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SECTION 1. RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD.

    (a) In General.--Title VI of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 610. FEDERAL RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD.

    ``(a) Renewable Energy Requirement.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each electric utility that sells 
        electricity to electric consumers shall obtain a percentage of 
        the base amount of electricity it sells to electric consumers 
        in any calendar year from new renewable energy or existing 
        renewable energy. The percentage obtained in a calendar year 
        shall not be less than the amount specified in the following 
        table:

 
 
 
``Calendar year:                    Minimum annual percentage:
  2010............................  1
  2011............................  2
  2012............................  4
  2013............................  6
  2014............................  8
  2015............................  10
  2016............................  12
  2017............................  14
  2018............................  16
  2019............................  18
  2020............................  20
  2021............................  21
  2022............................  22
  2023............................  23
  2024............................  24
  2025............................  25.

            ``(2) Means of compliance.--An electric utility shall meet 
        the requirements of paragraph (1) by--
                    ``(A) submitting to the Secretary renewable energy 
                credits issued under subsection (b);
                    ``(B) making alternative compliance payments to the 
                Secretary at the rate of 2 cents per kilowatt hour (as 
                adjusted for inflation under subsection (g)); or
                    ``(C) a combination of activities described in 
                subparagraphs (A) and (B).
    ``(b) Renewable Energy Credit Trading Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than July 1, 2009, the 
        Secretary shall establish a renewable energy credit trading 
        program under which electric utilities shall submit to the 
        Secretary renewable energy credits to certify the compliance of 
        the electric utilities with respect to obligations under 
        subsection (a)(1).
            ``(2) Administration.--As part of the program, the 
        Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) issue tradeable renewable energy credits to 
                generators of electric energy from new renewable 
                energy;
                    ``(B) issue nontradeable renewable energy credits 
                to generators of electric energy from existing 
                renewable energy;
                    ``(C) issue renewable energy credits to electric 
                utilities associated with State renewable portfolio 
                standard compliance mechanisms pursuant to subsection 
                (h);
                    ``(D) ensure that a kilowatt hour, including the 
                associated renewable energy credit, shall be used only 
                once for purposes of compliance with this Act;
                    ``(E) allow double credits for generation from 
                facilities on Indian land, and triple credits for 
                generation from small renewable distributed generators 
                (meaning those no larger than 1 megawatt); and
                    ``(F) ensure that, with respect to a purchaser 
                that, as of the date of enactment of this section, has 
                a purchase agreement from a renewable energy facility 
                placed in service before that date, the credit 
                associated with the generation of renewable energy 
                under the contract is issued to the purchaser of the 
                electric energy.
            ``(3) Duration.--A credit described in subparagraph (A) or 
        (B) of paragraph (2) may only be used for compliance with this 
        section during the 3-year period beginning on the date of 
        issuance of the credit.
            ``(4) Transfers.--An electric utility that holds credits in 
        excess of the quantity of credits needed to comply with 
        subsection (a) may transfer the credits to another electric 
        utility in the same utility holding company system.
            ``(5) Delegation of market function.--The Secretary may 
        delegate to an appropriate market-making entity the 
        administration of a national tradeable renewable energy credit 
        market for purposes of creating a transparent national market 
        for the sale or trade of renewable energy credits.
    ``(c) Enforcement.--
            ``(1) Civil penalties.--Any electric utility that fails to 
        meet the compliance requirements of subsection (a) shall be 
        subject to a civil penalty.
            ``(2) Amount of penalty.--The amount of the civil penalty 
        shall be determined by multiplying the number of kilowatt-hours 
        of electric energy sold to electric consumers in violation of 
        subsection (a) by the greater of 2 cents (adjusted for 
        inflation under subsection (g)) or 200 percent of the average 
        market value of renewable energy credits during the year in 
        which the violation occurred.
            ``(3) Mitigation or waiver.--The Secretary may mitigate or 
        waive a civil penalty under this subsection if the electric 
        utility was unable to comply with subsection (a) for reasons 
        outside of the reasonable control of the utility. The Secretary 
        shall reduce the amount of any penalty determined under 
        paragraph (2) by an amount paid by the electric utility to a 
        State for failure to comply with the requirement of a State 
        renewable energy program if the State requirement is greater 
        than the applicable requirement of subsection (a).
            ``(4) Procedure for assessing penalty.--The Secretary shall 
        assess a civil penalty under this subsection in accordance with 
        the procedures prescribed by section 333(d) of the Energy 
        Policy and Conservation Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 6303).
    ``(d) State Renewable Energy Account Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish, not later 
        than December 31, 2008, a State renewable energy account 
        program.
            ``(2) Deposits.--All money collected by the Secretary from 
        alternative compliance payments and the assessment of civil 
        penalties under this section shall be deposited into the 
        renewable energy account established pursuant to this 
        subsection. The State renewable energy account shall be held by 
        the Secretary and shall not be transferred to the Treasury 
        Department.
            ``(3) Use.--Proceeds deposited in the State renewable 
        energy account shall be used by the Secretary, subject to 
        appropriations, for a program to provide grants to the State 
        agency responsible for developing State energy conservation 
        plans under section 362 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 6322) for the purposes of promoting renewable 
        energy production, including programs that promote technologies 
        that reduce the use of electricity at customer sites such as 
        solar water heating.
            ``(4) Administration.--The Secretary may issue guidelines 
        and criteria for grants awarded under this subsection. State 
        energy offices receiving grants under this section shall 
        maintain such records and evidence of compliance as the 
        Secretary may require.
            ``(5) Preference.--In allocating funds under this program, 
        the Secretary shall give preference--
                    ``(A) to States in regions which have a 
                disproportionately small share of economically 
                sustainable renewable energy generation capacity; and
                    ``(B) to State programs to stimulate or enhance 
                innovative renewable energy technologies.
    ``(e) Rules.--The Secretary shall issue rules implementing this 
section not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
section.
    ``(f) Exemptions.--This section shall not apply in any calendar 
year to an electric utility--
            ``(1) that sold less than 4,000,000 megawatt-hours of 
        electric energy to electric consumers during the preceding 
        calendar year; or
            ``(2) in Hawaii.
    ``(g) Inflation Adjustment.--Not later than December 31 of each 
year beginning in 2008, the Secretary shall adjust for inflation the 
price of a renewable energy credit under subsection (b)(2) and the 
amount of the civil penalty per kilowatt-hour under subsection (c)(2).
    ``(h) State Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--Nothing in this section diminishes any 
        authority of a State or political subdivision of a State to 
        adopt or enforce any law or regulation respecting renewable 
        energy, but, except as provided in subsection (c)(3), no such 
        law or regulation shall relieve any person of any requirement 
        otherwise applicable under this section. The Secretary, in 
        consultation with States having such renewable energy programs, 
        shall, to the maximum extent practicable, facilitate 
        coordination between the Federal program and State programs.
            ``(2) Regulations.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation 
                with States, shall promulgate regulations to ensure 
                that an electric utility subject to the requirements of 
                this section that is also subject to a State renewable 
                energy standard receives renewable energy credits in 
                relation to equivalent quantities of renewable energy 
                associated with compliance mechanisms, other than the 
                generation or purchase of renewable energy by the 
                electric utility, including the acquisition of 
                certificates or credits and the payment of taxes, fees, 
                surcharges, or other financial compliance mechanisms by 
                the electric utility or a customer of the electric 
                utility, directly associated with the generation or 
                purchase of renewable energy.
                    ``(B) Prohibition on double counting.--The 
                regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall 
                ensure that a kilowatt hour associated with a renewable 
                energy credit issued pursuant to this subsection shall 
                not be used for compliance with this section more than 
                once.
    ``(i) Recovery of Costs.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Commission shall issue and enforce 
        such regulations as are necessary to ensure that an electric 
        utility recovers all prudently incurred costs associated with 
        compliance with this section.
            ``(2) Applicable law.--A regulation under paragraph (1) 
        shall be enforceable in accordance with the provisions of law 
        applicable to enforcement of regulations under the Federal 
        Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.).
    ``(j) Wind Energy Development Study.--The Secretary, in 
consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies, shall 
conduct, and submit to Congress a report describing the results of, a 
study on methods to increase transmission line capacity for wind energy 
development.
    ``(k) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Base amount of electricity.--The term `base amount of 
        electricity' means the total amount of electricity sold by an 
        electric utility to electric consumers in a calendar year, 
        excluding municipal waste and electricity generated by a 
        hydroelectric facility (including a pumped storage facility, 
        but excluding incremental hydropower).
            ``(2) Distributed generation facility.--The term 
        `distributed generation facility' means a facility at a 
        customer site.
            ``(3) Existing renewable energy.--The term `existing 
        renewable energy' means, except as provided in paragraph 
        (7)(B), electric energy generated at a facility (including a 
        distributed generation facility) placed in service prior to 
        January 1, 2001, from solar, wind, or geothermal energy, ocean 
        energy, biomass (as defined in section 203(a) of the Energy 
        Policy Act of 2005), or landfill gas.
            ``(4) Geothermal energy.--The term `geothermal energy' 
        means energy derived from a geothermal deposit (within the 
        meaning of section 613(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986).
            ``(5) Incremental geothermal production.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `incremental geothermal 
                production' means for any year the excess of--
                            ``(i) the total kilowatt hours of 
                        electricity produced from a facility (including 
                        a distributed generation facility) using 
                        geothermal energy; over
                            ``(ii) the average annual kilowatt hours 
                        produced at such facility for 5 of the previous 
                        7 calendar years before the date of enactment 
                        of this section after eliminating the highest 
                        and the lowest kilowatt hour production years 
                        in such 7-year period.
                    ``(B) Special rule.--A facility described in 
                subparagraph (A) that was placed in service at least 7 
                years before the date of enactment of this section 
                shall, commencing with the year in which such date of 
                enactment occurs, reduce the amount calculated under 
                subparagraph (A)(ii) each year, on a cumulative basis, 
                by the average percentage decrease in the annual 
                kilowatt hour production for the 7-year period 
                described in subparagraph (A)(ii) with such cumulative 
                sum not to exceed 30 percent.
            ``(6) Incremental hydropower.--The term `incremental 
        hydropower' means additional energy generated as a result of 
        efficiency improvements or capacity additions made on or after 
        January 1, 2001, or the effective date of an existing 
        applicable State renewable portfolio standard program at a 
        hydroelectric facility that was placed in service before that 
        date. The term does not include additional energy generated as 
        a result of operational changes not directly associated with 
        efficiency improvements or capacity additions. Efficiency 
        improvements and capacity additions shall be measured on the 
        basis of the same water flow information used to determine a 
        historic average annual generation baseline for the 
        hydroelectric facility and certified by the Secretary or the 
        Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
            ``(7) New renewable energy.--The term `new renewable 
        energy' means--
                    ``(A) electric energy generated at a facility 
                (including a distributed generation facility) placed in 
                service on or after January 1, 2001, from--
                            ``(i) solar, wind, or geothermal energy or 
                        ocean energy;
                            ``(ii) biomass (as defined in section 
                        203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
                        U.S.C. 15852(b));
                            ``(iii) landfill gas; or
                            ``(iv) incremental hydropower; and
                    ``(B) for electric energy generated at a facility 
                (including a distributed generation facility) placed in 
                service prior to the date of enactment of this 
                section--
                            ``(i) the additional energy above the 
                        average generation in the 3 years preceding the 
                        date of enactment of this section at the 
                        facility from--
                                    ``(I) solar or wind energy or ocean 
                                energy;
                                    ``(II) biomass (as defined in 
                                section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act 
                                of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15852(b));
                                    ``(III) landfill gas; or
                                    ``(IV) incremental hydropower.
                            ``(ii) incremental geothermal production.
            ``(8) Ocean energy.--The term `ocean energy' includes 
        current, wave, tidal, and thermal energy.
    ``(l) Sunset.--This section expires on December 31, 2040.''.
    (b) Table of Contents Amendment.--The table of contents of the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. prec. 2601) 
is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to title VI the 
following:

``Sec. 610. Federal renewable portfolio standard.''.
Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to set forth a federal renewable energy portfolio standard applicable to calendar years 2010 to 2025.

Instructs the Secretary of Energy to establish: (1) a renewable energy credit trading program under which electric utilities shall submit to the Secretary renewable energy credits to certify their compliance with such standard; and (2) a state renewable energy account program for grants to state agencies to promote renewable energy production (including programs that promote technologies that reduce the use of electricity at customer sites such as solar water heating).



Requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue and enforce regulations to ensure that an electric utility recovers all prudently incurred costs associated with compliance with this Act.

Instructs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on methods to increase transmission line capacity for wind energy development.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine 
Support Act of 2017'' or the ``VETS Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. LICENSURE OF HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA TELEMEDICINE.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 1730A the following new section:
``Sec. 1730B. Licensure of health care professionals providing 
              treatment via telemedicine
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of law regarding 
the licensure of health care professionals, a covered health care 
professional may practice the health care profession of the health care 
professional at any location in any State, regardless of where the 
covered health care professional or the patient is located, if the 
covered health care professional is using telemedicine to provide 
treatment to an individual under this chapter.
    ``(b) Property of Federal Government.--Subsection (a) shall apply 
to a covered health care professional providing treatment to a patient 
regardless of whether the covered health care professional or patient 
is located in a facility owned by the Federal Government during such 
treatment.
    ``(c) Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed to 
remove, limit, or otherwise affect any obligation of a covered health 
care professional under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et 
seq.).
    ``(d) Covered Health Care Professional Defined.--In this section, 
the term `covered health care professional' means a health care 
professional who--
            ``(1) is an employee of the Department appointed under the 
        authority under sections 7306, 7401, 7405, 7406, or 7408 of 
        this title, or title 5;
            ``(2) is authorized by the Secretary to provide health care 
        under this chapter;
            ``(3) is required to adhere to all quality standards 
        relating to the provision of telemedicine in accordance with 
        applicable policies of the Department; and
            ``(4) has an active, current, full, and unrestricted 
        license, registration, or certification in a State to practice 
        the health care profession of the health care professional.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 17 of such title is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 1730A the following new item:

``1730B. Licensure of health care professionals providing treatment via 
                            telemedicine.''.
    (c) Report on Telemedicine.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
        shall submit to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives a report on the effectiveness of the use of 
        telemedicine by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
        include an assessment of the following:
                    (A) The satisfaction of veterans with telemedicine 
                furnished by the Department.
                    (B) The satisfaction of health care providers in 
                providing telemedicine furnished by the Department.
                    (C) The effect of telemedicine furnished by the 
                Department on the following:
                            (i) The ability of veterans to access 
                        health care, whether from the Department or 
                        from non-Department health care providers.
                            (ii) The frequency of use by veterans of 
                        telemedicine.
                            (iii) The productivity of health care 
                        providers.
                            (iv) Wait times for an appointment for the 
                        receipt of health care from the Department.
                            (v) The reduction, if any, in the use by 
                        veterans of in-person services at Department 
                        facilities and non-Department facilities.
                    (D) The types of appointments for the receipt of 
                telemedicine furnished by the Department that were 
                provided during the 1-year period preceding the 
                submittal of the report.
                    (E) The number of appointments for the receipt of 
                telemedicine furnished by the Department that were 
                requested during such period, disaggregated by Veterans 
                Integrated Service Network.
                    (F) Savings by the Department, if any, including 
                travel costs, of furnishing health care 


              

                through the use of telemedicine during such period.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 7, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.
.  Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act of 2017 or the VETS Act of 2017  (Sec. 2) This bill allows a licensed health care professional of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to practice his or her profession using telemedicine at any location in any state regardless of where the professional or patient is located if the covered health care professional is using telemedicine to provide VA medical or health services.   Such authority shall apply to a covered health care professional regardless of whether the covered health care professional or patient is located in a federally-owned facility.   The bill defines &quot;covered health care professional&quot; as a health care professional who: (1) is a VA employee appointed under specified VA authorities or under the civil service; (2) is authorized by the VA to provide health care; (3) is required to adhere to all telemedicine quality standards; and (4) has an active, current, full, and unrestricted state license, registration, or certification for such health care profession. The VA shall report to Congress on the effectiveness of the VA's use of telemedicine.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Biological Implant Tracking and 
Veteran Safety Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION AND TRACKING OF BIOLOGICAL IMPLANTS USED IN 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 73 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 7330B. Identification and tracking of biological implants
    ``(a) Standard Identification System for Biological Implants.--The 
Secretary shall adopt the unique device identification system developed 
for medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration pursuant to 
section 519(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 
360i(f)), or implement a comparable standard identification system, for 
use in identifying biological implants intended for use in medical 
procedures conducted in medical facilities of the Department.
    ``(b) Biological Implant Tracking System.--(1) The Secretary shall 
implement a system for tracking the biological implants referred to in 
subsection (a) from donor to implantation. Such system shall be 
compatible with the identification system adopted or implemented under 
subsection (a).
    ``(2) The Secretary shall implement inventory controls compatible 
with the tracking system implemented under paragraph (1) so that all 
patients who have received, in a medical facility of the Department, a 
biological implant subject to a recall by the Food and Drug 
Administration can be notified of the recall, if based on the 
evaluation of appropriate medical personnel of the Department of the 
risks and benefits, the Secretary determines such notification is 
appropriate.
    ``(c) Consistency With Food and Drug Administration Regulations.--
To the extent that a conflict arises between this section and a 
provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et 
seq.) or sections 351 or 361 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 262) (including any regulations issued under such Acts), the 
provision the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act or Public Health 
Service Act (including any regulations issued under such Acts) shall 
apply.
    ``(d) Definition of Biological Implant.--In this section, the term 
`biological implant' means any human cell, tissue, or cellular or 
tissue-based product--
            ``(1) under the meaning given the term `human cells' in 
        section 1271.3 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
        successor regulation; or
            ``(2) that is regulated as a device under subpart A of part 
        801 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor 
        regulation.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to 
such subchapter the following new item:

``7330B. Identification and tracking of biological implants.''.
    (c) Implementation Deadlines.--
            (1) Standard identification system.--
                    (A) In general.--With respect to biological 
                implants described in paragraph (1) of subsection (d) 
                of section 7330B of title 38, United States Code, as 
                added by subsection (a), the Secretary of Veterans 
                Affairs shall adopt or implement a standard 
                identification system for biological implants, as 
                required by subsection (a) of such section, by not 
                later than the date that is 180 days after the date of 
                the enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Implants regulated as devices.--With respect to 
                biological implants described in paragraph (2) of 
                subsection (d) of such section, the Secretary of 
                Veterans Affairs shall adopt or implement such standard 
                identification system in compliance with the compliance 
                dates established by the Food and Drug Administration 
                pursuant to section 519(f) of the Federal Food, Drug, 
                and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360i(f)).
            (2) Tracking system.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
        shall implement the biological implant tracking system required 
        by subsection (b) of section 7330B, as added by subsection (a), 
        by not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Reporting Requirement.--If the biological implant tracking 
system required by subsection (b) of such section is not operational by 
the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall provide to the Committees on 
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives a written 
explanation for each month until such time as the system is 
operational. Each such explanation shall describe each impediment to 
the implementation of the system, steps being taken to remediate each 
such impediment, and target dates for a solution to each such 
impediment.

SEC. 3. PROCUREMENT OF BIOLOGICAL IMPLANTS USED IN DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FACILITIES.

    (a) Procurement.--
            (1) In general.--Subchapter II of chapter 81 of such title 
        is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 8129. Procurement of biological implants
    ``(a) In General.--(1) The Secretary may procure biological 
implants only from vendors that meet the following conditions:
            ``(A) The vendor uses the standard identification system 
        adopted or implemented by the Secretary under section 7330B(a) 
        of this title and has safeguards to ensure that a production 
        identifier has been in place at each step of distribution of 
        each biological implant from its donor.
            ``(B) The vendor is registered with the Food and Drug 
        Administration under subpart B of part 1271 of title 21, Code 
        of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation, and in the 
        case of a vendor that uses tissue distribution intermediaries, 
        the vendor uses only tissue distribution intermediaries that 
        are appropriately registered with the Food and Drug 
        Administration.
            ``(C) The vendor ensures that donor eligibility 
        determinations and such other records as the Secretary may 
        require accompany each biological implant at all times, 
        regardless of the country of origin of the donor of the 
        biological material.
            ``(D) The vendor consents to periodic inspections and 
        audits by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding the 
        accuracy of records and the handling of products.
            ``(E) The vendor agrees to cooperate with all biological 
        implant recalls conducted on the vendor's own initiative, by 
        the request of the Food and Drug Administration, or by a 
        statutory order of the Food and Drug Administration.
            ``(F) The vendor agrees to provide to the Secretary any 
        adverse event report or warning letter of the Food and Drug 
        Administration issued to the vendor by not later than 30 days 
        after the vendor receives such report or warning letter.
            ``(G) The vendor agrees to retain all records associated 
        with the procurement of a biological implant by the Department 
        for at least five years after the date of the procurement of 
        the biological implant.
            ``(H) The vendor maintains active accreditation with the 
        American Association of Tissue Banks or a similar national 
        accreditation specific to biological implants.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall procure biological implants under the 
Federal Supply Schedules of the General Services Administration, unless 
such implants are not available under such Schedules. For biological 
implants listed on the Federal Supply Schedules, the Secretary shall 
accommodate reasonable vendor requests to undertake outreach efforts to 
educate medical professionals of the Department about the use and 
efficacy of such biological implants.
    ``(3) Section 8123 of this title shall not apply to the procurement 
of biological implants.
    ``(4) In the case of biological implants that are unavailable for 
procurement under the Federal Supply Schedules, the Secretary shall 
procure such implants using competitive procedures in accordance with 
applicable law and the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
    ``(b) Penalties.--In addition to any applicable penalty under any 
other provision of law, any procurement employee of the Department who 
is found responsible for a biological implant procurement transaction 
with intent to avoid or with reckless disregard of the requirements of 
this section shall be ineligible to hold a certificate of appointment 
as a contracting officer or to serve as the representative of an 
ordering officer, contracting officer, or purchase card holder.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `biological implant' shall have the meaning 
        given such term in section 7330B(d) of this title.
            ``(2) The term `production identifier' means a distinct 
        identification code that--
                    ``(A) relates a biological implant to the donor of 
                the implant and to all records pertaining to the 
                implant;
                    ``(B) includes information designed to facilitate 
                effective tracking, using the distinct identification 
                code, from the donor to the recipient and from the 
                recipient to the donor; and
                    ``(C) satisfies the requirements of subsection (c) 
                of section 1271.290 of title 21, Code of Federal 
                Regulations, or any successor regulation.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end of 
        the items relating to such subchapter the following new item:

``8129. Procurement of biological implants.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Section 8129 of title 38, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the date that is 180 
days after the date on which the tracking system required under 
subsection (b) of section 7330B of such title, as added by section 2(a) 
is implemented.
    (c) Special Rule for Cryopreserved Products.--During the three-year 
period beginning on the effective date of section 8129 of title 38, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a), biological implants 
produced and labeled before that date may be procured by the Department 
of Veterans Affairs without relabeling under the standard 
identification system adopted or implemented under section 7330B of 
such title, as added by section 2(a).

Biological Implant Tracking and Veteran Safety Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to: (1) adopt the unique device identification system developed for medical devices by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or implement a comparable standard identification system, for identifying biological implants intended for use in medical procedures conducted in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities; (2) implement a compatible system for tracking the implants from donor to implantation; and (3) implement inventory controls compatible with such tracking system so that all patients who have received, in a VA medical facility, a biological implant subject to a recall by the FDA can be notified of the recall.   Authorizes the Secretary to procure biological implants only from vendors that meet specified conditions, including that the vendor uses the standard identification system, consents to periodic VA inspections and audits, is registered with the FDA, and maintains national accreditation specific to biological implants. Requires the Secretary to: (1) procure such implants under General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Supply Schedules, (2) accommodate reasonable vendor requests to undertake specified outreach efforts to educate VA medical professionals about the use and efficacy of implants that are listed on such Schedules, and (3) procure biological implants that are unavailable for procurement under such Schedules using competitive procedures in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Makes any VA procurement employee found responsible for a biological implant procurement transaction with intent to avoid, or with reckless disregard of, the requirements of this Act ineligible to hold a certificate of appointment as a contracting officer or to serve as the representative of an ordering officer, contracting officer, or purchase card holder.