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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) It is in the national interest that all citizens, 
        including active-duty service members, be allowed to vote in 
        Federal elections.
            (2) Since 1977, active-duty service members serving 
        overseas or on the United States mainland have been excluded 
        from fully participating and voting in both general and runoff 
        Federal elections in American Samoa due to several factors, 
        including local law that requires active duty military members 
        to register in person, limited air and mail service between the 
        U.S. mainland and American Samoa, and delays in the preparation 
        of new ballots in the case of runoff elections.
            (3) American Samoa law requiring uniformed service voters 
        to register to vote in person is contrary to the Uniformed and 
        Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et 
        seq.).
            (4) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 
        has been in effect for over 15 years, and American Samoa has 
        not addressed this discrepancy between Federal and territorial 
        law, despite notice that the discrepancy exists.
            (5) It is necessary to take additional action to ensure 
        that the votes of uniformed voters are counted in Federal 
        elections conducted in American Samoa and that active duty 
        service members (including reservists called to active duty) do 
        not need to appear in person to register to vote.
            (6) It is necessary to state that the Uniformed and 
        Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act supersedes American Samoa 
        law and American Samoa must comply with this Federal law.
            (7) It is also in the national interest that, to the extent 
        possible, Members of the United States House of Representatives 
        and non-voting Delegates be elected in the first week of 
        November in even-numbered years.
            (8) Since 1980, when the first election for the 
        Congressional Delegate from American Samoa was held, there have 
        been several general elections at which there was no final 
        resolution of who was elected as the Delegate for the next 
        Congress, and run-off elections were required.
            (9) When the outcome of the Delegate election is not 
        resolved until a runoff election is held, a final determination 
        of who the Delegate will be is not made known until late 
        November.
            (10) A delayed outcome may place a newly elected Delegate 
        in a more junior position to other Members of Congress elected 
        on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in an 
        election year.
            (11) When more than 2 candidates file to run for election 
        for the office of Delegate, holding a primary election to 
        reduce the number of candidates to 2 will greatly increase the 
        likelihood that the general election will produce a candidate 
        who receives a majority of the votes cast.

SEC. 2. PRIMARY ELECTION REQUIRED.

    Section 2(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide that the 
Territory of American Samoa be represented by a nonvoting Delegate to 
the United States House of Representatives, and for other purposes'', 
approved October 31, 1978 (48 U.S.C. 1732(a)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
    ``(2) In any general election year when 3 or more eligible 
individuals file by the first Tuesday of July as candidates for the 
office of Delegate, a primary election shall be held on the first 
Tuesday of August of that general election year. If the primary 
election results in 1 candidate receiving more than 50 percent of the 
votes cast, then that candidate shall be the only candidate on the 
ballot for the general election for Delegate that year. If the primary 
election results in no candidate receiving more than 50 percent of the 
votes cast, then the 2 candidates receiving the most votes cast shall 
be on the ballot for the general election year. If there is a tie for 
the 2 candidates receiving the most votes, the names of the 2 
candidates shall be listed on the ballot for that general election 
year.
    ``(3) Candidates for the office of Delegate to the United States 
House of Representatives must file their candidacy not later than the 
first Tuesday of July each year that a general election referred to in 
paragraph (1) is scheduled to be held.''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    Section 4 of the Act entitled ``An Act to provide that the 
Territory of American Samoa be represented by a nonvoting Delegate to 
the United States House of Representatives, and for other purposes'', 
approved October 31, 1978 (48 U.S.C. 1734), is amended by inserting 
``in a general Federal election'' after ``ties between candidates''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 
2003.
[EX A]: Declares that it is necessary to state that the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act supersedes American Samoa law and American Samoa must comply with it.Requires a primary election to be held in American Samoa on the first Tuesday of August of any general election year when three or more eligible individuals have filed by the first Tuesday of July as candidates for the office of Delegate representing American Samoa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

[EX 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.
[EX 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.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preserving Freedom and Choice in 
Health Care Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEALING THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE.

    Sections 1501 and 1502 and subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of 
section 10106 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (and 
the amendments made by such sections and subsections) are repealed and 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered as 
if such provisions and amendments had never been enacted.

SEC. 3. REPEALING THE EMPLOYER MANDATE.

    Sections 1513 and 1514 and subsections (e), (f), and (g) of section 
10106 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (and the 
amendments made by such sections and subsections) are repealed and the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and administered as if 
such provisions and amendments had never been enacted.

SEC. 4. MODIFICATIONS TO PREMIUM ASSISTANCE CREDIT.

    (a) Extension of Credit for Certain Individuals Not Enrolled 
Through State Exchanges.--Paragraph (3) of section 36B(b) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) Special rule for individuals enrolled through 
                a federal exchange.--In the case of any applicable 
                taxpayer who is not eligible for the credit allowed 
                under subsection (a) (determined without regard to this 
                subparagraph) solely as a result of a determination by 
                the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of 
                King v. Burwell (2015), paragraph (2)(A) shall be 
                applied to months beginning before September 2017, by 
                substituting `enrolled in through an Exchange 
                established under the Patient Protection and Affordable 
                Care Act' for `enrolled in through an Exchange 
                established by the State under 1311 of the Patient 
                Protection and Affordable Care Act'.''.
    (b) Denial of Credit for Individuals Not Previously Enrolled.--
Subsection (b) of section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Limitation for individuals not previously enrolled.--
        The premium assistance credit amount shall be zero with respect 
        to any qualified health plan unless such plan covers an 
        individual described in paragraph (2)(A) who was enrolled in a 
        qualified health plan through an Exchange established under the 
        Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before the date of 
        the enactment of this paragraph.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013.

SEC. 5. FREEDOM TO MAINTAIN EXISTING COVERAGE.

    (a) In General.--Part 2 of subtitle C of title I of the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18011 et seq.) is amended 
by striking section 1251 and inserting the following:

``SEC. 1251. FREEDOM TO MAINTAIN EXISTING COVERAGE.

    ``(a) No Changes to Existing Coverage.--
            ``(1) In general.--Nothing in this Act (or an amendment 
        made by this Act) shall be construed to require that an 
        individual terminate coverage under a group health plan or 
        health insurance coverage in which such individual was enrolled 
        during any part of the period beginning on the date of 
        enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2017.
            ``(2) Continuation of coverage.--With respect to a group 
        health plan or health insurance coverage in which an individual 
        was enrolled during any part of the period beginning on the 
        date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2017, 
        this subtitle and subtitle A (and the amendments made by such 
        subtitles) shall not apply to such plan or coverage, regardless 
        of whether the individual renews such coverage.
    ``(b) Allowance for Family Members To Join Current Coverage.--With 
respect to a group health plan or health insurance coverage in which an 
individual was enrolled during any part of the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2017, and 
which is renewed, family members of such individual shall be permitted 
to enroll in such plan or coverage if such enrollment is permitted 
under the terms of the plan in effect as of such date of enrollment.
    ``(c) Allowance for New Employees To Join Current Plan.--A group 
health plan that provides coverage during any part of the period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on December 
31, 2017, may provide for the enrolling of new employees (and their 
families) in such plan, and this subtitle and subtitle A (and the 
amendments made by such subtitles) shall not apply with respect to such 
plan and such new employees (and their families).
    ``(d) Effect on Collective Bargaining Agreements.--In the case of 
health insurance coverage maintained pursuant to one or more collective 
bargaining agreements between employee representatives and one or more 
employers that was ratified before December 31, 2017, the provisions of 
this subtitle and subtitle A (and the amendments made by such 
subtitles) shall not apply until the date on which the last of the 
collective bargaining agreements relating to the coverage terminates. 
Any coverage amendment made pursuant to a collective bargaining 
agreement relating to the coverage which amends the coverage solely to 
conform to any requirement added by this subtitle or subtitle A (or 
amendments) shall not be treated as a termination of such collective 
bargaining agreement.
    ``(e) Definition.--In this title, the term `grandfathered health 
plan' means any group health plan or health insurance coverage to which 
this section applies.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111-148).

SEC. 6. ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS.

    (a) In General.--Subsections (a) and (b) of section 1302 of the 
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18022) are 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Essential Health Benefits Package.--In this title, the term 
`essential health benefits package' means, with respect to any health 
plan, coverage that provide for benefits and cost sharing as required 
in the States in which such plan is offered.
    ``(b) Essential Health Benefits.--Essential health benefits shall 
be defined to include those required by the State in which a health 
plan is offered.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act (Public Law 111-148).
[EX A]:
Preserving Freedom and Choice in Health Care Act This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the requirements for individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage and for large employers to pay penalties if a full-time employee: (1) must wait longer than 60 days to enroll in an employer-sponsored health plan, or (2) receives a premium assistance tax credit or reduced cost-sharing. Coverage reporting requirements for providers and large employers are also repealed. Individuals enrolled in a health plan purchased through the federal health insurance exchange at the time of enactment of this Act who are ineligible for a premium assistance tax credit solely as a result of a determination by the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell are eligible for the tax credit. This applies to coverage months beginning after December 2013 and before September 2017. Group health coverage in which an individual was enrolled during any part of the period beginning on the date of enactment of PPACA (March 23, 2010) and ending on December 31, 2017, is a grandfathered health plan under PPACA and is exempt from some coverage requirements. Essential health benefits are defined by states. This amendment takes effect as if included in PPACA.