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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Electronic Warfare Capabilities 
Enhancement Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FIELDING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM WARFARE SYSTEMS AND 
              ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES.

    Funds authorized to be appropriated for electromagnetic spectrum 
warfare systems and electronic warfare may be used for the development 
and fielding of electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic 
warfare capabilities.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF ELECTRONIC WARFARE PROGRAMS IN THE RAPID 
              ACQUISITION AUTHORITY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 806(c)(1) of the Bob Stump National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314; 10 
U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
            ``(D)(i) In the case of any supplies and associated support 
        services that, as determined in writing by the Secretary of 
        Defense without delegation, are urgently needed to eliminate a 
        deficiency in electronic warfare that if left unfilled is 
        likely to result in critical mission failure, the loss of life, 
        property destruction, or economic effects, the Secretary may 
        use the procedures developed under this section in order to 
        accomplish the rapid acquisition and deployment of needed 
        offensive or defensive electronic warfare capabilities, 
        supplies, and associated support services.
            ``(ii) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the extent 
        practicable, that for the purposes of electronic warfare 
        acquisition, the Department of Defense shall consider use of 
        the following procedures:
                    ``(I) The rapid acquisition authority provided 
                under this section.
                    ``(II) Use of other transactions authority provided 
                under section 2371 of title 10, United States Code.
                    ``(III) The acquisition of commercial items using 
                simplified acquisition procedures.
                    ``(IV) The authority for procurement for 
                experimental purposes provided under section 2373 of 
                title 10, United States Code.
            ``(iii) In this subparagraph, the term `electronic warfare' 
        means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and 
        directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to 
        attack the enemy, and includes electromagnetic spectrum 
        warfare, which encompasses military communications and sensing 
        operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational 
        domain.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2373 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and aeronautical 
        supplies'' and inserting ``, aeronautical supplies, and 
        electronic warfare''; and
            (2) by adding at the end of the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Electronic Warfare Defined.--The term `electronic warfare' 
means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed 
energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy, 
and includes electromagnetic spectrum warfare, which encompasses 
military communications and sensing operations that occur in the 
electromagnetic operational domain.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THE JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL 
              (JROC) FOR CERTAIN ELECTRONIC WARFARE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Alternate Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall delegate to 
the Office of the Secretary of Defense's senior electronic warfare 
executive the authority to review and validate all Joint Capabilities 
Integration and Development System documents for electronic warfare 
acquisition programs notwithstanding section 181 of title 10, United 
States Code.
    (b) JROC Appeal.--The Joint Requirements Oversight Council may 
appeal to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to review any program 
through the normal Joint Capabilities Integration and Development 
System process.

SEC. 5. ELECTRONIC WARFARE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a strategic plan with 
measurable and timely objectives to achieve its mission according to 
the following metrics:
            (1) Progress on intra-service ground and air 
        interoperabilities.
            (2) Progress in streamlining the requirements, acquisition, 
        and budget process to further a rapid electronic warfare 
        acquisition process.
            (3) The efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition 
        process for priority electronic warfare items.
            (4) The training methods and requirements of the military 
        services for training in contested electronic warfare 
        environments.
            (5) Capability gaps with respect to near-peer adversaries 
        identified pursuant to a capability gap assessment.
            (6) A joint strategy on achieving near real-time system 
        adaption to rapidly advancing modern digital electronics.
            (7) Progress on increasing innovative electromagnetic 
        spectrum warfighting methods and operational concepts that 
        provide advantages within the electromagnetic spectrum 
        operational domain.
    (b) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
[A]: Electronic Warfare Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill permits the use of appropriations authorized for electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare in order to develop and field electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare capabilities.  The Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 is amended to include electronic warfare programs in the rapid acquisition authority program. Electronic warfare is military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy, and includes electromagnetic spectrum warfare, which encompasses military communications and sensing operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational domain. The Department of Defense shall delegate to the senior electronic warfare executive the authority to review and validate all Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System documents for electronic warfare acquisition programs. The Electronic Warfare Executive Committee shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategic plan with measurable and timely objectives to achieve its mission according to specified metrics.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Soledad Canyon Mine Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Transit Mix Concrete Corporation holds two valid 
        Federal contracts, numbered CA-20139 and CA-22901, issued under 
        the Materials Act of 1947, for the extraction of approximately 
        56,000,000 tons of sand and gravel from the Federal mineral 
        estate in lands located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to the city 
        of Santa Clarita, California.
            (2) It is in the best interest of the citizens of 
        California and the Federal Government to cancel the Contracts 
        and prohibit future mining in the Soledad Canyon area of 
        California.
            (3) TMC should receive as just compensation for such 
        cancellation the fair market value of the Contracts and all 
        costs, fees, and covered liabilities incurred by TMC in good 
        faith in its efforts to develop the Contracts.
            (4) A site-specific solution that is fair to TMC and that 
        seeks to protect the environment and minimize impacts on local 
        transportation systems is in the best interest of the Nation.
            (5) Considerable sums of money have been expended by TMC 
        and the city of Santa Clarita on legal and other services in 
        trying to ensure their interests are protected with respect to 
        Contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are the following:
            (1) To provide to the Bureau of Land Management the 
        authority to cancel contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and 
        prohibit future mining in the Soledad Canyon.
            (2) To provide a means for TMC to recover as just 
        compensation for the cancellation of the Contracts the fair 
        market value of, and TMC's expenditures and covered liabilities 
        pursuing the development of, the Contracts.
            (3) To provide the Bureau of Land Management tools to 
        verify expenses incurred by TMC and provide relief.
            (4) To provide timelines for the verification of costs 
        incurred by TMC and the determination of just compensation, and 
        to provide a dispute resolution process.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Contracts.--The term ``Contracts'' means Bureau of Land 
        Management mineral contracts numbered CA-20139 and CA-22901.
            (2) Covered liabilities.--The term ``covered liabilities'' 
        includes any court-ordered or court-approved payment, 
        settlement, or other liability on the part of TMC for damages, 
        costs, compensation, or reimbursement to any third party for 
        agreements entered into by TMC in good faith prior to January 
        1, 2008, in order to exercise rights under the Contracts.
            (3) Materials act of 1947.--The term ``Materials Act of 
        1947'' means the Act of July 31, 1947, (chapter 406; 61 Stat. 
        681; 30 U.S.C. 601-604).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) TMC.--The term ``TMC'' means the Transit Mixed Concrete 
        Corporation and its successors in interest, including CEMEX 
        USA.

SEC. 4. CANCELLATION OF THE CONTRACTS.

    (a) Contract Cancellations.--The Secretary shall cancel Bureau of 
Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw 
those areas that were subject to the Contracts from further mineral 
entry under all mineral leasing and sales authorities available to the 
Secretary, effective on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--As compensation for the cancellation of 
        the Contracts, TMC shall receive fair market value of the 
        Contracts and TMC's expenditures and covered liabilities in 
        trying to bring the Contracts into commercial production. As 
        such compensation, the Secretary shall provide to TMC surface 
        and mineral interests and additional value in accordance with 
        subsection (d) having a total value equal to the amount 
        described in paragraph (3). All such expenditures must have 
        been incurred by TMC in good faith in connection with its 
        efforts to bring the Contracts into commercial production: 
        Provided, however, that compensation for covered liabilities 
        may be paid to TMC under this section for up to 15 years 
        following the effective date of this Act.
            (2) Increase in adjusted basis of contract upon 
        cancellation.--For purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986, the adjusted basis of any contract to which section 4(a) 
        applies shall be increased (immediately before the cancellation 
        of such contract under such section) by the excess (if any) 
        of--
                    (A) the fair market value of such contract 
                (determined immediately before such cancellation), over
                    (B) the adjusted basis of such contract (as 
                determined immediately before the application of this 
                section).
            (3) Value described.--The compensation provided for in 
        paragraph (1) is equal to the sum of the following:
                    (A) All amounts paid to the United States by TMC 
                with respect to the Contracts as bonus bids or other 
                prepayments.
                    (B) Interest on amounts referred to in subparagraph 
                (A), from the date of payment of such amounts to the 
                United States, at a rate determined by the Secretary.
                    (C) Amounts expended by TMC in securing the 
                contracts and trying to bring them into production, 
                including--
                            (i) all actual costs, including fees, 
                        associated with the engineering and 
                        environmental studies, and permitting 
                        proceedings, that were incurred in good faith 
                        in TMC's efforts to exercise the rights granted 
                        under the Contract terms; and
                            (ii) all actual legal costs, including fees 
                        and covered liabilities, incurred in good faith 
                        in TMC's efforts to exercise the rights granted 
                        in the Contracts, including all fees and costs 
                        associated with securing permits and 
                        entitlements, litigation to compel, secure, or 
                        defend permits or entitlements, and litigation 
                        in connection with disputes relating to mineral 
                        and surface estate rights to the property that 
                        is the subject of the Contracts.
                    (D) The fair market value of the Contracts.
            (4) Determination of fair market value.--The Secretary 
        shall, within six months after the date of enactment of this 
        Act, determine by mineral appraisal the fair market value of 
        the contracts at the time of such determination for purposes of 
        paragraph (3)(D), determine by mineral appraisal or other 
        generally accepted applicable appraisal techniques the fair 
        market value of the surface and mineral estate identified in 
        the map referred to in subsection (d), and notify TMC of those 
        determinations. In determining the fair market value of the 
        Contracts, the Secretary shall assume that--
                    (A) TMC has obtained all permits and entitlements 
                necessary to mine, produce, process, and sell sand and 
                gravel from the Contracts;
                    (B) mining operations under the Contracts have 
                commenced at the time of the determination, with 
                maximum annual production volumes that--
                            (i) are based on the projected supply and 
                        demand outlook at the time of determination; 
                        and
                            (ii) reflect depletion of the reserves of 
                        the Contracts within the effective periods of 
                        the Contract;
                    (C) the fair market value of the Contracts includes 
                the present value of expected future net cash flows to 
                be derived from the mining, producing, processing, and 
                sale of the sand and gravel contained in the Contracts 
                over the minimum time necessary to mine, produce, 
                process, and sell such sand and gravel, taking into 
                consideration--
                            (i) the material deposit contained in the 
                        contract sites and its quality, volume, 
                        minability, and reclamation requirements;
                            (ii) the proximity of the contract sites to 
                        markets;
                            (iii) the type of market that could be 
                        served from the contract sites, including 
                        future supply, demand, and probable price 
                        increases based upon construction material data 
                        developed by the State of California;
                            (iv) the cost of mining, producing, 
                        processing, and selling the material reserved 
                        in the contract sites;
                            (v) the types and costs of transportation 
                        for such production from the contract sites to 
                        markets;
                            (vi) royalties, taxes, and fees to mine and 
                        sell the production from the contract sites;
                            (vii) similar market sales of materials the 
                        area or region of the contract sites; and
                            (viii) the net present values of expected 
                        future cash flows from proposed mining 
                        operations of the Contract sites taking into 
                        consideration, at a minimum, the matters 
                        referred to in clauses (i) through (viii).
    (c) Submission of Expenses Incurred.--
            (1) In general.--To assist in the verification of the 
        amounts expended referred to in subsection (b)(3)(C), TMC shall 
        submit to the Secretary within 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act an itemized list of such amounts, with 
        enough detail and supporting documentation so the Secretary can 
        determine that the expenses are associated with the Contracts.
            (2) Arbitration.--The Secretary shall issue the 
        determination of the amounts expended referred to in subsection 
        (b)(3)(C) within 60 days after receipt of the itemized list 
        required under paragraph (1). If the Secretary disapproves such 
        list, the Secretary shall, upon request of TMC, determine the 
        economic value invested for purposes of subsection (b)(3) 
        through arbitration in accordance with subchapter IV of chapter 
        5 of title 5, United States Code.
    (d) Return of Value Opportunities for TMC.--
            (1) In general.--Within six months after the completion of 
        the requirements of subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary 
        shall provide to TMC the following:
                    (A) Surface and mineral estate interests and 
                additional value under subsection (b)(1) using the 
                surface and mineral estate as described and delineated 
                as Area A on the map entitled ``Cemex USA and City of 
                Victorville, California Land Disposal and Acquisition 
                Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, consisting 
                of approximately 5,000 acres.
                    (B) If the fair market value of the surface and 
                mineral estate used under subparagraph (A) is less than 
                the sum described in subsection (b)(3), additional 
                mineral or surface estate under subsection (b)(1) using 
                the surface and mineral estate as described and 
                delineated as Area B on the map entitled ``Cemex USA 
                and City of Victorville, California Land Disposal and 
                Acquisition Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, 
                consisting of approximately 3,000 acres as is necessary 
                so that the sum of the values provided under 
                subparagraph (A) and this subparagraph does not exceed 
                the sum described in subsection (b)(3).
                    (C) If the sum of the fair market values of the 
                surface and mineral estates and additional value 
                provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) is less that 
                the sum described in subsection (b)(3), additional 
                value as is necessary so that the sum of the values 
                provided under subparagraphs (A) and (B) and this 
                subparagraph does not exceed the sum described in 
                subsection (b)(3), in the form of one or more of the 
                following that are mutually agreed to by the Secretary 
                and TMC:
                            (i) Credits that may be applied against 
                        future royalties, bonus bids, or rental fees 
                        for Federal lands administered by the Secretary 
                        and located within the State of California, 
                        including leases for all submerged lands of the 
                        outer Continental Shelf.
                            (ii) Interest in the mineral estate in 
                        Federal lands in the State of California that 
                        are available for sale under the Mineral 
                        Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) or other 
                        law administered by the Secretary.
                            (iii) Interests in the surface estate in 
                        Federal lands in the State of California that 
                        are under the administrative jurisdiction of 
                        the Secretary and that are available for 
                        disposal.
    (e) Treatment of Credits.--
            (1) Term.--Credits provided under subsection (d) shall 
        expire at the end of the 10-year period beginning on the date 
        the credits are issued by the Secretary.
            (2) Assignment.--TMC may assign credits provided to TMC 
        under subsection (d) to any person who satisfies the same 
        requirements to hold the Contracts as those that applied to TMC 
        under the Materials Act of 1947.
    (f) Referral to Court of Claims.--
            (1) Referral.--If within 12 months after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary and TMC do not reach 
        agreement under subsections (b), (c), and (d) regarding the 
        financial and mineral production opportunities to be provided 
        by the Secretary to TMC under subsection (b)(1), or, if within 
        3 months after TMC receives notice in accordance with 
        subsection (b)(4) of the fair market value determined by the 
        Secretary of the surface and mineral estate identified in the 
        maps referred to in subsection (d) TMC or the city of 
        Victorville, California, notifies the Secretary that it 
        disagrees with the Secretary's determination, the Secretary 
        shall refer the issues upon which TMC, or the city of 
        Victorville, California, and the Secretary are not in agreement 
        with respect to such an agreement or fair market value to the 
        United States Court of Federal Claims for resolution
            (2) Resolution by court.--In any referral under this 
        subsection, the court shall--
                    (A) determine de novo the values described in 
                subsection (b) and (d), including the fair market 
                values of the surface and mineral estates as described 
                and delineated on the maps referred to in subsection 
                (d)(1); and
                    (B) determine and order the Secretary to provide 
                financial and mineral production opportunities 
                consistent with subparagraph (A), for purposes of 
                subsections (b)(1) and (d).

SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON FUTURE LEASING FOR LAND OR MINERAL ESTATE IN THE 
              VICTOR VALLEY AREA OF CALIFORNIA.

    Notwithstanding anything in this Act to the contrary, prior to any 
lease, transfer, or other disposition of land or any mineral or surface 
estate for any area that is located in the city of Victorville, 
California, the city of Victorville's sphere of influence, or the city 
of Victorville's proposed sphere of influence, all as delineated on the 
map entitled ``Cemex USA and City of Victorville, California Land 
Disposal and Acquisition Agreement'' and on file with the Secretary, 
the Secretary shall--
            (1) consult with the city of Victorville, California, and 
        surface owners in that area; and
            (2) prohibit mining in that area.
[A]: Soledad Canyon Mine Act - Instructs the Secretary of the Interior to cancel Bureau of Land Management mineral contracts CA-20139 and CA-22901 and withdraw from further mineral entry the areas subject to them, which are located in Soledad Canyon adjacent to Santa Clarita, California.

Requires Transit Mixed Concrete Corporation to receive, as compensation for cancellation of the contracts, their fair market value and its expenditures and covered liabilities in trying to bring the contracts into commercial production.

Increases the adjusted basis of the contracts upon cancellation for federal tax purposes.

Directs the Secretary, before any disposition of land, mineral or surface estate for any area located in the city of Victorville, California, to: (1) consult with the city and surface owners; and (2) prohibit mining in such area.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Subsidized Stafford Loan Reduced 
Interest Rate Extension Act of 2012''.

              TITLE I--EXTENSION OF REDUCED INTEREST RATE

SEC. 101. INTEREST RATE EXTENSION.

    Section 455(b)(7)(D) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087e(b)(7)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``and 
        before July 1, 2012,'' and inserting ``and before July 1, 
        2013,''; and
            (2) in clause (v), by striking ``and before July 1, 2012,'' 
        and inserting ``and before July 1, 2013,''.

    TITLE II--IMPROPER PAYMENTS ELIMINATION AND RECOVERY IMPROVEMENT

SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Improper Payments Elimination and 
Recovery Improvement Act of 2012''.

SEC. 202. DEFINITION.

    In this title, the term ``agency'' means an executive agency 
defined under section 105 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 203. IMPROVING THE DETERMINATION OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS BY FEDERAL 
              AGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall on an annual basis--
            (1) identify a list of high-priority Federal programs for 
        greater levels of oversight and review--
                    (A) in which the highest dollar value or majority 
                of governmentwide improper payments occur; or
                    (B) for which there is a higher risk of improper 
                payments;
            (2) in coordination with the agency responsible for 
        administering the high-priority program--
                    (A) establish semi-annual or quarterly targets and 
                actions for reducing improper payments associated with 
                each high-priority program; or
                    (B) if such targets are in effect on the date of 
                enactment of this Act, establish supplemental targets; 
                and
            (3) determine the entities that have received the greatest 
        amount of improper payments (or, if improper payments are 
        identified solely on the basis of a sample, the entities that 
        have received the greatest amount of improper payments in the 
        applicable sample).
    (b) Report on High-Dollar Improper Payments.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to Federal privacy policies and to 
        the extent permitted by law, each agency on a quarterly basis 
        shall submit to the Inspector General of that agency, and make 
        available to the public (including availability through the 
        Internet), a report on any high-dollar improper payments 
        identified by the agency.
            (2) Contents.--Each report under this subsection--
                    (A) shall describe--
                            (i) any action the agency--
                                    (I) has taken or plans to take to 
                                recover improper payments; and
                                    (II) intends to take to prevent 
                                future improper payments; and
                    (B) shall not include any referrals the agency made 
                or anticipates making to the Department of Justice, or 
                any information provided in connection with such 
                referrals.
            (3) Availability of information to inspector general.--
        Paragraph (2)(B) shall not prohibit any referral or information 
        being made available to an Inspector General as otherwise 
        provided by law.
            (4) Assessment.--After the review of each report under this 
        subsection, the Inspector General shall--
                    (A) assess the level of risk associated with the 
                applicable program and the quality of the improper 
                payment estimates and methodology of the agency;
                    (B) determine the extent of additional oversight or 
                financial controls warranted to identify and prevent 
                improper payments; and
                    (C) provide the head of the agency with any 
                recommendations, for modifying any plans of the agency, 
                including improvements for improper payments 
                determination and estimation methodology.
    (c) Improved Estimates.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management 
        and Budget shall provide guidance to agencies for improving the 
        estimates of improper payments under the Improper Payments 
        Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note).
            (2) Guidance.--Guidance under this subsection shall--
                    (A) strengthen the estimation process of agencies 
                by reviewing the underlying validity of payments to 
                ensure amounts being billed are proper; and
                    (B) include--
                            (i) access to more complete data as part of 
                        reviews;
                            (ii) ending reliance on self-reporting of 
                        improper payments as a replacement for 
                        estimates, and relying on the development of a 
                        robust process to estimate and identify 
                        improper payments across the agency;
                            (iii) all overpayments in the improper 
                        payments estimate, regardless of whether 
                        improperly paid funds have been or are being 
                        recovered;
                            (iv) ensuring that--
                                    (I) the review of payments to 
                                employees shall include analysis of 
                                employee data, including pay grade 
                                data, locality pay, and other factors 
                                that affect pay; and
                                    (II) reviews address high-risk or 
                                high-dollar personnel payments, 
                                including travel, pay, and purchase 
                                cards;
                            (v) reassessing high-risk programs to 
                        better reflect the unique processes, 
                        procedures, and risks of improper payments, 
                        including assessments for each program to 
                        reflect different risk components and better 
                        direct corrective actions; and
                            (vi) confirming that inter-agency transfers 
                        are proper using a methodology comparable to 
                        that used to assess program level improper 
                        payments.

SEC. 204. IMPROPER PAYMENTS INFORMATION.

    Section 2(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Improper Payments Information Act of 
2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) is amended by striking ``with respect to 
fiscal years following September 30th of a fiscal year beginning before 
fiscal year 2013 as determined by the Office of Management and Budget'' 
and inserting ``with respect to fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year 
thereafter''.

SEC. 205. DO NOT PAY INITIATIVE.

    (a) Prepayment and Preaward Procedures.--
            (1) In general.--Each agency shall review prepayment and 
        preaward procedures and ensure that a thorough review of 
        available databases with relevant information on eligibility 
        occurs to determine program or award eligibility and prevent 
        improper payments before the release of any Federal funds, to 
        the extent permitted by law.
            (2) Databases.--At a minimum, each agency shall, before 
        payment and award, check the following databases (if applicable 
        and permitted by law) to verify eligibility:
                    (A) The Death Master File of the Social Security 
                Administration.
                    (B) The General Services Administration's Excluded 
                Parties List System.
                    (C) The Debt Check Database of the Department of 
                the Treasury.
                    (D) The Credit Alert System or Credit Alert 
                Interactive Voice Response System of the Department of 
                Housing and Urban Development.
                    (E) The List of Excluded Individuals/Entities of 
                the Office of Inspector General of the Department of 
                Health and Human Services.
    (b) Do Not Pay List.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established the Do Not Pay 
        List which shall consist of--
                    (A) the databases described under subsection 
                (a)(2); and
                    (B) any other database designated by the Director 
                of the Office of Management and Budget in consultation 
                with agencies.
            (2) Other databases.--In making designations of other 
        databases under paragraph (1)(B), the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget shall consider--
                    (A) any database that assists in preventing 
                improper payments; and
                    (B) the database of incarcerated individuals 
                established under subsection (f).
            (3) Access and review by agencies.--For purposes of 
        identifying and preventing improper payment, each agency shall 
        have access to, and use of, the Do Not Pay List to determine 
        payment or award eligibility when the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget determines the Do Not Pay List is 
        appropriately established for the agency.
            (4) Payment otherwise required.--When using the Do Not Pay 
        List, an agency shall recognize that there may be circumstances 
        under which the law requires a payment or award to be made to a 
        recipient, regardless of whether that recipient is on the Do 
        Not Pay List.
    (c) Database Integration Plan.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall provide to the Congress a plan for--
            (1) inclusion of other databases on the Do Not Pay List;
            (2) to the extent permitted by law, agency access to the Do 
        Not Pay List; and
            (3) the multilateral data use agreements described under 
        subsection (e).
    (d) Initial Working System.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget shall establish a working system for 
        prepayment and preaward review that includes the Do Not Pay 
        List as described under this section.
            (2) Initial system.--The working system established under 
        paragraph (1)--
                    (A) may be located within an appropriate agency;
                    (B) shall include not less than 3 agencies;
                    (C) shall include fraud and improper payments 
                detection through predictive modeling and other 
                analytic technologies and other techniques; and
                    (D) may provide for the use of commercial database 
                sources, commercial analysis, and other functionality 
                for payment or award reviews, as determined appropriate 
                by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
                for verifying Federal data.
            (3) Application to all agencies.--Not later than January 1, 
        2013, each agency shall review all payments and awards for all 
        programs of that agency through the system established under 
        this subsection.
    (e) Multilateral Data Use Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management 
        and Budget shall develop a plan to establish a multilateral 
        data use agreement authority to carry out this section, 
        including access to databases such as the New Hire Database 
        under section 453(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        653(j)).
            (2) General protocols and security.--
                    (A) In general.--The multilateral data use 
                agreements shall be consistent with protocols to ensure 
                the secure transfer and storage of any data provided to 
                another entity or individual--
                            (i) under the provisions of, or amendments 
                        made by, this section; and
                            (ii) consistent with applicable 
                        information, privacy, security, and disclosure 
                        laws, including--
                                    (I) the regulations promulgated 
                                under the Health Insurance Portability 
                                and Accountability Act of 1996 and 
                                section 552a of title 5, United States 
                                Code; and
                                    (II) subject to any information 
                                systems security requirements under 
                                such laws or otherwise required by the 
                                Director of the Office of Management 
                                and Budget.
                    (B) Consultation.--The Director of the Office of 
                Management and Budget shall consult with--
                            (i) the Council of Inspectors General on 
                        Integrity and Efficiency before implementing 
                        this paragraph; and
                            (ii) the Secretary of Health and Human 
                        Services, the Social Security Administrator, 
                        and the head of any other agency, as 
                        appropriate.
    (f) Development and Access to a Database of Incarcerated 
Individuals.--
            (1) In general.--The Attorney General shall develop and 
        maintain a database of individuals incarcerated at Federal and 
        State facilities.
            (2) Availability and update.--The database developed under 
        this subsection shall be--
                    (A) available to agencies to carry out this section 
                and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse; and
                    (B) updated no less frequently than on a weekly 
                basis.
    (g) Plan To Improve the Social Security Administration Death Master 
File.--
            (1) Establishment.--In conjunction with the Commissioner of 
        Social Security and in consultation with stakeholders and the 
        States, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
        shall establish a plan for improving the quality and timeliness 
        of death data maintained by the Social Security Administration, 
        including death information reported to the Commissioner under 
        section 205(r) of the Social Security Act (42 U.5.C. 405(r)).
            (2) Actions under plan.--The plan established under this 
        subsection shall include actions agencies are required to take 
        to--
                    (A) increase the quality and frequency of access;
                    (B) achieve a goal of at least daily access as 
                appropriate; and
                    (C) provide for all States to use modern, 
                electronic means for providing data.
            (3) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management 
        and Budget shall submit a report to Congress on the plan 
        established under this subsection, including recommended 
        legislation.

SEC. 206. IMPROVING RECOVERY OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS.

    (a) In General.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall determine--
            (1) current and historical rates and amounts of recovery of 
        improper payments (or, in cases in which improper payments are 
        identified solely on the basis of a sample, recovery rates and 
        amounts estimated on the basis of the applicable sample), 
        including specific information of amounts and payments 
        recovered by recovery audit contractors; and
            (2) targets for recovering improper payments, including 
        specific information on amounts and payments recovered by 
        recovery audit contractors.
    (b) Recovery Audit Contractor Programs.--
            (1) Establishment.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget shall establish a plan for no less than 
        10 Recovery Audit Contracting programs for the purpose of 
        identifying and recovering overpayments and underpayments in 10 
        agencies.
            (2) Review of commercial payments.--Of the programs 
        established under this subsection, 5 programs shall review 
        commercial payments by an agency.
            (3) Duration.--Any program established under this 
        subsection shall terminate not more than 3 years after the date 
        on which the program is established.
            (4) Reports.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 3 months after the 
                completion of a program, the head of the agency 
                conducting the program shall submit a report on the 
                program to Congress.
                    (B) Contents.--Each report under this paragraph 
                shall include--
                            (i) a description of the impact of the 
                        program on savings and recoveries; and
                            (ii) such recommendations as the head of 
                        the agency considers appropriate on extending 
                        or expanding the program.
[A]:
Subsidized Stafford Loan Reduced Interest Rate Extension Act of 2012 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2012, applicable to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013.

Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) identify, on an annual basis, a list of high-priority federal programs for greater levels of oversight and review of improper payments; (2) coordinate with agencies responsible for administering high-priority programs to establish semi-annual or quarterly targets and actions for reducing improper payments; and  (3) provide guidance to agencies for improving estimates of improper payments.

Requires federal agencies to: (1) make quarterly reports to their Inspectors General on any high-dollar improper payments identified by such agencies, and (2) review prepayment and preaward procedures and available databases to determine program or award eligibility and prevent improper payments before releasing any federal funds.  Establishes a Do Not Pay List based on information from databases maintained by the federal government, including the database of the Social Security Administration (SSA) reporting deaths of Social Security recipients.

Requires the Director to: (1) determine the current and historical rates and amounts of recovery of improper payments and targets for recovering improper payments, and (2) establish a plan for at least 10 Recovery Audit Contracting programs to identify and recover overpayments and underpayments in 10 agencies.