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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SPECIAL DEPRECIATION ALLOWANCE AND RECOVERY PERIOD FOR 
              NONCOMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT PROPERTY.

    (a) In General.--Section 168 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o) Special Allowance for Noncommercial Airplanes.--
            ``(1) Additional allowance.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In the case of any qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft to which this subparagraph 
                applies--
                            ``(i) the depreciation deduction provided 
                        by section 167(a) for the taxable year in which 
                        such property is placed in service shall 
                        include an allowance equal to 50 percent of the 
                        adjusted basis of the qualified noncommercial 
                        aircraft property, and
                            ``(ii) the adjusted basis of the qualified 
                        noncommercial aircraft property shall be 
                        reduced by the amount of such deduction before 
                        computing the amount otherwise allowable as a 
                        depreciation deduction under this chapter for 
                        such taxable year and any subsequent taxable 
                        year.
                    ``(B) Application to aircraft purchased in 2010 or 
                2011.--Subparagraph (A) applies to qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft property placed in service after 
                December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012, which 
                is--
                            ``(i) acquired by the taxpayer after 
                        December 31, 2009, and before January 1, 2012, 
                        but only if no written binding contract for the 
                        acquisition was in effect before January 1, 
                        2010, or
                            ``(ii) acquired by the taxpayer pursuant to 
                        a written binding contract which was entered 
                        into after December 31, 2009, and before 
                        January 1, 2012, and
            ``(2) Recovery period.--For purposes of this section--
                    ``(A) In general.--Qualified noncommercial aircraft 
                to which this subparagraph applies shall be treated as 
                3-year property.
                    ``(B) Application to aircraft purchased before 
                2015.--Subparagraph (A) applies to qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft placed in service after the date 
                of the enactment of this subsection and before January 
                1, 2015, which is--
                            ``(i) acquired by the taxpayer after the 
                        date of the enactment of this subsection and 
                        before January 1, 2015, but only if no written 
                        binding contract for the acquisition was in 
                        effect before such date of the enactment, or
                            ``(ii) acquired by the taxpayer pursuant to 
                        a written binding contract which was entered 
                        into after December 31, 2008, and before 
                        January 1, 2015, and
            ``(3) Qualified noncommercial aircraft property.--For 
        purposes of this subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `qualified 
                noncommercial aircraft property' means any aircraft--
                            ``(i) which is not used in the trade or 
                        business of transporting persons or property,
                            ``(ii) to which this section applies, and
                            ``(iii) the original use of which commences 
                        with the taxpayer after--
                                    ``(I) December 31, 2009, for 
                                purposes of paragraph (1), and
                                    ``(II) the date of the enactment of 
                                this subsection for purposes of 
                                paragraph (2).
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--
                            ``(i) Bonus depreciation property under 
                        subsection (k).--The term `qualified 
                        noncommercial aircraft property' shall not 
                        include any property to which subsection (k)(1) 
                        applies.
                            ``(ii) Alternative depreciation property.--
                        The term `qualified noncommercial aircraft 
                        property' shall not include any property to 
                        which the alternative depreciation system under 
                        subsection (g) applies, determined--
                                    ``(I) without regard to paragraph 
                                (7) of subsection (g) (relating to 
                                election to have system apply), and
                                    ``(II) after application of section 
                                280F(b) (relating to listed property 
                                with limited business use).
                            ``(iii) Election out.--If a taxpayer makes 
                        an election under this clause with respect to 
                        any class of property for any taxable year, 
                        this subsection shall not apply to all property 
                        in such class placed in service during such 
                        taxable year.
                    ``(C) Special rule for self-constructed property.--
                In the case of a taxpayer manufacturing, constructing, 
                or producing property for the taxpayer's own use, if 
                the taxpayer begins manufacturing, constructing, or 
                producing the property--
                            ``(i) after December 31, 2009, and before 
                        January 1, 2012, for purposes of paragraph (1), 
                        and
                            ``(ii) after the date of the enactment of 
                        this subsection and before January 1, 2015, for 
                        purposes of paragraph (2),
                the requirements of paragraph (1)(B) or (2)(B) (as the 
                case may be) shall be treated as met.
                    ``(D) Deduction allowed in computing minimum tax.--
                For purposes of determining alternative minimum taxable 
                income under section 55, the deduction under subsection 
                (a) for qualified noncommercial aircraft property shall 
                be determined under this section without regard to any 
                adjustment under section 56.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to property placed in service after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, in taxable years ending after such date.

Output: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) increased depreciation of qualified noncommercial aircraft property placed in service in 2010 or 2011; and (2) a three-year recovery period for the depreciation of such property placed in service before 2015. Defines "qualified noncommercial aircraft property" as any aircraft that is not used in the trade or business of transporting persons or property and that is first used after 2009. Allows such increased depreciation as an offset against the alternative minimum tax.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Disbursement of Offshore Oil 
Revenue Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) the demand for energy in the United States is 
        increasing and will continue to increase for the foreseeable 
        future;
            (2) domestic production of oil and gas is declining;
            (3) the United States continues to be overly dependent on 
        foreign sources of oil and gas;
            (4) the Outer Continental Shelf contains significant 
        quantities of oil and gas that should be developed to meet 
        United States energy needs while safeguarding important 
        environmental values;
            (5) the exploration, development, and production of Outer 
        Continental Shelf resources, and the siting of related energy 
        facilities, may impact various State and local governments; and
            (6) coastal States and counties should be provided with a 
        share of the revenues derived from Outer Continental Shelf oil 
        and gas leasing, exploration, development, and production 
        activities.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) the term ``coastal State'' means any State of the 
        United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific 
        Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, or the Gulf of Mexico;
            (2) the term ``coastal county'' means a unit of general 
        government immediately below the level of State government, as 
        determined by the Secretary under section 6, with jurisdiction 
        over lands along the coast line;
            (3) the term ``coast line'' has the meaning given such term 
        under the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.);
            (4) the term ``Outer Continental Shelf'' has the meaning 
        given the term ``outer Continental Shelf'' under the Outer 
        Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.);
            (5) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
        Interior; and
            (6) the term ``revenues'' means all bonuses, rents, 
        royalties, and other moneys collected under the Outer 
        Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), and 
        interest thereon.

SEC. 4. COASTAL COMMUNITIES OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF RECEIPT FUND.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established an interest bearing 
account in the Treasury of the United States to be known as the Coastal 
Communities Outer Continental Shelf Receipt Fund (hereafter in this Act 
referred to as ``the Fund'').
    (b) Payments to Fund.--Beginning in fiscal year 2002, the Secretary 
shall pay into the Fund all revenues described in subsection (c) that 
are attributable to an Outer Continental Shelf lease, any part of which 
is within 200 geographical miles of the coast line. The Secretary may 
adjust amounts in the Fund at any time to account for overpayments, 
underpayments, and errors.
    (c) New Revenues.--Subsection (b) shall apply only to--
            (1) bonus revenues under a lease if no bonus revenues have 
        been received by the Secretary under that lease before January 
        1, 2001;
            (2) rent revenues under a lease if no rent revenues have 
        been received by the Secretary under that lease before January 
        1, 2001;
            (3) royalty revenues under a lease if no royalty revenues 
        have been received by the Secretary under that lease before 
        January 1, 2001; and
            (4) other revenues under a lease if the lease was issued on 
        or after January 1, 2001.

SEC. 5. DISPOSITION OF FUND.

    (a) State Share.--(1) Six months after the end of fiscal year 2002, 
and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall pay from the Fund to each 
coastal State one-half of such revenues paid into the Fund with respect 
to the fiscal year most recently completed, and any interest earned 
thereon, as may be attributable to that State.
    (2) In order to determine to which State revenues are attributable 
for purposes of this Act, the Secretary shall delimit the lateral 
boundaries between the coastal States to a point 200 geographic miles 
seaward of the coast line. Such boundaries shall be set according to 
the following principles, listed in order of the priority of their 
application:
            (A) Any judicial decrees or interstate compacts delimiting 
        lateral offshore boundaries between coastal States.
            (B) Principles of domestic and international law governing 
        the delimitation of lateral offshore boundaries.
            (C) The desirability of following existing lease boundaries 
        and block lines on the Secretary's official protraction 
        diagrams.
    (3) Each coastal State, before receiving funds under this 
subsection, shall annually enact the necessary legislation to provide 
any State permits required for onshore facilities needed to support 
offshore oil or gas development or production in the area adjacent to 
that coastal State. If a State fails to enact such legislation, the 
funds attributable to that State shall not be disbursed, and the 
Secretary shall take into consideration that failure before offering 
any additional leases for sale in the offshore area adjacent to that 
State.
    (b) Coastal County Share.--(1) At the same time that the Secretary 
pays revenues to coastal States under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall pay to coastal counties within that State the remaining one-half 
of the revenues, and any interest earned on those revenues, in the Fund 
for that fiscal year attributable to that State.
    (2) In order to determine to which coastal county revenues are 
attributable for purposes of this Act, the Secretary shall delimit the 
lateral boundaries between the coastal counties to a point 200 
geographic miles seaward of the coast line. Such boundaries shall be 
set according to the following principles, listed in order of the 
priority of their application:
            (A) Existing boundaries between coastal counties with valid 
        supporting legal authority.
            (B) The desirability of following existing lease boundaries 
        and block lines on the Secretary's official protraction 
        diagrams.
            (C) The principle that, to the extent consistent with 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), the size of the coastal county's 
        adjacent offshore area, as a percentage of all of that State's 
        adjacent offshore areas, shall be based on a formula giving 
        equal weight to--
                    (i) the coastal county's coast line as a percentage 
                of the State's coast line, calculated using the same 
                large-scale charts of the National Ocean Service that 
                are used to delimit the territorial sea under 
                international law; and
                    (ii) the coastal county's population as a 
                percentage of the population of all coastal counties in 
                the State, calculated by the Secretary using the best 
                available national census data.
    (3) Each coastal county, before receiving funds under this 
subsection, shall annually enact by county statute or ordinance the 
necessary legislation to provide the local permits required for onshore 
facilities needed to support offshore oil or gas development or 
production in the area adjacent to that coastal county, and the 
necessary legislation to expend such funds. If a county fails to enact 
such legislation, the funds attributable to that county shall not be 
disbursed, and the Secretary shall take into consideration that failure 
before offering any additional leases for sale in the offshore area 
adjacent to that county.
    (c) Use of Funds by States.--Each coastal State shall use funds 
received pursuant to subsection (a)--
            (1) to pay for the administrative costs the State incurs in 
        the leasing and permitting process as specified in the Outer 
        Continental Shelf Lands Act;
            (2) for such environmental and natural resource projects as 
        the State determines; or
            (3) for such educational projects as the State determines.
    (d) County Distribution of Funds.--Each coastal county shall 
develop a formula to allocate at least two-thirds of the funds received 
pursuant to subsection (b) to local communities within its jurisdiction 
based on the proximity of these communities to the coast, except that 
funds shall be withheld from communities that the Secretary determines 
have failed to issue permits required for onshore facilities needed to 
support offshore oil or gas development or production in the area 
adjacent to that coastal county.

SEC. 6. DESIGNATION OF COASTAL COUNTIES.

    For the purposes of this Act, the Secretary, after consultation 
with the Governor of each coastal State, shall determine which 
counties, parishes, boroughs, tribal governments, or other units of 
general government immediately below the level of State government 
shall be designated as coastal counties.

SEC. 7. LIMITATIONS ON APPLICABILITY OF BOUNDARIES.

    The boundaries and areas delimited under section 5 are solely for 
the purposes of this Act.

Output: Fair Disbursement of Offshore Oil Revenue Act of 2001 - Establishes in the Treasury the Coastal Communities Outer Continental Shelf Receipt Fund.Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) pay into the Fund certain revenues attributable to an Outer Continental Shelf lease, any part of which is within 200 geographical miles of the coast line; and (2) pay annually from the Fund to each coastal State one-half, and its coastal counties the other half, of such revenues as may be attributable to that State.Conditions receipt of such funds upon annual enactment by the affected coastal State and related coastal county of the legislation necessary to provide any permits required for onshore facilities needed to support offshore oil or gas development or production in the pertinent area.Prohibits disbursement of funds to a coastal State or county that fails to enact such legislation. Requires the Secretary to take such failure into consideration before offering additional leases for sale in the offshore area adjacent to such jurisdiction.Requires each State to use such funds for leasing and permitting administrative costs, and for environmental, natural resource, and educational projects.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Doctor-Patient Relationship and 
Research Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS 
              RESEARCH.

    (a) Authority.--Paragraph (1) of section 804(c) of title VIII of 
division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (42 
U.S.C. 299b-8(c)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) notwithstanding the provisions under the heading 
        `agency for healthcare research and quality' of this title and 
        any other provision of law, have full authority to direct and 
        coordinate all Federal funding of comparative effectiveness 
        health care research, including such research conducted or 
        supported by the Departments of Health and Human Services, 
        Veterans Affairs, and Defense; and''.
    (b) Membership.--Subsection (d) of section 804 of title VIII of 
division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (42 
U.S.C. 299b-8) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(d) Membership.--
            ``(1) In general.--The members of the Council shall include 
        one senior officer or employee from each of the following 
        agencies:
                    ``(A) The Agency for Healthcare Research and 
                Quality.
                    ``(B) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
                    ``(C) The Director of the National Institutes of 
                Health.
                    ``(D) 20 members, 9 of whom are not full-time 
                government employees, appointed by the Comptroller 
                General of the United States as follows:
                            ``(i) 3 members representing patients and 
                        health care consumers.
                            ``(ii) 3 members representing practicing 
                        physicians, including surgeons.
                            ``(iii) 3 members representing agencies 
                        that administer public programs, as follows:
                                    ``(I) 1 member representing the 
                                Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
                                Services who has experience in 
                                administering the program under title 
                                XVIII of the Social Security Act.
                                    ``(II) 1 member representing 
                                agencies that administer State health 
                                programs (who may represent the Centers 
                                for Medicare & Medicaid Services and 
                                have experience in administering the 
                                program under title XIX or the program 
                                under title XXI of the Social Security 
                                Act or be a governor of a State).
                                    ``(III) 1 member representing 
                                agencies that administer other Federal 
                                health programs (such as a health 
                                program of the Department of Defense 
                                Federal employees health benefits 
                                program under chapter 89 of title 5 of 
                                the United States Code, a health 
                                program of the Department of Veterans 
                                Affairs under chapter 17 of title 38 of 
                                such Code, or a medical care program of 
                                the Indian Health Service or of a 
                                tribal organization).
                            ``(iv) 3 members representing private 
                        payers, of whom at least 1 member shall 
                        represent health insurance issuers and at least 
                        1 member shall represent employers who self-
                        insure employee benefits.
                            ``(v) 3 members representing 
                        pharmaceutical, device, and technology 
                        manufacturers or developers.
                            ``(vi) 1 member representing nonprofit 
                        organizations involved in health services 
                        research.
                            ``(vii) 1 member representing organizations 
                        that focus on quality measurement and 
                        improvement or decision support.
                            ``(viii) 1 member representing independent 
                        health services researchers.
                            ``(ix) 1 member representing research in 
                        differences in treatment outcomes along the 
                        lines of racial and ethnic background, gender, 
                        and geography.
                            ``(x) 1 member representing research in 
                        treating rural populations.
                    ``(E) Qualifications.--At least half of the members 
                of the Council shall be physicians or other experts 
                with clinical expertise.
            ``(2) Chairman; vice chairman.--The Secretary shall serve 
        as Chairman of the Council and shall designate a member to 
        serve as Vice Chairman.''.
    (c) Rules of Construction.--Subsection (g) of section 804 of title 
VIII of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 (42 U.S.C. 299b-8) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) Rules of Construction.--
            ``(1) Coverage.--Nothing in this section shall be 
        construed--
                    ``(A) to permit the Council to mandate or recommend 
                coverage, reimbursement, or other policies for any 
                public or private payer; or
                    ``(B) as preventing the Secretary of Health and 
                Human Services from covering the routine costs of 
                clinical care received by an individual entitled to, or 
                enrolled for, benefits under title XVIII, XIX, or XXI 
                of the Social Security Act in the case where such 
                individual is participating in a clinical trial and 
                such costs would otherwise be covered under such title 
                with respect to the beneficiary.
            ``(2) Reports and finding.--No report submitted under this 
        section or research findings disseminated by the Council shall 
        be construed as mandates, guidelines, or recommendations for 
        payment, coverage, or treatment.''.
    (d) Transparency, Credibility, and Access.--Section 804 of title 
VIII of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 (42 U.S.C. 299b-8) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Transparency, Credibility, and Access.--The Council shall 
establish procedures to ensure that the following requirements for 
ensuring transparency, credibility, and access are met:
            ``(1) Public comment period.--
                    ``(A) Comment prior to obligation of funds for 
                research.--Before any Federal funds may be obligated to 
                conduct or support comparative effectiveness research, 
                the Council shall provide for a period of not less than 
                30 days for the public to comment on the research 
                proposal.
                    ``(B) Comment after research results published.--
                After the publication of the results of research 
                described in subparagraph (A), the Council shall 
                provide for a period of 60 days for the public to 
                comment on such results.
                    ``(C) Transmission of public comments.--The Council 
                shall ensure the transmission of public comments 
                submitted under subparagraph (A) to the entity 
                conducting the research with respect to which the 
                individual study design is being finalized.
            ``(2) Additional forums.--The Council shall, in addition to 
        the public comment period described in paragraph (1), support 
        forums to increase public awareness and obtain and incorporate 
        public feedback through media (such as an Internet website) on 
        the following:
                    ``(A) The identification of comparative 
                effectiveness research priorities.
                    ``(B) Comparative effectiveness research findings.
                    ``(C) Any other duties, activities, or processes 
                the Council determines appropriate.
            ``(3) Public availability.--The Council shall make 
        available to the public and disclose through the official 
        public Internet website of the Council, and through other 
        forums and media the Council determines appropriate, the 
        following:
                    ``(A) The process and methods for the conduct of 
                comparative effectiveness research pursuant to this 
                section, including--
                            ``(i) the identity of the entity conducting 
                        any such research;
                            ``(ii) any links the entity has to industry 
                        (including such links that are not directly 
                        tied to the particular research);
                            ``(iii) draft study designs (including 
                        research questions and the finalized study 
                        design, together with public comments on such 
                        study design and responses to such comments);
                            ``(iv) research protocols (including 
                        measures taken, methods of research, methods of 
                        analysis, research results, and such other 
                        information as the Council determines 
                        appropriate);
                            ``(v) the identity of investigators 
                        conducting such research and any conflicts of 
                        interest of such investigators; and
                            ``(vi) any progress reports the Council 
                        determines appropriate.
                    ``(B) Public comments submitted during each public 
                comment period under paragraph (1)(A).
                    ``(C) Bylaws, processes, and proceedings of the 
                Council, to the extent practicable and as the Council 
                determines appropriate.
                    ``(D) Not later than 60 days after receipt by the 
                Council of a relevant report or comparative 
                effectiveness research finding, appropriate information 
                contained in such report or finding.
            ``(4) Conflicts of interest.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Council shall--
                            ``(i) in appointing members to an advisory 
                        panel, and in selecting individuals to 
                        contribute to any peer-review process and for 
                        employment as executive staff of the Council, 
                        take into consideration any conflicts of 
                        interest of potential appointees, participants, 
                        and staff; and
                            ``(ii) include a description of any such 
                        conflicts of interest and conflicts of interest 
                        of Council members in an annual report to the 
                        Congress, except that, in the case of 
                        individuals contributing to any such peer 
                        review process, such description shall be in a 
                        manner such that those individuals cannot be 
                        identified with a particular research project.
                    ``(B) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
                `conflict of interest' means associations, including 
                financial and personal, that may be reasonably assumed 
                to have the potential to bias an individual's decisions 
                in matters related to the Council or the conduct of the 
                comparative effectiveness research.''.

SEC. 3. APPLICATION OF FEDERALLY FUNDED CLINICAL COMPARATIVE 
              EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH.

    (a) Limitation on CMS.--The Administrator of the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services may not use federally funded clinical 
comparative effectiveness research data to make coverage determinations 
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act for medical treatments, 
services, and items on the basis of cost.
    (b) Requirement for Implementation.--Federally funded clinical 
comparative effectiveness research and related evaluation and 
communication activities shall reflect the principle that clinicians 
and patients should have the best available evidence upon which to make 
choices in health care items and services, in providers, and in health 
care delivery systems, recognizing that patient subpopulations and 
patient and physician preferences may vary.
    (c) Appeals of Certain Medicare Coverage Determinations.--In the 
case of a national or local coverage determination under title XVIII of 
the Social Security Act that has been made utilizing federally funded 
comparative effectiveness research, an individual entitled to benefits 
under such title shall--
            (1) be an eligible requester under section 1869(h)(1)(B) of 
        such Act in relation;
            (2) have expedited access (as specified by the Secretary) 
        to coverage determinations, redeterminations, and appeals 
        relating to such determinations; and
            (3) have full access to all administrative or judicial 
        review under section 1869 of such Act with respect to such 
        determinations.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act or the amendments 
made by this Act shall be construed to require coverage of any drug, 
biological product, device, or treatment that has been determined by 
the Food and Drug Administration to be unsafe.
    (e) Disaggregation of Research Results.--No Federal funds may be 
made available to any person for any federally funded clinical 
comparative effectiveness research, unless the person agrees to ensure 
that, whenever possible, the methodology and research protocols will 
include variables that not only measure, but can be disaggregated to 
analyze and identify, any differences along the lines of racial and 
ethnic background, gender, and geography that may exist among and 
within patient subpopulations.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``federally funded clinical comparative 
        effectiveness research'' means research that--
                    (A) evaluates and compares the clinical 
                effectiveness, risks, and benefits of 2 or more medical 
                treatments, services, and items; and
                    (B) is conducted or supported in accordance with 
                provisions of title VIII of division A of the American 
                Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or with the use 
                of other Federal funds.
            (2) The term ``medical treatments, services, and items'' 
        means health care interventions, protocols for treatment, 
        procedures, medical devices, diagnostic tools, pharmaceuticals 
        (including drugs and biologicals), and any other processes or 
        items being used in the treatment and diagnosis of, or 
        prevention of illness or injury in, patients.
            (3) The term ``patient subpopulations'' means populations 
        of patients of different racial and ethnic backgrounds, 
        genders, and geographic locations.


Output: Doctor-Patient Relationship and Research Protection Act - Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to: (1) expand the membership of the Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research; and (2) require the Council to provide for a public comment period prior to obligating funds for comparative effectiveness research, support increased public awareness of such research, and identify conflicts of interest in appointing members of the Council.

Prohibits the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from using federally funded clinical comparative effectiveness research data to make coverage determinations under Medicare for medical treatments, services, and items on the basis of cost.

Provides for expedited appeals of Medicare coverage determinations using federally funded comparative effectiveness research.

Denies federal funding for clinical comparative effectiveness research that does not consider racial, ethnic, gender, and geographic differences within patient subpopulations.