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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Significant Regulation Oversight Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Finding.--The Congress finds that oversight of significant 
rules will be enhanced if they are subject to congressional review and 
approval after being proposed by an agency.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to ensure that before a 
significant rule takes effect--
            (1) Congress is given an adequate opportunity to review the 
        rule and ensure that it is in accordance with the intent of 
        Congress in enacting the law under which the rule is proposed; 
        and
            (2) Congress approves the rule in accordance with the 
        procedures established by this Act.

SEC. 3. REVIEW OF SIGNIFICANT RULES BY CONGRESS.

    (a) Congressional Approval of Significant Rules Required.--A 
significant rule shall not take effect before the date of the enactment 
of a joint resolution described in section 4(a) comprised solely of the 
text of the significant rule.
    (b) Reporting and Review of Significant Rules.--(1) Before a 
proposed significant rule would take effect as a final rule, the agency 
proposing the rule shall submit to each House of Congress a report 
containing the following:
            (A) A copy of the proposed significant rule.
            (B) A concise summary of the proposed significant rule, its 
        purpose, and anticipated effects.
            (C) A complete copy of any cost-benefit analysis report 
        that has been prepared by the agency with respect to the 
        proposed significant rule.
            (D) An explanation of the specific statutory interpretation 
        under which a rule is proposed, including an explanation of--
                    (i) whether the interpretation is expressly 
                required by the text of the statute; or
                    (ii) if the interpretation is not expressly 
                required by the text of the statute, an explanation 
                that the interpretation is within the range of 
                permissible interpretations of the statute as 
                identified by the agency, and an explanation why the 
                interpretation selected by the agency is the agency's 
                preferred interpretation.
            (E) Any other relevant information or requirements under 
        any other Act and any relevant Executive order.
    (2) Upon receipt of a report under paragraph (1), each House of 
Congress shall provide a copy of the report to the Chairman and ranking 
minority party member of each committee with jurisdiction over the 
subject matter of the report.
    (c) No Inference To Be Drawn Where Congress Fails To Approve.--If 
Congress fails to enact a joint resolution approving a proposed 
significant rule, no court or agency may infer any intent of Congress 
from any action or inaction of Congress with regard to such rule or any 
related statute.

SEC. 4. CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL PROCEDURE FOR SIGNIFICANT RULES.

    (a) Introduction.--The majority leader of each House of the 
Congress shall introduce (by request) a joint resolution comprised 
solely of the text of a proposed significant rule not later than 3 
session days in the Senate or 3 legislative days in the House of 
Representatives after the date on which an agency submits a report 
under section 3(b) containing the text of the proposed significant 
rule. If the joint resolution is not introduced in either House as 
provided in the preceding sentence, then any Member of that House may 
introduce the joint resolution.
    (b) Referral and Consideration.--(1) The joint resolution shall be 
referred to the appropriate committee of the House in which it is 
introduced. The committee may report the joint resolution without 
substantive revision and with or without recommendation or with an 
adverse recommendation, or the committee may vote not to report the 
joint resolution. If the committee votes to order the joint resolution 
reported, it shall be reported not later than the end of the period 
(not to exceed 45 session days in the Senate or 45 legislative days in 
the House of Representatives) established for consideration of the 
joint resolution by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the 
majority leader of the Senate, as the case may be. Except in the case 
of a joint resolution which a committee votes not to report, a 
committee failing to report a joint resolution within such period shall 
be automatically discharged from consideration of the joint resolution, 
and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
    (2) A vote on final passage of the joint resolution shall be taken 
in that House on or before the close of the 90th session day in the 
Senate or 90th legislative day in the House of Representatives after 
the date of the introduction of the joint resolution in that House.
    (3)(A) A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to the 
consideration of a joint resolution under this section shall be highly 
privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be 
in order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by 
which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
    (B) Debate in the House of Representatives on a joint resolution 
under this section shall be limited to not more than 4 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the 
joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate shall not be 
debatable. It shall not be in order to move to recommit a joint 
resolution under this section or to move to reconsider the vote by 
which the joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.
    (C) All appeals from the decisions of the chair relating to the 
application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the 
procedure relating to a joint resolution under this section shall be 
decided without debate.
    (D) Except to the extent specifically provided in the preceding 
provisions of this subsection, consideration of a joint resolution 
under this section shall be governed by the Rules of the House of 
Representatives applicable to other joint resolutions in similar 
circumstances.
    (4)(A) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consideration of a 
joint resolution under this section shall be privileged and not 
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall 
it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to.
    (B) Debate in the Senate on a joint resolution under this section, 
and all debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be 
limited to not more than 10 hours. The time shall be equally divided 
between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the minority leader 
or their designees.
    (C) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in 
connection with a joint resolution under this section shall be limited 
to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled 
by, the mover and the manager of the joint resolution, except that in 
the event the manager of the joint resolution is in favor of any such 
motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, shall be controlled 
by the minority leader or his designee. Such leaders, or either of 
them, may, from time under their control on the passage of a joint 
resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the 
consideration of any debatable motion or appeal.
    (D) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate on a joint 
resolution under this section is not debatable. A motion to recommit a 
joint resolution under this section is not in order.
    (c) Amendments Prohibited.--No amendment to a joint resolution 
considered under this section shall be in order in either the House of 
Representatives or the Senate. No motion to suspend the application of 
this subsection shall be in order in either House, nor shall it be in 
order in either House for the presiding officer to entertain a request 
to suspend the application of this subsection by unanimous consent.
    (d) Treatment if the Other House Has Acted.--If, before the passage 
by one House of a joint resolution of that House described in 
subsection (a), that House receives from the other House a joint 
resolution described in subsection (a) comprised of the same text, 
then--
            (1) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
        joint resolution had been received from the other House, and
            (2) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint 
        resolution of the other House.
    (e) Constitutional Authority.--This section is enacted by 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate 
        and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it 
        is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
        applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in 
        that House in the case of a joint resolution described in 
        subsection (a), and it supersedes other rules only to the 
        extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change the rules (so far as  relating to the 
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the 
same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.

SEC. 5. EXISTING RULES.

    (a) In General.--Any existing rule may be revised or revoked in 
accordance with this section if a petition for review so requests.
    (b) Introduction.--If a petition for review is filed with the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate, the 
Clerk or the Secretary shall determine whether the petition meets the 
requirements of subsection (d). If the Clerk or the Secretary 
determines that a petition meets those requirements, he or she shall 
notify the majority leader of that House. The majority leader so 
notified shall, within 3 session days in the Senate or 3 legislative 
days in the House of Representatives, introduce a joint resolution (by 
request) that makes the revision or revocation of existing rules 
proposed by the petition upon the enactment of that joint resolution. 
If the joint resolution is not introduced as provided in the preceding 
sentence, then any Member of that House may introduce the joint 
resolution.
    (c) Procedures for Consideration in the House of Representatives 
and the Senate.--Any joint resolution introduced under subsection (b) 
shall be considered in the House of Representatives and the Senate in 
accordance with the procedures respecting a joint resolution set forth 
in section 4.
    (d) Petitions for Review.--A petition for review under subsection 
(a) shall contain the following:
            (1) Any rule affected by the petition and the contents of 
        that rule as it would exist if a joint resolution revising or 
        revoking that rule pursuant to the petition were enacted.
            (2) For a petition in the Senate, the signatures of 30 
        Senators, or for a petition in the House of Representatives, 
        the signatures of 120 Members.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code (relating to 
        administrative procedure).
            (2) Session day and legislative day.--The terms ``session 
        day'' and ``legislative day'' do not include, with respect to a 
        House of the Congress, any day throughout which that House is 
        not in session.
            (3) Rule.--(A) The term ``rule'' has the meaning given such 
        term by section 551 of title 5, United States Code, except that 
        such term does not include--
                    (i) any rule of particular applicability including 
                a rule that approves or prescribes--
                            (I) future rates, wages, prices, services, 
                        or allowances therefor,
                            (II) corporate or financial structures, 
                        reorganizations, mergers, or acquisitions 
                        thereof, or
                            (III) accounting practices or disclosures 
                        bearing on any of the foregoing, or
                    (ii) any rule of agency organization, personnel, 
                procedure, practice, or any routine matter.
            (B) The term ``final rule'' means any final rule or interim 
        final rule.
            (4) Significant rule.--The term ``significant rule'' means 
        any rule proposed by an agency that is specified or described 
        as such in the Act that authorizes the rule.

SEC. 7. EXEMPTION FOR MONETARY POLICY.

    Nothing in this Act applies to any rule concerning monetary policy 
proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.

A: Significant Regulation Oversight Act of 2001 - Prohibits a significant rule from taking effect before the enactment of a joint resolution described in this Act comprising solely of the text of such rule. Calls for congressional reporting and review of significant rules before they take effect as final rules.Provides that, if Congress fails to enact a joint resolution approving the proposed rule, no court or agency may infer any intent of Congress from any action or inaction with regard to such rule or any related statute.Sets forth: (1) the congressional approval procedure for significant rules; and (2) provisions with respect to revising or revoking an existing rule.Exempts from this Act rules concerning monetary policy proposed or implemented by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Open Market Committee.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Aviation Employee Screening and 
Security Enhancement Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Administration.--The term ``Administration'' means the 
        Transportation Security Administration.
            (2) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
        Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration.
            (3) Air carrier.--The term ``air carrier'' has the meaning 
        given such term in section 40102 of title 49, United States 
        Code.
            (4) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on 
        Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
        Senate.
            (5) Foreign air carrier.--The term ``foreign air carrier'' 
        has the meaning given such term in section 40102 of title 49, 
        United States Code.
            (6) Intelligence community.--The term ``intelligence 
        community'' has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of 
        the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003(4)).
            (7) Secured area.--The term ``secured area'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of 
        Federal Regulations.
            (8) Security identification display area.--The term 
        ``Security Identification Display Area'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
            (9) Sterile area.--The term ``sterile area'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 1540.5 of title 49, Code of 
        Federal Regulations.

SEC. 3. COST AND FEASIBILITY STUDY.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with the 
Aviation Security Advisory Committee (established under section 44946 
of title 49, United States Code), shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees and the Comptroller General of the United 
States a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant 
number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact 
if all employee access points from non-secured areas to secured areas 
of such airports are comprised of the following:
            (1) A secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric 
        technology.
            (2) Surveillance video recording, capable of storing video 
        data for at least 30 days.
            (3) Advanced screening technologies, including at least one 
        of the following:
                    (A) Magnetometer (walk-through or hand-held).
                    (B) Explosives detection canines.
                    (C) Explosives trace detection swabbing.
                    (D) Advanced imaging technology.
                    (E) X-ray bag screening technology.
    (b) Contents.--The study required under subsection (a) shall 
include information related to the employee screening costs of those 
category I, II, III, IV, and X airports which have already implemented 
practices of screening 100 percent of employees accessing secured areas 
of airports, including the following:
            (1) Costs associated with establishing an operational 
        minimum number of employee entry and exit points.
            (2) A comparison of estimated costs and effectiveness 
        associated with implementing the security features specified in 
        subsection (a) to--
                    (A) the Federal Government; and
                    (B) airports and the aviation community.
    (c) Comptroller General Assessment.--
            (1) In general.--Upon completion of the study required 
        under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 
        States shall review such study to assess the quality and 
        reliability of such study.
            (2) Assessment.--Not later than 60 days after the receipt 
        of the study required under subsection (a), the Comptroller 
        General of the United States shall report to the Committee on 
        Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 
        Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
        Senate on the results of the review required under paragraph 
        (1).

SEC. 4. AIRPORT WORKER EDUCATION AND SECURITY AWARENESS.

    (a) Cooperative Efforts to Enhance Airport Security Awareness.--Not 
later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall work with air carriers, foreign air carriers, 
airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees, 
and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to enhance security 
awareness of credentialed airport populations regarding insider threats 
to aviation security and best practices related to airport access 
controls.
    (b) Credentialing Standards.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, in 
        consultation with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport 
        operators, labor unions representing credentialed employees, 
        and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, assess 
        credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that 
        insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 30 days after completion of the 
        assessment required under paragraph (1), the Administrator 
        shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the 
        results of such assessment.
    (c) SIDA Applications.--
            (1) Social security numbers required.--Not later than 60 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
        Administrator shall require airport operators to submit the 
        social security number of an individual applying for a 
        credential granting access to the Security Identification 
        Display Area to strengthen security vetting effectiveness. An 
        applicant who does not provide such applicant's social security 
        number may be denied such a credential.
            (2) Screening notice.--The Administrator shall issue 
        requirements for airport operators to include in applications 
        for access to a Security Identification Display Area a notice 
        informing applicants that an employee holding a credential 
        granting access to a Security Identification Display Area may 
        be screened at any time while gaining access to, working in, or 
        leaving a Security Identification Display Area.

SEC. 5. SECURING AIRPORT WORKER ACCESS.

    (a) In General.--The Administrator shall work with airport 
operators and the Aviation Security Advisory Committee to identify 
advanced technologies, including biometric identification technologies, 
for securing employee access to the secured areas and sterile areas of 
airports.
    (b) Rap Back Vetting.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall ensure that all 
credentialed aviation worker populations currently requiring a 
fingerprint-based criminal record history check are continuously vetted 
through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service, in 
order to more rapidly detect and mitigate insider threats to aviation 
security.
    (c) Insider Threat Education and Mitigation.--Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall identify means of enhancing the Administration's ability to 
leverage the resources of the Department of Homeland Security and the 
intelligence community to educate Administration personnel on insider 
threats to aviation security and how the Administration can better 
mitigate such insider threats.
    (d) Playbook Operations.--The Administrator shall ensure that 
Administration-led employee physical inspection efforts of aviation 
workers, known as Playbook operations, are targeted, strategic, and 
focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness.
    (e) Covert Testing.--
            (1) In general.--The Administrator shall conduct covert 
        testing of Administration-led employee inspection operations at 
        airports and measure existing levels of security effectiveness. 
        The Administrator shall provide--
                    (A) the results of such testing to the airport 
                operator for the airport that is the subject of any 
                such testing, and, as appropriate, to air carriers and 
                foreign air carriers that operate at the airport that 
                is the subject of such testing; and
                    (B) recommendations and technical assistance for 
                air carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport 
                operators to conduct their own employee inspections, as 
                needed.
            (2) Annual reporting.--The Administrator shall annually, 
        for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022, submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a report on the frequency, 
        methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee inspection 
        operations at airports.
    (f) Centralized Database.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with 
the Aviation Security Advisory Committee, shall--
            (1) establish a national database of individuals who have 
        had either their airport or airport operator-issued badge 
        revoked for failure to comply with aviation security 
        requirements;
            (2) determine the appropriate reporting mechanisms for air 
        carriers, foreign air carriers, and airport operators to--
                    (A) submit to the Administration data regarding 
                individuals described in paragraph (1); and
                    (B) access the database established pursuant to 
                such paragraph; and
            (3) establish a process to allow individuals whose names 
        were mistakenly entered into such database to correct the 
        record and have their names removed from such database.

SEC. 6. INSIDER THREAT COORDINATION EFFORTS.

    The Department of Homeland Security is the lead interagency 
coordinator pertaining to insider threat investigations and mitigation 
efforts at airports. The Department shall make every practicable effort 
to coordinate with other relevant Government entities, as well as the 
security representatives of air carriers, foreign air carriers, and 
airport operators, as appropriate, when undertaking such investigations 
and efforts.

SEC. 7. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECURITY.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational, 
technical, and management security controls for Administration 
information technology systems at airports.

SEC. 8. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of 
this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise authorized.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 25, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.

A: Aviation Employee Screening and Security Enhancement Act of 2017 (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct, and submit to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a cost and feasibility study of a statistically significant number of Category I, II, III, IV, and X airports assessing the impact if all airport employee access points from non-secured to secured airport areas are comprised of the following:  a secure door utilizing card and pin entry or biometric technology; surveillance video recording capable of storing video data for at least 30 days; certain advanced screening technologies, including magnetometers, explosives detection canines, explosives trace detection swabbing, advanced imaging technology, and X-ray bag screening technology; and information related to employee screening costs of such airports that have already implemented practices of screening 100% of employees accessing secured areas.  The GAO shall assess the completed study and report the results to Congress. (Sec. 4) The TSA shall:  work with air carriers, foreign air carriers, airport operators, labor unions representing credentialed airport employees, and the TSA's Aviation Security Advisory Committee to enhance security awareness of credentialed airport workers regarding insider threats to aviation security and best practices related to airport access controls; assess credentialing standards, policies, and practices to ensure that insider threats to aviation security are adequately addressed;  require airport operators to submit the social security number of an individual applying for a credential granting access to the Security Identification Display Area of an airport to strengthen security vetting effectiveness; and issue requirements for airport operators to include in applications for access to such area a notice that an employee holding a credential granting such access may be screened at any time while entering, working in, or leaving the area.  (Sec. 5) The TSA shall also:  work with airport operators and the TSA Advisory Committee to identify advanced technologies for securing employee access to secured and sterile airport areas; ensure that credentialed aviation worker populations currently requiring a fingerprint-based criminal record history check are continuously vetted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Rap Back Service to mitigate insider threats; identify ways to enhance TSA's ability to educate its personnel on insider threats to aviation security and on how to mitigate such threats; ensure that TSA employee physical inspection efforts of aviation workers (Playbook operations) are focused on providing the greatest level of security effectiveness; conduct covert testing of TSA employee screening operations at airports;  report on the frequency, methodology, strategy, and effectiveness of employee inspection operations at airports; and establish a national database of individuals who have had either their airport or aircraft operator-issued badge revoked for failure to comply with aviation security requirements, as well a process to allow individuals whose names were mistakenly entered into such database to correct the record and have their names removed from it.  (Sec. 6) The DHS is the lead interagency coordinator to insider threat investigations and mitigation efforts at airports. (Sec. 7) The TSA shall submit a plan to conduct recurring reviews of the operational security controls for TSA information technology systems at airports.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act 
of 2012''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF MEDICARE PAYMENT RATES FOR 
              FREQUENTLY REIMBURSED PROCEDURES AND SERVICES.

    Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:

``SEC. 1899B. PUBLIC INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF MEDICARE PAYMENT RATES 
              FOR FREQUENTLY REIMBURSED PROCEDURES AND SERVICES.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Initial posting.--During the initial period beginning 
        on a date not later than 120 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this section and ending on the date that is 240 
        days after such starting date, the Secretary shall make 
        publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site the 
        following:
                    ``(A) Payment rates for hospital inpatient 
                procedures.--For each procedure selected under 
                subsection (b)(1)(A)(i) and for each Metropolitan 
                Statistical Area or other payment area used for 
                purposes of section 1886(d), the average rate of 
                payment under such section for the procedure, 
                determined without regard to the application of any 
                deduction or coinsurance amount or any adjustment under 
                subparagraph (B), (D), (F), or (G) of paragraph (5) of 
                such section.
                    ``(B) Payment rates for hospital outpatient 
                procedures.--For each procedure selected under 
                subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) and for each county or other 
                payment area used for purposes of section 1833(t), the 
                average rate of payment under such section for the 
                procedure, determined without regard to the application 
                of any deductible or coinsurance.
                    ``(C) Physician payment rates for physicians' 
                services.--For each physicians' service selected under 
                subsection (b)(1)(A)(iii) and for each fee schedule 
                area under section 1848, the average payment amount 
                determined under the fee schedule under such section 
                for the service, determined without regard to the 
                application of any deductible or coinsurance.
                    ``(D) Period for which payment rates are 
                applicable.--A description of the period for which each 
                payment rate or amount under subparagraph (A), (B), or 
                (C) is applicable.
                    ``(E) Services included in procedures.--A 
                description of the items and services included in each 
                procedure selected under clauses (i) and (ii) of 
                subsection (b)(1)(A).
                    ``(F) Notice.--A statement that the average payment 
                rates and average payment amounts described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C) are only applicable to 
                the Medicare program under this title and may not be 
                available for an individual who is not purchasing such 
                a procedure or service under such program.
            ``(2) Posting of expanded selection.--During the period 
        beginning on the date that is one day after the last day of the 
        initial period described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
        make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site 
        the following:
                    ``(A) Payment rates for hospital inpatient 
                procedures.--For each procedure selected under 
                subsection (b)(1)(B)(i) and for each Metropolitan 
                Statistical Area or other payment area used for 
                purposes of section 1886(d), the average rate of 
                payment described in paragraph (1)(A) for the 
                procedure.
                    ``(B) Payment rates for hospital outpatient 
                procedures.--For each procedure selected under 
                subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii) and for each county or other 
                payment area used for purposes of section 1833(t), the 
                average rate of payment described in paragraph (1)(B) 
                for the procedure.
                    ``(C) Physician payment rates for physicians' 
                services.--For each physicians' service selected under 
                subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii) and for each fee schedule 
                area under section 1848, the average payment amount 
                described in paragraph (1)(C) for the physicians' 
                service.
                    ``(D) Period for which payment rates are 
                applicable.--A description of the period for which each 
                payment rate or amount under subparagraph (A), (B), or 
                (C) is applicable.
                    ``(E) Services included in procedures.--A 
                description of the items and services included in each 
                procedure selected under clauses (i) and (ii) of 
                subsection (b)(1)(B).
                    ``(F) Notice.--A statement that the average payment 
                rates and average payment amounts described in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C) are only applicable to 
                the Medicare program under this title and may not be 
                available for an individual who is not purchasing such 
                a procedure or service under such program.
    ``(b) Selection of Procedures and Services.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Initial selection.--For purposes of 
                subsection (a)(1) and based on the most recent national 
                data available, the Secretary shall select the 
                following:
                            ``(i) At least the 30 hospital inpatient 
                        procedures for which payment is most frequently 
                        provided under section 1886(d).
                            ``(ii) At least the 30 hospital outpatient 
                        procedures for which payment is most frequently 
                        provided under section 1833(t).
                            ``(iii) At least the 30 physicians' 
                        services (as defined in section 1861(q)) for 
                        which payment is most frequently provided under 
                        section 1848.
                    ``(B) Expanded selection.--For purposes of 
                subsection (a)(2) and based on the most recent national 
                data available, the Secretary shall select the 
                following:
                            ``(i) At least the 100 hospital inpatient 
                        procedures for which payment is most frequently 
                        provided under section 1886(d).
                            ``(ii) At least the 100 hospital outpatient 
                        procedures for which payment is most frequently 
                        provided under section 1833(t).
                            ``(iii) At least the 100 physicians' 
                        services (as defined in section 1861(q)) for 
                        which payment is most frequently provided under 
                        section 1848.
            ``(2) Updating expanded selection.--The Secretary shall 
        periodically update the procedures and services selected under 
        paragraph (1)(B).
            ``(3) Further expansion of selection.--The Secretary shall 
        expand the number of procedures and services selected under 
        paragraph (1)(B) to include as many procedures and services as 
        may be useful for an individual not entitled to benefits under 
        part A or enrolled under part B in the purchase of such 
        procedures and services.
    ``(c) Authority To Post Additional Information.--The Secretary may 
make publicly available on the official Medicare website such 
information on the payment rate or payment amount under this title for 
a procedure, item, or service not selected under subsection (b) as may 
be useful for an individual not entitled to benefits under part A or 
enrolled under part B in the purchase of the procedure, item, or 
service. To the extent practicable, such information shall be provided 
for each payment area involved.
    ``(d) Administrative Provisions.--
            ``(1) Use of most recent national data.--The information 
        described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and subsection (c) 
        shall be based on the most recent national data available.
            ``(2) Accessibility by zip code.--Such information for an 
        applicable payment area shall be accessible by any zip code 
        included in such area.''.

A:
Medicare Payment Rate Disclosure Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make publicly available on the official Medicare Internet site during a specified initial period: (1) Medicare payment rates for frequently reimbursed hospital inpatient and outpatient procedures and services, as well as for physicians' services; and (2) the period for which payment rates are applicable. Requires posting also after the initial period of an expanded selection of such items.

Directs the Secretary to select at least 30 procedures and services for the basic posting and at least 100 procedures and services for the expanded posting.
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