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SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS TO POSSESS SATISFACTORY 
              RECORD OF INTEGRITY AND BUSINESS ETHICS.

    (a) Defense Contractors.--(1) Chapter 137 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2305a the following 
new section:
``Sec. 2305b. Contractor requirement for satisfactory record of 
              integrity and business ethics
    ``(a) In General.--No prospective contractor may be awarded a 
contract with an agency under this title unless the contracting officer 
for the contract determines that such prospective contractor has a 
satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics, including a 
record of satisfactory compliance with the law (including tax, labor 
and employment, environmental, antitrust, and consumer protection 
laws).
    ``(b) Information To Be Considered.--In making a determination as 
to whether a prospective contractor has a satisfactory record of 
integrity and business ethics, a contracting officer--
            ``(1) shall consider all relevant credible information, but 
        shall give the greatest weight to any violations of law that 
        have been adjudicated during the 3-year period preceding the 
        offer by the prospective contractor;
            ``(2) shall consider any administrative agreements entered 
        into with the prospective contractor if the prospective 
        contractor has taken corrective action after disclosing a 
        violation of law, and may consider such a contractor to be a 
        responsible contractor if the contractor has corrected the 
        conditions that led to the misconduct;
            ``(3) shall consider failure to comply with the terms of an 
        administrative agreement to be a lack of integrity and business 
        ethics under this section;
            ``(4) may consider other relevant information, such as 
        civil or administrative complaints or similar actions filed by 
        or on behalf of a Federal agency, board, or commission, if such 
        action reflects an adjudicated determination by the agency; and
            ``(5) shall consider the following in descending order of 
        importance:
                    ``(A) Convictions of and civil judgments rendered 
                against the prospective contractor for--
                            ``(i) commission of fraud or a criminal 
                        offense in connection with obtaining, 
                        attempting to obtain, or performing a Federal, 
                        State, or local contract or subcontract;
                            ``(ii) violation of Federal or State 
                        antitrust law relating to the submission of 
                        offers; or
                            ``(iii) commission of embezzlement, theft, 
                        forgery, bribery, falsification, or destruction 
                        of records, making false statement, tax 
                        evasion, or receiving stolen property.
                    ``(B) Indictments for the offenses described in 
                subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) With respect to tax, labor, employment, 
                environmental, antitrust, or consumer protection laws--
                            ``(i) Federal or State felony convictions;
                            ``(ii) adverse Federal court judgments in 
                        civil cases brought by the United States;
                            ``(iii) adverse decisions by a Federal 
                        administrative law judge, board, or commission 
                        indicating violations of law; and
                            ``(iv) Federal or State felony 
                        indictments.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2305a the 
following new item:

``2305b. Contractor requirement for satisfactory record of integrity 
                            and business ethics.''.
    (b) Other Contractors.--(1) Title III of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended 
by inserting after section 303L the following new section:

``SEC. 303M. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENT FOR SATISFACTORY RECORD OF 
              INTEGRITY AND BUSINESS ETHICS.

    ``(a) In General.--No prospective contractor may be awarded a 
contract with an agency unless the contracting officer for the contract 
determines that such prospective contractor has a satisfactory record 
of integrity and business ethics, including a record of satisfactory 
compliance with the law (including tax, labor and employment, 
environmental, antitrust, and consumer protection laws).
    ``(b) Information To Be Considered.--In making a determination as 
to whether a prospective contractor has a satisfactory record of 
integrity and business ethics, a contracting officer--
            ``(1) shall consider all relevant credible information, but 
        shall give the greatest weight to any violations of law that 
        have been adjudicated during the 3-year period preceding the 
        offer by the prospective contractor;
            ``(2) shall consider any administrative agreements entered 
        into with the prospective contractor if the prospective 
        contractor has taken corrective action after disclosing a 
        violation of law, and may consider such a contractor to be a 
        responsible contractor if the contractor has corrected the 
        conditions that led to the misconduct;
            ``(3) shall consider failure to comply with the terms of an 
        administrative agreement to be a lack of integrity and business 
        ethics under this section;
            ``(4) may consider other relevant information, such as 
        civil or administrative complaints or similar actions filed by 
        or on behalf of a Federal agency, board, or commission, if such 
        action reflects an adjudicated determination by the agency; and
            ``(5) shall consider the following in descending order of 
        importance:
                    ``(A) Convictions of and civil judgments rendered 
                against the prospective contractor for--
                            ``(i) commission of fraud or a criminal 
                        offense in connection with obtaining, 
                        attempting to obtain, or performing a Federal, 
                        State, or local contract or subcontract;
                            ``(ii) violation of Federal or State 
                        antitrust law relating to the submission of 
                        offers; or
                            ``(iii) commission of embezzlement, theft, 
                        forgery, bribery, falsification, or destruction 
                        of records, making false statement, tax 
                        evasion, or receiving stolen property.
                    ``(B) Indictments for the offenses described in 
                subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) With respect to tax, labor, employment, 
                environmental, antitrust, or consumer protection laws--
                            ``(i) Federal or State felony convictions;
                            ``(ii) adverse Federal court judgments in 
                        civil cases brought by the United States;
                            ``(iii) adverse decisions by a Federal 
                        administrative law judge, board, or commission 
                        indicating violations of law; and
                            ``(iv) Federal or State felony 
                        indictments.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such Act is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 303L the following new 
item:

``303M. Contractor requirement for satisfactory record of integrity and 
                            business ethics.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to contracts for which solicitations are issued 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Amends Federal defense contract law and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to prohibit a contractor from being awarded a defense or Federal contract unless the Federal contracting officer determines that such contractor has a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics, including compliance with all applicable laws. Outlines information to be considered by a contracting officer in making such determination, with an emphasis on any violations that have been adjudicated during the prior three-year period, as well as certain convictions of and civil judgments rendered against such contractor.


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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Access 
to Modern Prosthetic Limbs Act of 2016''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Medicare program includes coverage for prosthetic 
        limbs under section 1861(s)(9) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1395w(s)(9)).
            (2) As a result of significant Federal and private 
        investment in research and development over the past decades, 
        beneficiaries with lower limb prostheses are able to maintain 
        optimal function and lead productive and independent lives.
            (3) Federal spending for prosthetic devices in the Medicare 
        program has decreased by 15 percent between 2010 and 2014.
            (4) The Secretary of Health and Human Services, through 
        Medicare contractors known as Durable Medical Equipment 
        Medicare Administrative Contractors, released on July 16, 2015, 
        a document entitled ``Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Lower 
        Limb Prostheses (DL33787)'', which applies to all Medicare 
        beneficiaries across the United States.
            (5) The policies proposed in this document would 
        comprehensively change the requirements under which a Medicare 
        beneficiary would qualify for a lower limb prosthetic device 
        and would seriously restrict access to modern prosthetic care.
            (6) If finalized, the changes proposed in this document 
        would create coverage requirements that are inconsistent with 
        current clinical practice and would arbitrarily and 
        unreasonably deny Medicare beneficiaries access to prosthetic 
        limb technologies considered the current standard of care.
            (7) Under these proposed policies, beneficiaries instead 
        would be eligible for prosthetic devices that are functionally 
        outdated, less durable, and less safe.
            (8) The adverse impact of the Medicare contractors' 
        proposed policies extend well beyond the Medicare program and 
        has implications for other Federal health programs, such as 
        health programs of the Veterans Administration, and commercial 
        insurers.
            (9) Given the far reaching effect of these policies, and 
        the fact that little or no clinical or scientific evidence 
        supported the issuance of these proposals, any changes to 
        prosthetic limb coverage should be made only after a 
        transparent process in which evidence is offered to justify 
        coverage modifications, meaningful stakeholder feedback is 
        solicited, and the Secretary and Medicare contractors receive 
        and respond to this stakeholder feedback in a public manner.
            (10) A moratorium on the implementation and enforcement of 
        these proposed policies would enable the Secretary and the 
        Medicare contractors to engage in such a transparent process.

SEC. 2. MORATORIUM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED MEDICARE LOCAL 
              COVERAGE DETERMINATION ON LOWER LIMB PROSTHESES.

    (a) Moratorium.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        and any Medicare Administrative Contractor may not implement 
        and enforce the policies in the LCD on lower limb prostheses 
        (as defined in subsection (d)(1)), in whole or in part, during 
        the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        and ending on June 30, 2017.
            (2) Removal of policy from websites.--The Secretary of 
        Health and Human Services and its medicare administrative 
        contractors shall remove the LCD on lower limb prostheses from 
        the websites of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
        and its medicare administrative contractors during the period 
        of the moratorium under paragraph (1).
    (b) Providing the Secretary With Authority To Oversee the 
Development of Local Coverage Determinations.--Section 1862(l)(5) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 395y(l)(5)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Secretary oversight and guidance in 
                developing local coverage determinations.--The 
                Secretary shall provide guidance and oversight of any 
                local coverage determination developed by a medicare 
                administrative contractor to ensure that the local 
                coverage determination is consistent with this 
                title.''.
    (c) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
prevent the Secretary from enforcing existing statutes, regulations, 
and local coverage determinations other than with respect to policies 
in the LCD on lower limb prostheses.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) LCD on lower limb prostheses.--The term ``LCD on lower 
        limb prostheses'' means the local coverage determination on 
        lower limb prostheses as proposed by a medicare administrative 
        contractor in the document (DL33787) released on July 16, 2015, 
        and any successor to such determination.
            (2) Medicare administrative contractor.--The term 
        ``medicare administrative contractor'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 1874A(a)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1395kk-1(a)(3)(A)).
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Preserving Access to Modern Prosthetic Limbs Act of 2016 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to postpone implementation and enforcement of&nbsp;a local coverage determination (LCD) proposed by a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) on lower limb prostheses. (An LCD is a decision by a MAC, which is a private insurer that processes Medicare claims within a specified geographic&nbsp;jurisdiction, as to&nbsp;whether to cover a service on a MAC-wide basis.) The Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid shall provide guidance and oversight related to LCDs, as specified by the bill.


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SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT.

    There is established a commission to be known as the ``Commission 
for the Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells'' (in this Act referred 
to as the ``Commission'').

SEC. 2. DUTIES OF COMMISSION.

    The Commission shall develop a strategic plan that identifies the 
best methods available to marshal the resources of the Federal 
Government, State governments, local governments, the private sector, 
and academia to achieve the mass commercialization of hydrogen as an 
energy source for stationary fuel cells and vehicle fuel cells at the 
soonest possible date. Such plan shall take into account actions 
previously taken by the Federal Government, State governments, local 
governments, the private sector, and academia. The Commission shall 
also examine ways to ensure that the United States can use all 
available feedstocks for hydrogen production, and shall make 
recommendations for an appropriate entity to monitor ongoing progress 
in implementing the strategic plan.

SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Number and Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 8 
members appointed as follows:
            (1) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) 2 members appointed by the minority leader of the House 
        of Representatives.
            (3) 2 members appointed by the majority leader of the 
        Senate.
            (4) 2 members appointed by the minority leader of the 
        Senate.
    (b) Qualifications.--Individuals appointed under subsection (a) 
shall have at least 5 years of professional-level experience in 
science, technology, engineering, or public policy. The appointing 
officials shall coordinate their appointments so as to ensure that the 
Commission has a diverse range of such experience. Individuals 
appointed under subsection (a) may include any former Federal 
employees.
    (c) Appointment Date.--Appointments under subsection (a) shall be 
made not later than 2 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the 
manner in which the original appointment was made.
    (e) Basic Pay.--
            (1) Rates of pay.--Members shall each be paid at a rate not 
        to exceed the daily rate of basic pay for level V of the 
        Executive Schedule for each day (including travel time) during 
        which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties 
        vested in the Commission.
            (2) Prohibition of compensation of federal employees.--
        Members of the Commission who are full-time officers or 
        employees of the United States may not receive additional pay, 
        allowances, or benefits by reason of their service on the 
        Commission.
    (f) Travel Expenses.--Each member shall receive travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with 
applicable provisions under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code.
    (g) Quorum.--Five members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum but a lesser number may hold hearings.
    (h) Chairperson; Vice Chairperson.--The Chairperson and Vice 
Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected by the members. The Vice 
Chairperson shall be a member of the Commission appointed by an 
appointing official of a different political party than the official 
who appointed the Chairperson to the Commission.

SEC. 4. STAFF OF COMMISSION; EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.

    (a) Staff.--Subject to rules prescribed by the Commission, the 
Commission may appoint and fix the pay of personnel as it considers 
appropriate, including any former Federal employee.
    (b) Applicability of Certain Civil Service Laws.--The staff of the 
Commission shall be appointed subject to the provisions of title 5, 
United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service, 
and shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of chapter 51 and 
subchapter III of chapter 53 of that title relating to classification 
and General Schedule pay rates.
    (c) Experts and Consultants.--The Commission may procure temporary 
and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (d) Staff of Federal Agencies.--Upon request of the Commission, the 
head of any Federal department or agency may detail, on a reimbursable 
basis, any of the personnel of that department or agency to the 
Commission to assist it in carrying out its duties under this Act.

SEC. 5. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings and Sessions.--The Commission may, for the purpose of 
carrying out this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, 
take testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers 
appropriate. The Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to 
witnesses appearing before it.
    (b) Powers of Members and Agents.--Any member or agent of the 
Commission may, if authorized by the Commission, take any action which 
the Commission is authorized to take by this section.
    (c) Obtaining Official Data.--The Commission may secure directly 
from any department or agency of the United States information 
necessary to enable it to carry out this Act. Upon request of the 
Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of the Commission, the head of that 
department or agency shall furnish that information to the Commission.
    (d) Mails.--The Commission may use the United States mails in the 
same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and 
agencies of the United States.
    (e) Administrative Support Services.--Upon the request of the 
Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to the 
Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support 
services necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities 
under this Act.
    (f) Subpoena Power.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission may issue subpoenas 
        requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the 
        production of any evidence relating to any matter under 
        investigation by the Commission. The attendance of witnesses 
        and the production of evidence may be required from any place 
        within the United States at any designated place of hearing 
        within the United States.
            (2) Failure to obey a subpoena.--If a person refuses to 
        obey a subpoena issued under paragraph (1), the Commission may 
        apply to a United States district court for an order requiring 
        that person to appear before the Commission to give testimony, 
        produce evidence, or both, relating to the matter under 
        investigation. The application may be made within the judicial 
        district where the hearing is conducted or where that person is 
        found, resides, or transacts business. Any failure to obey the 
        order of the court may be punished by the court as civil 
        contempt.
            (3) Service of subpoenas.--The subpoenas of the Commission 
        shall be served in the manner provided for subpoenas issued by 
        a United States district court under the Federal Rules of Civil 
        Procedure for the United States district courts.
            (4) Service of process.--All process of any court to which 
        application is made under paragraph (2) may be served in the 
        judicial district in which the person required to be served 
        resides or may be found.

SEC. 6. REPORT.

    The Commission shall transmit a report to the Congress not later 
than 8 months after the date of enactment of this Act. The report shall 
contain a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the 
Commission, together with its recommendations for legislation, 
administrative actions, and such other actions as the Commission 
considers appropriate.
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Establishes the Commission for the Deployment of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells to: (1) develop a strategic plan that identifies the best methods available to marshal the resources of the federal, state, local governments, the private sector, and academia to achieve mass commercialization of hydrogen as an energy source for stationary and vehicle fuel cells; (2) examine ways to ensure that the United States can use all available feedstocks for hydrogen production; and (3) make recommendations for an appropriate entity to monitor ongoing progress in implementing the strategic plan.