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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    Section 3101 of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Each Executive agency'' and inserting 
        ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), each Executive 
        agency''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Reduction in Number of Employees.--
            ``(1) Hiring freeze.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        during fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding fiscal year for 
        which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (in 
        such manner as the Director determines to be appropriate) 
        projects a Federal budget deficit, the head of an Executive 
        agency may not appoint any individual to a position in the 
        agency.
            ``(2) Permitting appointments from federal workforce hiring 
        pool.--
                    ``(A) Establishment of pool.--The President shall 
                establish a Federal workforce hiring pool consisting of 
                positions which may be allocated among all Executive 
                agencies.
                    ``(B) Procedures.--The head of an Executive agency 
                may appoint an individual to a position in the agency 
                if--
                            ``(i) there is a position available in the 
                        Federal workforce hiring pool;
                            ``(ii) the head of the Executive agency 
                        submits a request to the President for the 
                        allocation of a position in the Federal 
                        workforce hiring pool to the agency for 
                        purposes of making an appointment; and
                            ``(iii) the President approves the request.
                    ``(C) Process and criteria for approving 
                requests.--The President shall promulgate regulations--
                            ``(i) setting forth the process by which 
                        the head of an Executive agency may make a 
                        request under this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) setting forth the criteria by which 
                        the President shall determine on a competitive 
                        basis whether to approve a request by the head 
                        of an Executive agency under this subsection.
                    ``(D) Number of positions in pool.--
                            ``(i) Initial number.--As of the first day 
                        of fiscal year 2011, the number of positions in 
                        the Federal workforce hiring pool shall equal 
                        zero.
                            ``(ii) Changes to initial number.--After 
                        the first day of fiscal year 2011, the number 
                        of positions in the Federal workforce hiring 
                        pool--
                                    ``(I) shall increase by .50 for 
                                each full-time-equivalent position in 
                                any Executive agency which subsequently 
                                becomes vacant; and
                                    ``(II) shall decrease by 1.0 for 
                                each request for a full-time equivalent 
                                position which is approved by the 
                                President under this subsection.
            ``(3) Waiver in case of emergency or need to protect 
        national security.--The President may waive this subsection 
        with respect to the hiring of an employee for a position upon a 
        determination by the President that--
                    ``(A) the existence of a state of war or other 
                national security concern so requires; or
                    ``(B) the existence of an extraordinary emergency 
                threatening life, health, safety, or property so 
                requires.
            ``(4) Action through opm.--The President shall carry out 
        this subsection through the Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management, who shall consult with the Director of the Office 
        of Management and Budget.
            ``(5) Reports to congress.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                end of each quarter of a fiscal year, the President 
                shall provide Congress with a report containing a list 
                of each appointment approved by the President under 
                this subsection during the quarter, broken down by 
                executive agency.
                    ``(B) Information included.--The list contained in 
                a report provided to Congress under subparagraph (A) 
                shall include a description of the position associated 
                with each approved appointment, but shall not provide 
                any information that may be used to identify the 
                individual appointed to the position.
                    ``(C) Public dissemination.--The President shall 
                make each report provided to Congress under 
                subparagraph (A) available to the public by posting the 
                report on the official public website of the Executive 
                Office of the President in a searchable, sortable, and 
                downloadable manner.
            ``(6) Exclusion of certain executive agencies.--This 
        subsection does not apply to--
                    ``(A) the Department of Defense;
                    ``(B) the Department of Homeland Security; or
                    ``(C) the Department of Veterans' Affairs.''.

Answer: Federal Workforce Reduction Act of 2010 - Prohibits the head of an executive agency from appointing any individual to a position in the agency in any fiscal year for which the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) projects a federal budget deficit. Makes an exception if: (1) there is a position available in the federal workforce hiring pool (to be established by the President); and (2) the President approves an agency head's request for the allocation of a position in the pool to the agency.

Sets the number of positions in the hiring pool at zero as of the first day of FY2011, after which the number shall: (1) increase by .50 for each full time-equivalent position in any agency which subsequently becomes vacant; and (2) decrease by 1.0 for each request for a full time-equivalent position that is approved by the President. Authorizes the President to waive this limitation upon determining that such waiver is required by the existence of a state of war, other national security concern, or an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, safety, or property.

 Exempts the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as ``State Business Law Conformity Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO GENERAL PARTNERS.

    (a) Exclusion of Certain Active Businesses From at Risk Rules.--
Subclause (I) of section 465(c)(7)(D)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (defining qualified corporate partner) is amended to read as 
follows:
                                    ``(I) such corporation is not 
                                prohibited or limited under State law 
                                from participation in the management or 
                                business of the partnership.''.
    (b) Payments to Retiring Partners.--Subparagraph (B) of section 
736(b)(3) of such Code (relating to limitation on application of 
paragraph (2)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) any portion of the retiring or deceased 
                partner's distributive share of partnership income was 
                subject to tax under section 1401.''.
    (c) Foreign Currency Transactions.--Subclause (I) of section 
988(c)(1)(E)(v) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
                                    ``(I) Certain general partners.--
                                The interest of a partner in the 
                                partnership shall not be treated as 
                                failing to meet the 20-percent 
                                ownership requirements of clause 
                                (iii)(I) for any taxable year of the 
                                partnership if for the taxable year of 
                                the partner in which such partnership 
                                taxable year ends--
                                            ``(aa) the partner is not 
                                        limited as to participation in 
                                        the management or activity of 
                                        the qualified fund, and
                                            ``(bb) such partner (and 
                                        each corporation filing a 
                                        consolidated return with such 
                                        partner) had no ordinary income 
                                        or loss from a section 988 
                                        transaction which is foreign 
                                        currency gain or loss (as the 
                                        case may be).''.
    (d) Special Valuation Rules for Generation-Skipping Tax.--Clause 
(ii) of section 2701(b)(2)(B) of such Code (relating to partnerships) 
is amended to read as follows:
                            ``(ii) in the case of a limited 
                        partnership, the holding of any interest as a 
                        partner who is not limited as to participation 
                        in management or activity of the 
                        partnership.''.
    (e) Tax Matters Partner.--Paragraph (7) of section 6231(a) of such 
Code (defining tax matters partner) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(7) Tax matters partner.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The tax matters partner of any 
                partnership is--
                            ``(i) the partner designated as the tax 
                        matters partner as provided in regulations, or
                            ``(ii) if there is no partner who has been 
                        so designated, the partner having the largest 
                        profits interest in the partnership at the 
                        close of the taxable year involved (or, where 
                        there is more than 1 such partner, the 1 of 
                        such partners whose name would appear first in 
                        an alphabetical listing).
                    ``(B) Selection by secretary.--If there is no 
                partner designated under subparagraph (A)(i) and the 
                Secretary determines that it is impracticable to apply 
                subparagraph (A)(ii), the partner selected by the 
                Secretary shall be treated as the tax matters partner. 
                The Secretary shall, within 30 days of selecting a tax 
                matters partner under the preceding sentence, notify 
                all partners required to receive notice under section 
                6223(a) of the name and address of the person selected.
                    ``(C) Restriction on designation of partner.--A 
                partner may not be designated as a tax matters partner 
                under subparagraph (A)(i) unless such partner is not 
                limited as to participation in management or activity 
                of the partnership.''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO LIMITED PARTNERS.

    (a) Limited Entrepreneur.--
            (1) In general.--Subparagraph (A) of section 464(e)(2) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining limited 
        entrepreneur) is amended by striking ``other than as a limited 
        partner''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 464(c) of such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``limited partners or'' in 
                        paragraph (1)(B),
                            (ii) by striking ``a limited partner or'' 
                        in paragraph (2).
                    (B) Section 1256 of such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``limited partners or'' 
                        each place it appears in subsections (e)(3)(B) 
                        and (f)(4),
                            (ii) by striking ``a limited partner or'' 
                        in subsection (e)(3)(C), and
                            (iii) by striking ``limited partner or'' 
                        both places it appears in the heading and text 
                        of subsection (e)(4)(A)(i).
                    (C) Section 1258(d)(5)(C) of such Code is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``limited partner or'' in 
                        the matter preceding subclause (i),
                            (ii) by striking ``limited partner's (or 
                        limited entrepreneur's) in subclause (i) and 
                        inserting ``limited entrepreneur's'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``partners and limited'' 
                        in the heading.
    (b) Passive Loss Rules.--
            (1) Subsection (h) of section 469 of such Code is amended 
        by striking paragraph (2) and by redesignating paragraphs (3), 
        (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.
            (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 469(c)(7) of such Code is 
        amended by striking the last sentence.
            (3) Paragraph (6) of section 469(i) of such Code is amended 
        by striking subparagraph (C) and by redesignating subparagraph 
        (D) as subparagraph (C).
            (4) Subsection (f) of section 772 of such Code (relating to 
        special rules for applying passive loss limitations) is amended 
        to read as follows:
    ``(f) Special Rules for Applying Passive Loss Limitations.--
            ``(1) In general.--If any person holds an interest in an 
        electing large partnership other than as a partner described in 
        paragraph (3)--
                    ``(A) paragraph (2) of subsection (c) shall not 
                apply to such partner, and
                    ``(B) such partner's distributive share of the 
                partnership items allocable to passive loss limitation 
                activities shall be taken into account separately to 
                the extent necessary to comply with the provisions of 
                section 469.
            ``(2) Exception.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any 
        items allocable to an interest held as a partner described in 
        paragraph (3).
            ``(3) Partner described.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        a partner is described in this paragraph if the partner is a 
        person whose participation in the management or business 
        activity of the partnership is limited under applicable State 
        law.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 4. PARTNERSHIP INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CAPITAL EXCLUDED FROM NET 
              EARNINGS FROM SELF-EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (13) of section 1402(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(13) there shall be excluded the distributive share of 
        net income of a partner attributable to capital;''.
    (b) Partnership Income Attributable to Capital.--Section 1402 of 
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) Partnership Income Attributable to Capital.--
            ``(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a)(13), the 
        following amounts shall be treated as income attributable to 
        capital--
                    ``(A) the amount, if any, in excess of what would 
                constitute reasonable compensation for services 
                rendered by such partner to the partnership, and
                    ``(B) an amount equal to a reasonable rate of 
                return on unreturned capital of the partner determined 
                as of the beginning of the taxable year.
            ``(2) Definitions.--For purposes of paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) Unreturned capital.--The term `unreturned 
                capital' means the excess of the aggregate amount of 
                money and the fair market value as of the date of 
                contribution of other consideration (net of 
                liabilities) contributed by the partner over the 
                aggregate amount of money and the fair market value as 
                of the date of distribution of other consideration (net 
                of liabilities) distributed by the partnership to the 
                partner, increased or decreased for the partner's 
                distributive share of all reportable items as 
                determined in section 702. If the partner acquires a 
                partnership interest and the partnership makes an 
                election under section 754, the partner's unreturned 
                capital shall take into account appropriate adjustments 
                under section 743.
                    ``(B) Reasonable rate of return.--A reasonable rate 
                of return on unreturned capital shall equal 150 percent 
                (or such higher rate as is established in regulations) 
                of the highest applicable Federal rate, as determined 
                under section 1274(d)(1), at the beginning of the 
                partnership's taxable year.
            ``(3) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such 
        regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of 
        this subsection.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to services performed in taxable years beginning 
after December 31, 2004.

SEC. 5. REPEAL OF ABILITY TO ELECT LARGE PARTNERSHIP REPORTING RULES.

    (a) In General.--Paragraph (2) of section 775(a) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to election) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: ``No election under this subsection shall be made 
after December 31, 2004.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to partnership taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004.

Answer: State Business Law Conformity Act of 2004 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) revise certain partnership tax definitions and rules relating to general and limited partners; (2) exclude from net earnings from self-employment partnership income attributable to capital; and (3) repeal, after 2004, the election to apply large partnership (100 partners or more) tax rules.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Improving Diagnostic Innovations Act 
of 2012''.

SEC. 2. CREATING INCENTIVES FOR INNOVATIVE DIAGNOSTICS.

    (a) Improvements to Process for Determining Fee Schedule Amounts 
for New Tests.--
            (1) Clarifying factors for rate-setting.--
                    (A) In general.--In determining the payment amount 
                under gapfilling procedures (as described in section 
                414.508(b) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
                any successor regulation to such section) for new 
                clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under section 
                1833(h)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1395l(h)(8)), the Secretary of Health and Human 
                Services (in this section referred to as the 
                ``Secretary'') shall take into account, as applicable 
                and available, the following factors with respect to 
                such a new test:
                            (i) Impact on patient care.--The impact of 
                        the new test on patient care, patient 
                        management, or patient treatment.
                            (ii) Technical characteristics.--The 
                        technical characteristics of the new test, and 
                        the resources required to develop, validate, 
                        and perform the new test.
                            (iii) Claims data.--Data from claims for 
                        which payment is made under part B of title 
                        XVIII of the Social Security Act.
                            (iv) Laboratory charges.--Amounts charged 
                        by laboratories to self-pay patients for the 
                        new test.
                            (v) Private insurance rates.--Amounts paid 
                        to laboratories for such new test under private 
                        health insurance coverage offered in the group 
                        market and the individual market.
                            (vi) Advisory panel recommendations.--The 
                        findings and recommendations of the independent 
                        advisory panel convened under paragraph (2) 
                        with respect to that new test and any comments 
                        received during the open meeting of the 
                        advisory panel.
                            (vii) Additional factors.--Such other 
                        factors as the Secretary may specify.
            (2) Input from patients, clinicians, and technical 
        experts.--
                    (A) Requirement for independent advisory panel.--
                The Secretary shall convene an independent advisory 
                panel from which the Secretary shall request 
                information and recommendations regarding any new test 
                (as referred to under subparagraph (A) of section 
                1833(h)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1395l(h)(8))) for which payment is made under such 
                section, including technical, clinical, and quality 
                information.
                    (B) Composition of independent advisory panel.--The 
                independent advisory panel shall be comprised of 19 
                members, including--
                            (i) 4 individuals with expertise and 
                        experience with advanced clinical diagnostic 
                        laboratory tests, including expertise in the 
                        technical characteristics of the new test;
                            (ii) 3 representatives of patients, 
                        including a patient representative for rare 
                        disorders;
                            (iii) 3 clinicians who use results of the 
                        new test in patient care;
                            (iv) 3 individuals with expertise in the 
                        requirements to develop, validate, and perform 
                        the new test;
                            (v) 2 laboratorians;
                            (vi) 2 experts in the area of 
                        pharmacoeconomics or health technology 
                        assessment; and
                            (vii) 2 individuals with expertise on the 
                        impact of new tests on quality of patient care, 
                        including genetic counselors.
                    (C) Terms.--A member of the panel shall be 
                appointed to serve a term of 6 years, except with 
                respect to the members first appointed, whose terms of 
                appointment shall be staggered evenly over 2-year 
                increments.
                    (D) Expert consultants.--The Secretary may include 
                to serve temporarily on the panel individuals who have 
                expertise pertaining to the new test involved.
                    (E) Open meetings.--The Secretary shall receive or 
                review the findings and recommendations of the 
                independent advisory panel with respect to the new 
                tests described in subparagraph (A) involved during a 
                meeting open to the public and provide opportunity for 
                public comment.
                    (F) Clarification of authority of secretary to 
                consult carriers.--Nothing in this section shall be 
                construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary 
                to consult with appropriate Medicare administrative 
                contractors.
    (b) Process for Assignment of Temporary Codes for Diagnostic 
Tests.--The Secretary shall establish a process for application for the 
assignment of a temporary national HCPCS code to uniquely identify a 
diagnostic test until a permanent national HCPCS code is available for 
assignment to that test. Assignments of a temporary national HCPCS code 
shall occur on a quarterly basis. The Secretary shall provide public 
notice through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Web site of 
applications made for such temporary national HCPCS codes. Upon 
assignment of a temporary code under this process, the Secretary shall 
treat such test as a new test for purposes of section 1833(h)(8) of the 
Social Security Act.
    (c) Development of Further Improvements in Rate-Setting 
Processes.--The Secretary shall analyze the process used for the 
gapfilling procedure used in determining payment amounts for new 
clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under section 1833(h)(8) of the 
Social Security Act. Taking into account the changes made by this 
section, the Secretary shall identify further changes to improve the 
accuracy and appropriateness of resulting rates and the openness, 
transparency, and predictability of the process. The Secretary shall 
examine what and how many entities should perform gapfilling, under 
contract or otherwise, and how to ensure that the process is informed 
by appropriate expertise and proceeds in a transparent and accountable 
manner. The Secretary shall implement improvements in the process, 
insofar as these are possible under the law through regulations, after 
public notice and opportunity for comment. For changes the Secretary 
determines would require a change in law, the Secretary shall transmit 
recommendations to the Speaker of the House and the President of the 
Senate not later than July 1, 2013.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) New clinical diagnostic laboratory tests.--The term 
        ``new clinical diagnostic laboratory test'' means a clinical 
        diagnostic laboratory test--
                    (A) that is assigned a new or substantially revised 
                code on or after January 1, 2013; or
                    (B) for which an application for a temporary 
                national HCPCS code is made under subsection (b) on or 
                after January 1, 2013.
            (2) Self-pay patient.--The term ``self-pay patient'' means, 
        with respect to a health care item or service, an individual 
        who pays out of pocket for such item or service and who does 
        not have health insurance coverage for such item or service.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to new clinical 
diagnostic laboratory tests.

Answer:
Improving Diagnostic Innovations Act of 2012 - Sets forth additional factors for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to consider in determining the payment amount for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests under gap filling procedures which are used when no comparable existing test is available.

Directs the Secretary to convene an independent advisory panel to inform and make recommendations to the Secretary regarding any new test.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a process for application for the assignment of a temporary national HCPCS (Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System) code to uniquely identify a diagnostic test until a permanent national HCPCS code is available for assignment to that test, (2) analyze the process used for the gapfilling procedures used in determining payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests, and (3) implement improvements in the process after public notice and opportunity for comment.