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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Domestic Offshore Energy Security 
Act of 2008'' or the ``DOES Act''.

SEC. 2. DEVELOPMENT AND INVENTORY OF CERTAIN OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF 
              RESOURCES.

    (a) Definition of United States Person.--In this section, the term 
``United States person'' means--
            (1) any United States citizen or alien lawfully admitted 
        for permanent residence in the United States; and
            (2) any person other than an individual, if 1 or more 
        individuals described in paragraph (1) own or control at least 
        51 percent of the securities or other equity interest in the 
        person.
    (b) Authorization of Activities and Exports Involving Hydrocarbon 
Resources by United States Persons.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law (including a regulation), United States persons 
(including agents and affiliates of those United States persons) may--
            (1) engage in any transaction necessary for the exploration 
        for and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of 
        any foreign exclusive economic zone that is contiguous to the 
        exclusive economic zone of the United States; and
            (2) export without license authority all equipment 
        necessary for the exploration for or extraction of hydrocarbon 
        resources described in paragraph (1).
    (c) Travel in Connection With Authorized Hydrocarbon Exploration 
and Extraction Activities.--Section 910 of the Trade Sanctions Reform 
and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7209) is amended by 
inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) General License Authority for Travel-Related Expenditures by 
Persons Engaging in Hydrocarbon Exploration and Extraction 
Activities.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall, 
        authorize under a general license the travel-related 
        transactions listed in section 515.560(c) of title 31, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, for travel to, from or within Cuba in 
        connection with exploration for and the extraction of 
        hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime 
        Exclusive Economic Zone that is contiguous to the United 
        States' Exclusive Economic Zone.
            ``(2) Persons authorized.--Persons authorized to travel to 
        Cuba under this section include full-time employees, 
        executives, agents, and consultants of oil and gas producers, 
        distributors, and shippers.''.
    (d) Moratorium of Oil and Gas Leasing in Certain Areas of the Gulf 
of Mexico.--
            (1) In general.--Section 104(a) of the Gulf of Mexico 
        Energy Security Act of 2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 
        109-432) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1);
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``125 miles'' and 
                inserting ``45 miles'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``100 miles'' 
                each place it appears and inserting ``45 miles''; and
                    (D) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
                paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
            (2) Regulations.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior 
                shall promulgate regulations that establish appropriate 
                environmental safeguards for the exploration and 
                production of oil and natural gas on the outer 
                Continental Shelf.
                    (B) Minimum requirements.--At a minimum, the 
                regulations shall include--
                            (i) provisions requiring surety bonds of 
                        sufficient value to ensure the mitigation of 
                        any foreseeable incident;
                            (ii) provisions assigning liability to the 
                        leaseholder in the event of an incident causing 
                        damage or loss, regardless of the negligence of 
                        the leaseholder or lack of negligence;
                            (iii) provisions no less stringent than 
                        those contained in the Spill Prevention, 
                        Control, and Countermeasure regulations 
                        promulgated under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
                        (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.);
                            (iv) provisions ensuring that--
                                    (I) no facility for the exploration 
                                or production of resources is visible 
                                to the unassisted eye from any shore of 
                                any coastal State; and
                                    (II) the impact of offshore 
                                production facilities on coastal vistas 
                                is otherwise mitigated;
                            (v) provisions to ensure, to the maximum 
                        extent practicable, that exploration and 
                        production activities will result in no 
                        significant adverse effect on fish or wildlife 
                        (including habitat), subsistence resources, or 
                        the environment; and
                            (vi) provisions that will impose seasonal 
                        limitations on activity to protect breeding, 
                        spawning, and wildlife migration patterns.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 105 of the Department of 
        the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
        Act, 2006 (Public Law 109-54; 119 Stat. 521) (as amended by 
        section 103(d) of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 
        2006 (43 U.S.C. 1331 note; Public Law 109-432)) is amended by 
        inserting ``and any other area that the Secretary of the 
        Interior may offer for leasing, preleasing, or any related 
        activity under section 104 of that Act'' after ``2006)''.
    (e) Inventory of Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas 
Resources Off Southeastern Coast of the United States.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of the Interior (referred to 
        in this subsection as the ``Secretary'') may conduct an 
        inventory of oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters 
        of the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2 of the 
        Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331)) off of the 
        coast of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South 
        Carolina, or Georgia in accordance with this subsection.
            (2) Best available technology.--In conducting the 
        inventory, the Secretary shall use the best technology 
        available to obtain accurate resource estimates.
            (3) Request by governor.--The Secretary may conduct an 
        inventory under this subsection off the coast of a State 
        described in paragraph (1) only if the Governor of the State 
        requests the inventory.
            (4) Reports.--The Secretary shall submit to Congress and 
        the requesting Governor a report on any inventory conducted 
        under this subsection.
            (5) Authorization of appropriations.--There are authorized 
        to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
        subsection.
    (f) Enhanced Oil Recovery.--Section 354(c)(4)(B) of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 15910(c)(4)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) are carried out in geologically 
                        challenging fields.''.

SEC. 3. SUSPENSION OF PETROLEUM ACQUISITION FOR STRATEGIC PETROLEUM 
              RESERVE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b) and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, during calendar year 2008--
            (1) the Secretary of the Interior shall suspend acquisition 
        of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the 
        royalty-in-kind program; and
            (2) the Secretary of Energy shall suspend acquisition of 
        petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through any other 
        acquisition method.
    (b) Resumption.--Not earlier than 30 days after the date on which 
the President notifies Congress that the President has determined that 
the weighted average price of petroleum in the United States for the 
most recent 90-day period is $75 or less per barrel--
            (1) the Secretary of the Interior may resume acquisition of 
        petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through the 
        royalty-in-kind program; and
            (2) the Secretary of Energy may resume acquisition of 
        petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve through any other 
        acquisition method.

A: Domestic Offshore Energy Security Act of 2008, or the DOES Act - Permits United States persons to: (1) engage in exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources from any portion of any foreign exclusive economic zone contiguous to the exclusive economic zone of the United States; and (2) export without license authority all pertinent equipment for such activity.

Amends the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to authorize travel-related transactions for travel to, from, or within Cuba in connection with exploration and extraction of hydrocarbon resources in any part of a foreign maritime Exclusive Economic Zone contiguous to the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.

Identifies as persons authorized to travel to Cuba any full-time employees, executives, and agents and consultants of oil and gas producers, distributors, and shippers.

Amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to: (1) repeal the moratorium on oil and gas leasing east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) decrease to 45 miles within the coastline of Florida the moratorium on oil and gas leasing.

Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations that establish environmental safeguards for oil and natural gas exploration and production on the outer Continental Shelf.

Authorizes such Secretary to inventory the oil and natural gas resources beneath the waters of the outer Continental Shelf off the coasts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia, only if the respective state governor requests it.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to instruct the Secretary of Energy, in evaluating applications for enhanced oil and natural gas production through carbon dioxide injection, to grant priority consideration to applications carried out in geologically challenging fields.

Requires the Secretaries of the Interior and of Energy (Secretaries) to suspend acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) during calendar 2008. Authorizes the Secretaries to resume such acquisition after the President notifies Congress that the weighted average price of petroleum in the United States for the most recent 90-day period is $75 or less per barrel.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act 
of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since 1965, the people and Government of the United 
        States have supported international voluntary family planning 
        programs, increasing the use of modern contraceptives in the 
        developing world from fewer than 10 percent of couples in 1965 
        to more than 40 percent of couples today.
            (2) United States funding for international family planning 
        is today providing services to 20 million couples in the 
        world's poorest countries, contributing to family well-being by 
        improving maternal health, reducing maternal and infant deaths, 
        preventing abortions, and improving the lives of millions of 
        families.
            (3) The United States spends on average three cents per 
        American per week for international family planning programs.
            (4) In the developing world, the use of modern 
        contraceptives reduces unintended pregnancies and the 
        probability that a woman will have an abortion by 85 percent.
            (5) President George W. Bush has stated that one of the 
        best ways to prevent abortion is by providing quality voluntary 
        family planning programs.
            (6) In developing countries at least 120 million married 
        couples who would like to postpone their next pregnancy, or 
        have no more children, do not have access to or are not using 
        modern contraception.
            (7) In sub-Saharan Africa, 46 percent of women who desire 
        to delay or end childbearing remain without access to voluntary 
        family planning and at risk of unintended pregnancy.
            (8) Each year more than 525,000 women die from causes 
        related to pregnancy and childbirth with 99 percent of these 
        deaths occurring in developing countries. An additional eight 
        million women each year suffer serious health complications 
        from pregnancy and childbirth.
            (9) A lack of birth spacing resulting in birth intervals of 
        9 to 14 months increases the risk of maternal death by 250 
        percent.
            (10) Birth spacing of at least 36 months is associated with 
        the lowest mortality risk for infants and children under five 
        years of age.
            (11) Approximately 10.8 million children under the age of 
        five die each year, more than 30,000 every day, frequently from 
        low birth-weight or from causes related to complications in the 
        mother's pregnancy.
            (12) Providing access to modern contraception in less 
        developed countries could prevent 1.4 million infant deaths and 
        142,000 maternal deaths annually.
            (13) Linking family planning programs with HIV/AIDS 
        prevention, care, and treatment programs helps to meet the 
        multiple health needs of couples while effectively using scarce 
        financial and human resources.
            (14) For HIV-positive women, family planning is the most 
        efficacious and cost-effective intervention to prevent 
        unintended pregnancies, decrease the risk of maternal death, 
        and avoid the transmission of HIV from mother-to-child, 
        premature birth, low birth weight, or infant death.
            (15) Rapid population growth over-stresses vital resources, 
        such as water, agricultural land, forests, and wildlife, 
        contributing to extreme poverty, infectious disease, limited 
        access to education, environmental destruction, food 
        insecurity, and resultant malnutrition.
            (16) Malnutrition in children is a contributing factor to 
        more than one-half of all child mortality, and malnutrition in 
        mothers account for a substantial proportion of neonatal 
        mortality.
            (17) United States-funded family planning programs have 
        been successfully linked with the conservation of natural 
        resources to ease growing population pressures, improve food 
        security, and keep families healthy and communities 
        economically viable.
            (18) Between 2005 and 2050, if family planning needs remain 
        unmet, the population is expected to grow by more than 300 
        percent in the developing countries of Afghanistan, Burkina 
        Faso, Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the 
        Republic of the Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, the 
        Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and Uganda.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that it should be a United States 
policy objective to--
            (1) partner with developing countries to expand access to 
        voluntary family planning programs and the supply of modern 
        contraceptives in order to--
                    (A) meet growing demand to allow couples to achieve 
                their desired family size;
                    (B) reduce maternal and child mortality;
                    (C) reduce unintended pregnancies and resulting 
                abortions;
                    (D) reduce the incidence of HIV transmission from 
                mother-to-child and extend the lives of HIV-positive 
                women thus reducing the number of orphaned children;
                    (E) conserve vital natural resources, including 
                water, agricultural land, and forested lands;
                    (F) improve food security; and
                    (G) enhance opportunities for lasting social and 
                economic development; and
            (2) strengthen public heath initiatives worldwide by 
        provide training, research, and services for a wide variety of 
        modern contraceptives and family planning methods that are 
        designed and implemented based on--
                    (A) community participation;
                    (B) the needs and values of beneficiaries; and
                    (C) adherence to the principles of voluntary 
                participation and informed consent.

SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE VOLUNTARY FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS IN 
              DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 104(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(b)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``In order to'' and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--In order to''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2) Assistance to improve voluntary family planning 
        programs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The President, acting through 
                the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development, is authorized to provide 
                assistance, on such terms and conditions as the 
                President may determine, to improve voluntary family 
                planning programs in developing countries.
                    ``(B) Activities supported.--Assistance provided 
                under subparagraph (A) shall, to the maximum extent 
                practicable, be used to--
                            ``(i) improve public knowledge of voluntary 
                        family planning programs, including the 
                        availability of modern contraceptives and the 
                        health, economic, and natural resource benefits 
                        of voluntary family planning for individuals, 
                        families, and communities;
                            ``(ii) support a wide range of public and 
                        private voluntary family planning programs, 
                        including networks for community-based and 
                        subsidized commercial distribution of modern 
                        contraceptives;
                            ``(iii) expand formal and informal training 
                        for health care providers, health educators, 
                        including peer educators and outreach workers, 
                        managers, traditional birth attendants, 
                        counselors, and community-based distribution 
                        agents;
                            ``(iv) provide improved coordination 
                        between voluntary family planning programs and 
                        programs that receive United States Government 
                        assistance for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and 
                        other sexually transmitted infections, the 
                        prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission, 
                        and the testing, treatment, and care of persons 
                        infected with HIV/AIDS and affected by HIV/AIDS 
                        to strengthen activities under such programs 
                        and enhance the cost-effectiveness of such 
                        programs; and
                            ``(v) strengthen supply chain logistics for 
                        the procurement and reliable distribution of 
                        safe and effective modern contraceptives, 
                        including coordination with the supply chain 
                        for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, 
                        to allow for maximum efficiency and cost-
                        savings.
                    ``(C) Priority.--In providing assistance under this 
                paragraph, priority shall be given to developing 
                countries with acute family planning and maternal 
                health needs based on criteria such as--
                            ``(i) the level of unmet need for voluntary 
                        family planning and modern contraceptives;
                            ``(ii) fertility rates;
                            ``(iii) high-risk birth rates;
                            ``(iv) the number of births unattended by 
                        skilled attendants;
                            ``(v) maternal mortality rates;
                            ``(vi) rates of mortality for infants and 
                        children under the age of five;
                            ``(vii) abortion rates;
                            ``(viii) the level of HIV/AIDS in women of 
                        reproductive age; and
                            ``(ix) additional criteria or country 
                        conditions, such as conflict, humanitarian 
                        crisis, large populations of refugees or 
                        internally displaced persons, or areas in which 
                        population growth threatens food security, 
                        vital natural resources, biodiversity, or 
                        endangered species.
                    ``(D) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
                            ``(i) AIDS.--The term `AIDS' has the 
                        meaning given the term in section 104A(g)(1) of 
                        this Act.
                            ``(ii) HIV.--The term `HIV' has the meaning 
                        given the term in section 104A(g)(2) of this 
                        Act.
                            ``(iii) HIV/AIDS.--The term `HIV/AIDS' has 
                        the meaning given the term in section 
                        104A(g)(3) of this Act.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The authority to provide assistance under 
section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by 
subsection (a), applies with respect to fiscal year 2007 and subsequent 
fiscal years.

SEC. 5. REPORT.

    (a) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and biennially thereafter, the President, acting 
through the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, shall transmit to the Committee on International Relations 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate a report on the implementation of section 104(b)(2) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by section 4(a)).
    (b) Contents.--The report shall include--
            (1) a description of efforts to implement the policies set 
        forth in section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961;
            (2) a description of the programs established pursuant to 
        such section; and
            (3) a detailed assessment of the impact of programs 
        established pursuant to such section, including--
                    (A) an estimate of annual expenditures on modern 
                contraceptive commodities and activities in support of 
                voluntary family planning programs on a country-by-
                country basis, to be based on information supplied by 
                national governments, donor agencies, and private 
                sector entities, to the maximum extent practicable;
                    (B) an assessment by country of the current unmet 
                need for, availability, and use of modern 
                contraception;
                    (C) an assessment of prior year and proposed 
                allocations of modern contraceptives in voluntary 
                family planning assistance by country, which describes 
                how each country's allocation meets the country's 
                needs; and
                    (D) a description of the quality of funded 
                voluntary family planning programs, as measured by 
                survey data or best available estimates, including--
                            (i) types of modern contraceptive methods 
                        offered to significant subgroups (defined by 
                        age, gender, income, and health profile, among 
                        others) on a reliable basis;
                            (ii) information provided to beneficiaries 
                        to enable decision making regarding benefits, 
                        risks, and efficacy of modern contraceptives;
                            (iii) mechanisms to encourage 
                        sustainability of voluntary family planning 
                        programs; and
                            (iv) voluntary family planning programs 
                        that are effective in responding to individual 
                        health needs of beneficiaries.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry 
out section 104(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added 
by section 4(a) of this Act--
            (1) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;
            (2) $700,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;
            (3) $800,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            (4) $900,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; and
            (5) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2011.

A: Focus on Family Health Worldwide Act of 2005 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to provide assistance for voluntary family planning programs in developing countries, including activities to: (1) improve public knowledge of voluntary family planning programs; (2) support public and private voluntary family planning programs, including networks for community-based and subsidized commercial distribution of contraceptives; (3) expand training for health care providers and educators; (4) provide improved coordination between voluntary family planning programs and programs that receive U.S. assistance for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections; and (5) strengthen supply chain logistics for the procurement and distribution of safe contraceptives, including coordination with the supply chain for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment. Gives priority to developing countries with acute family planning and maternal health needs.

Authorizes appropriations.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare 
Payment Modernization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1833(i) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395l(i)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(i)(1) Payment shall be made under this part in the amount 
specified under paragraph (2) for facility services furnished to an 
individual in an ambulatory surgical center in connection with any 
outpatient surgical procedure covered under this part as a hospital 
outpatient department service, except for those procedures that the 
Secretary designates, in consultation with appropriate trade and 
professional organizations (including those having direct experience 
with ambulatory surgical centers) as posing a significant safety risk 
or requiring an overnight stay when performed in ambulatory surgical 
centers. Not less frequently than once every two years the Secretary 
shall review and, may, after public comment, make appropriate 
adjustments to this list of procedures excluded from coverage when 
performed in ambulatory surgical centers as the Secretary deems 
necessary.
    ``(2)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the amount of 
payment to be made under this subsection for facility services 
furnished to an individual in an ambulatory surgical center in 
accordance with paragraph (1) shall be equal to 75 percent of the fee 
schedule amount determined under paragraph (3)(A) of subsection (t) for 
payment of the same service furnished in hospital outpatient 
departments, as adjusted under paragraphs (4)(A), (6), and (15) of such 
subsection, less a 20 percent beneficiary copayment.
    ``(B) For covered ambulatory surgical center services furnished on 
or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2012, for which the 
ambulatory surgical center payment amount payable under this subsection 
in 2007 (in this subsection referred to as the `2007 ASC payment 
amount') is less than 75 percent of the hospital OPD fee schedule 
amount under subsection (t) in 2007 for the same services, the amount 
of payment under this subsection shall be calculated as follows:
            ``(i) For services furnished during 2008, the amount shall 
        be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 80 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount, as 
                increased by the percentage increase in the consumer 
                price index for all urban consumers (United States city 
                average) as estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month 
                period ending with December 31, 2006; and
                    ``(II) 20 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2008.
            ``(ii) For services furnished during 2009, the amount shall 
        be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 60 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as 
                increased under clause (i)(I) and as further increased 
                by the percentage increase in the consumer price index 
                for all urban consumers (United States city average) as 
                estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month period 
                ending with December 31, 2007; and
                    ``(II) 40 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2009.
            ``(iii) For services furnished during 2010, the amount 
        shall be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 40 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as 
                increased under clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(I) and as 
                further increased by the percentage increase in the 
                consumer price index for all urban consumers (United 
                States city average) as estimated by the Secretary for 
                the 12-month period ending with December 31, 2008; and
                    ``(II) 60 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2010.
            ``(iv) For services furnished during 2011, the amount shall 
        be equal to the sum of--
                    ``(I) 20 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as 
                increased under clauses (i)(I), (ii)(I), and (iii)(I) 
                and as further increased by the percentage increase in 
                the consumer price index for all urban consumers 
                (United States city average) as estimated by the 
                Secretary for the 12-month period ending with December 
                31, 2009; and
                    ``(II) 80 percent of the payment amount under 
                paragraph (2)(A) for 2011.
    ``(C) For covered ambulatory surgical center services for which the 
2007 ASC payment amount is--
            ``(i) greater than 75 percent, but less than 100 percent, 
        of the hospital OPD fee schedule amount under subsection (t) in 
        2007 for the same services, the amount of payment under this 
        subsection shall be the greater of the 2007 ASC payment amount 
        or--
                    ``(I) for services furnished in 2008, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(i);
                    ``(II) for services furnished in 2009, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(ii);
                    ``(III) for services furnished in 2010, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(iii);
                    ``(IV) for services furnished in 2011, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (B)(iv); or
                    ``(V) in 2012 and subsequent years, the payment 
                amount under subparagraph (A),
        but in no case in excess of the then applicable hospital OPD 
        fee schedule amount; or
            ``(ii) greater than the hospital OPD fee schedule amount 
        under subsection (t) in 2007 for the same services, the amount 
        of payment under this subsection--
                    ``(I) for services furnished during 2008, is equal 
                to the midpoint between the 2007 ASC payment amount and 
                100 percent of such 2007 hospital OPD fee schedule 
                amount; or
                    ``(II) for services furnished in a subsequent year 
                is equal to the greater of the 2007 hospital OPD fee 
                schedule amount or the payment amount specified under 
                subclause (I) through (V) of clause (i) for the year 
                involved, but but in no case in excess of the then 
                applicable hospital OPD fee schedule amount.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1832(a)(2)(F)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395k(a)(2)(F)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``section 1833(i)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``section 1833(i)(1)'';
                    (B) by striking ``the standard overhead amount as 
                determined under section 1833(i)(2)(A)'' and inserting 
                ``the amount determined under section 1833(i)(2)''; and
                    (C) by striking all that follows ``as full payment 
                for such services'' and inserting ``, or''.
            (2) Section 1833(a)(1)(G) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395l(a)(1)(G)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (i)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (i)(1)'';
                    (B) by striking ``for services furnished 
                beginning'' and all that follows through ``subsection 
                (i)(2)(D)''; and
                    (C) by striking ``such revised payment system'' and 
                inserting ``under subsection (i)(2)''.
            (3) Section 1833(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(4)) 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``section 1833(i)(1)(A)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (i)(1)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``paragraph (2) or (3) of 
                subsection (i)'' and inserting ``subsection (i)(1)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to ambulatory surgical center services furnished on or after 
January 1, 2008.

A:
Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the requirements and the formula for payments for services furnished to individuals in ambulatory surgical centers.
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