, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Access to Medicare Claims and Payment Data by Qualified 
Individuals and Groups.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of conducting health 
        research and detecting fraud under title XVIII, and to the 
        extent consistent with applicable information, privacy, 
        security, and disclosure laws, including the regulations 
        promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and 
        Accountability Act of 1996 and section 552a of title 5, United 
        States Code, and subject to any information systems security 
        requirements under such laws or otherwise required by the 
        Secretary, a qualified individual or group shall have access to 
        claims and payment data of the Department of Health and Human 
        Services and its contractors related to title XVIII. 
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such data shall 
        include the identity of individual providers of services and 
        suppliers under such title.
            ``(2) Definition of qualified individual or group.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In this subsection, the term 
                `qualified individual or group' means an individual or 
                entity that the Secretary has determined, in accordance 
                with subparagraph (B), has relevant experience, 
                knowledge, and technical expertise in medicine, 
                statistics, health care billing, practice patterns, 
                health care fraud detection, and analysis to use data 
                provided to the individual or the entity under this 
                subsection in an appropriate, responsible, and ethical 
                manner and for the purposes described in paragraph (1).
                    ``(B) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish 
                procedures for determining, in a timely manner, whether 
                an individual or entity is a qualified individual or 
                group.
            ``(3) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish procedures 
        for the storage and use of data provided to a qualified 
        individual or group under this subsection. Such procedures 
        shall ensure that, in the case where the qualified individual 
        or group publishes an analysis of such data (or any analysis 
        using such data), the qualified individual or group discloses 
        the following information (in a form and manner, and at a time, 
        specified by the Secretary):
                    ``(A) The name of the qualified individual or 
                group.
                    ``(B) The sources of any funding for the qualified 
                individual or group.
                    ``(C) Any employer or other relevant affiliations 
                of the qualified individual or group.
                    ``(D) The data analysis methods used by the 
                qualified individual or group in the analysis 
                involved.''.

A:
Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), consistent with applicable information, privacy, security, and disclosure laws, to make public on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the following data with respect to SSA title XVIII (Medicare): (1) a complete list of service providers and suppliers participating in the Medicare program, including their business addresses; and (2) certain aggregate information about each provider and supplier.

Entitles a qualified individual or group, for health research and fraud detection purposes, to access to Medicare claims and payment data of both HHS and its contractors. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the storage and use of data provided to such an individual or group.
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