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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Women's History and Nineteenth 
Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) The tireless and passionate efforts of the suffragists, 
        their supporters, and other stakeholders contributed to the 
        movement to grant and protect the right of all women to vote.
            (2) On August 26, 1920, after a long campaign by 
        suffragists across the country, the United States Constitution 
        was amended with the 19th Amendment, granting women the right 
        to vote.
            (3) On June 24, 1924, all Native Americans were granted 
        citizenship, and by extension the right to vote.
            (4) In 1948, the legal victories of Native American 
        veterans granted protections for the right of all Native men 
        and women to vote.
            (5) On June 27, 1952, the Immigration and Nationality Act 
        of 1952 was enacted, granting citizenship to all individuals of 
        Asian descent, and by extension, the right to vote.
            (6) Enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 on August 6, 
        1965, granted Black women protections to overcome the legal 
        barriers that prevented many from exercising their right to 
        vote even though all Blacks had been granted citizenship in 
        1868 with ratification of the 14th Amendment.
            (7) On August 6, 1975, the amendments to the 
        reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 removed 
        language barriers to mitigate discrimination against Hispanic, 
        Asian, and Native American voters.
            (8) It was not until March 29, 1961, when the 23rd 
        Amendment passed that women in Washington, DC, were allowed to 
        vote in all elections.
            (9) Women's history and the movement for women's rights 
        that the suffragists began extends beyond ratification of the 
        Nineteenth Amendment.
            (10) August 26, 2020, marks the centennial of the day that 
        women were granted the right to vote in America.

SEC. 3. ISSUANCE OF COINS COMMEMORATING THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT.

    (a) Amendment to National Sites Quarter Dollar Program.--Subsection 
(t) of section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``Notwithstanding the 
        fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2)'' 
        and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (8), and notwithstanding 
        the fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection 
        (d)(2)'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
            ``(7) Period of issuance.--Subject to paragraph (2), the 
        program established under this subsection shall continue in 
        effect until a national site in each State has been honored and 
        shall terminate not later than March 31, 2021.''; and
            (3) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:
            ``(8) Designs starting on january 1, 2021.--
                    ``(A) Transition period.--The design of the quarter 
                dollar from January 1, 2021, to March 31, 2021, shall 
                be as follows:
                            ``(i) On January 1, 2021, the design shall 
                        be the final design of the national sites 
                        program established by this subsection.
                            ``(ii) On a date selected by the Secretary 
                        that is not earlier than January 15, 2021, and 
                        not later than March 31, 2021, the design shall 
                        be the first design selected pursuant to the 
                        program described in subsection (w).
                    ``(B) Design after end of program.--As of April 1, 
                2021, the design of the quarter dollar shall be in 
                accordance with subsection (w).''.
    (b) Issuance of Coins Commemorating the Nineteenth Amendment.--
Section 5112 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(w) Redesign and Issuance of Quarter Dollars Commemorating the 
Ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment.--
            ``(1) Redesign beginning in 2021.--Notwithstanding the 
        fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1) and subsection (d)(2), 
        quarter dollars issued during the period beginning on the date 
        described in subsection (t)(8)(A)(ii) and ending on the date 
        described in paragraph (8) shall have designs on the reverse 
        selected in accordance with this subsection.
            ``(2) Nineteenth amendment quarter dollar design 
        requirements.--
                    ``(A) Flexibility with regard to placement of 
                inscriptions.--Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), the 
                Secretary may select a design for quarter dollars 
                described in paragraph (1) in which--
                            ``(i) the inscription described in the 
                        second sentence of subsection (d)(1) appears on 
                        the reverse side of any such quarter dollars; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) any inscription described in the 
                        third sentence of subsection (d)(1) or the 
                        designation of the value of the coin appears on 
                        the obverse side of any such quarter dollars.
                    ``(B) Single prominent american woman.--
                Notwithstanding subsection (d)(1), the design on the 
                reverse of each coin issued under this subsection 
                shall--
                            ``(i) be emblematic of the accomplishments 
                        and contributions of a prominent woman who was 
                        a resident of a State, the District of 
                        Columbia, or a territory;
                            ``(ii) bear the name of the prominent woman 
                        and the State, District of Columbia, or 
                        territory; and
                            ``(iii) bear other appropriate 
                        inscriptions.
            ``(3) Issuance of coins during each year.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The designs for the quarter 
                dollar coins issued during each year of the period 
                referred to in paragraph (1) shall be emblematic of a 
                maximum of 5 States, the District of Columbia, or 
                territories.
                    ``(B) Order of issuance.--The quarter dollar coins 
                issued during each year of the period referred to in 
                paragraph (1) shall be issued in alphabetical order of 
                the area represented, starting with Alabama.
                    ``(C) Number of each of coin designs in each 
                year.--The Secretary shall prescribe the number of 
                quarter dollars which shall be issued with each of the 
                designs selected for each year.
            ``(4) Selection of design.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Each of the designs required 
                under this subsection for quarter dollar coins shall--
                            ``(i) be approved by the Secretary after--
                                    ``(I) submission of a 
                                recommendation from the chief executive 
                                of the applicable State, the District 
                                of Columbia, or territory being 
                                commemorated;
                                    ``(II) consultation with women's 
                                groups and organizations within the 
                                applicable State, the District of 
                                Columbia, or territory being 
                                commemorated that are pursuing a 
                                mission focused on increasing the 
                                inclusion of women, or improving the 
                                quality of life for women; and
                                    ``(III) consultation with the 
                                Commission of Fine Arts;
                            ``(ii) be reviewed by the Citizens Coinage 
                        Advisory Committee; and
                            ``(iii) honor or commemorate a woman who 
                        has made significant contributions to the lives 
                        of individuals of the applicable State, the 
                        District of Columbia, or territory.
                    ``(B) Selection and approval process.--Designs for 
                quarter dollars may be submitted in accordance with the 
                design selection and approval process developed by the 
                Secretary.
                    ``(C) Participation.--The Secretary shall include 
                in design selection, to the greatest extent 
                practicable, participation by--
                            ``(i) the chief executive of the applicable 
                        State, District of Columbia, or territory;
                            ``(ii) artists from the States, District of 
                        Columbia, and territories;
                            ``(iii) engravers of the United States 
                        Mint; and
                            ``(iv) members of the general public from 
                        groups or organizations that are pursuing a 
                        mission focused on increasing the inclusion of 
                        women or improving the quality of life for 
                        women.
                    ``(D) Standards.--Because it is important that the 
                Nation's coinage and currency bear dignified designs of 
                which the citizens of the United States can be proud, 
                the Secretary shall not select any frivolous or 
                inappropriate design for any coin minted under this 
                subsection.
                    ``(E) Prohibition on certain representations.--The 
                design of any quarter dollar under this subsection may 
                not include--
                            ``(i) a head and shoulders portrait or bust 
                        of any person, living or dead;
                            ``(ii) a portrait of a living person; or
                            ``(iii) a depiction of an individual in a 
                        size such that the coin could be considered to 
                        be a `2-headed' coin.
                    ``(F) Release of designs.--Not later than August 
                31, 2020, the Secretary shall publish each of the first 
                5 designs described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(5) Treatment as numismatic items.--For purposes of 
        sections 5134 and 5136, all coins described under this 
        subsection shall be considered to be numismatic items.
            ``(6) Issuance.--
                    ``(A) Quality of coins.--The Secretary may mint and 
                issue such number of quarter dollars of each design 
                selected under paragraph (4) in uncirculated and proof 
                qualities as the Secretary determines to be 
                appropriate.
                    ``(B) Silver coins.--Notwithstanding subsection 
                (b), the Secretary may mint and issue such number of 
                quarter dollars of each design selected under paragraph 
                (4) as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, with 
                a content of not less than 90 percent silver.
            ``(7) Application in event of the admission of additional 
        state.--If any additional State is admitted into the Union 
        before the termination date described in paragraph (8), the 
        Secretary may issue quarter dollar coins, in accordance with 
        this subsection, with a design which is emblematic of such 
        State during any 1 year of the period described in paragraph 
        (1), in addition to the quarter dollar coins issued during such 
        year in accordance with paragraph (3)(A).
            ``(8) Termination date.--The authority to issue quarter 
        dollar coins pursuant to this subsection shall terminate on 
        December 31 of the year in which the final State or territory 
        has been commemorated with a design pursuant to paragraph (3).
            ``(9) Designs after end of program.--On the first day of 
        the year following the year of the date described in paragraph 
        (8)--
                    ``(A) the design on the obverse of the quarter 
                dollar shall revert to the same design containing an 
                image of President Washington in effect for the quarter 
                dollar before the institution of the 50-State quarter 
                dollar program; and
                    ``(B) notwithstanding the fourth sentence of 
                subsection (d)(1), the design on the reverse of the 
                quarter dollar shall contain an image of General 
                Washington crossing the Delaware River prior to the 
                Battle of Trenton.
            ``(10) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) The term `territory' means the Commonwealth 
                of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States 
                Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                Mariana Islands.
                    ``(B) The term `resident', with respect to a State, 
                the District of Columbia, or a territory, means that a 
                woman resided in such State, the District of Columbia, 
                or such territory for a period of at least 1 
                consecutive year.
    ``(x) Silver Bullion Investment Product.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall strike and make 
        available for sale such number of bullion coins as the 
        Secretary determines to be appropriate that are exact 
        duplicates of the quarter dollars issued under subsection (w), 
        each of which shall--
                    ``(A) have a diameter of 3.0 inches and weigh 5.0 
                ounces;
                    ``(B) contain .999 fine silver;
                    ``(C) have incused into the edge the fineness and 
                weight of the bullion coin;
                    ``(D) bear an inscription of the denomination of 
                such coin, which shall be `quarter dollar'; and
                    ``(E) not be minted or issued by the United States 
                Mint as so-called `fractional' bullion coins or in any 
                size other than the size described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Availability for sale.--Bullion coins minted under 
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) shall become available for sale no sooner 
                than the first day of the calendar year in which the 
                circulating quarter dollar coins of which such bullion 
                coins are a duplicate are issued; and
                    ``(B) may only be available for sale during the 
                year in which such circulating quarter dollar coins are 
                issued.''.

SEC. 4. COLLECTION AND RECOGNITION PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than December 1, 2018, the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall initiate a program to promote the collection of, and 
recognition of the subjects of, the coins authorized under the 
amendments made by this Act.
    (b) Study Required.--The Secretary shall conduct a study on the 
progress of the program described in subsection (a).
    (c) Report.--Not later than March 1, 2019, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Congress on the results of the study conducted 
pursuant to subsection (b).
[A]: Women's History and Nineteenth Amendment Centennial Quarter Dollar Coin Program Act  This bill requires&nbsp;the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue quarter-dollar coins in commemoration of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment granting women the right to vote. The design on the reverse of each coin shall be emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of a prominent woman who was a resident of a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory.  Such coins shall be issued in alphabetical order of the area represented, starting with the state of Alabama.  Treasury shall:   initiate a program to promote collection of the coins and recognition of their subjects, and  strike and make available for sale silver bullion coins that are the exact duplicates of the coins. 


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage 
Hydropower Act''.

SEC. 2. CLOSED-LOOP PUMPED STORAGE PROJECTS.

    Part I of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 34. CLOSED-LOOP PUMPED STORAGE PROJECTS.

    ``(a) Expedited Licensing Process for Closed-Loop Pumped Storage 
Projects.--
            ``(1) In general.--As provided in this section, the 
        Commission may issue and amend licenses and preliminary 
        permits, as appropriate, for closed-loop pumped storage 
        projects.
            ``(2) Rule.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Commission shall issue a rule 
        establishing an expedited process for issuing and amending 
        licenses and preliminary permits for closed-loop pumped storage 
        projects under this section.
            ``(3) Interagency task force.--In establishing the 
        expedited process under this section, the Commission shall 
        convene an interagency task force, with appropriate Federal and 
        State agencies and Indian tribes represented, to coordinate the 
        regulatory processes associated with the authorizations 
        required to construct and operate closed-loop pumped storage 
        projects.
            ``(4) Length of process.--The Commission shall ensure that 
        the expedited process under this section will result in final 
        decision on an application for a license by not later than 2 
        years after receipt of a completed application for such 
        license.
    ``(b) Dam Safety.--Before issuing any license for a closed-loop 
pumped storage project, the Commission shall assess the safety of 
existing dams and other structures related to the project (including 
possible consequences associated with failure of such structures).
    ``(c) Exemptions From Other Requirements.--
            ``(1) In general.--In issuing or amending a license or 
        preliminary permit pursuant to the expedited process 
        established under this section, the Commission may grant an 
        exemption from any other requirement of this part with respect 
        to any part of the closed-loop pumped storage project (not 
        including any dam or other impoundment).
            ``(2) Consultation.--In granting an exemption under 
        paragraph (1), the Commission shall consult with the United 
        States Fish and Wildlife Service and the State agency 
        exercising administration over the fish and wildlife resources 
        of the State in which the closed-loop pumped storage project is 
        or will be located, in the manner provided by the Fish and 
        Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.).
            ``(3) Terms and conditions.--In granting an exemption under 
        paragraph (1), the Commission shall include in any such 
        exemption--
                    ``(A) such terms and conditions as the Fish and 
                Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
                and the State agency described in paragraph (2) each 
                determine are appropriate to prevent loss of, or damage 
                to, fish and wildlife resources and to otherwise carry 
                out the purposes of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination 
                Act; and
                    ``(B) such terms and conditions as the Commission 
                deems appropriate to ensure that such closed-loop 
                pumped storage project continues to comply with the 
                provisions of this section and terms and conditions 
                included in any such exemption.
            ``(4) Fees.--The Commission, in addition to the 
        requirements of section 10(e), shall establish fees which shall 
        be paid by an applicant for a license for a closed-loop pumped 
        storage project that is required to meet terms and conditions 
        set by fish and wildlife agencies under paragraph (3). Such 
        fees shall be adequate to reimburse the fish and wildlife 
        agencies referred to in paragraph (3) for any reasonable costs 
        incurred in connection with any studies or other reviews 
        carried out by such agencies for purposes of compliance with 
        this section. The fees shall, subject to annual appropriations 
        Acts, be transferred to such agencies by the Commission for use 
        solely for purposes of carrying out such studies and shall 
        remain available until expended.
    ``(d) Transfers.--Notwithstanding section 5, and regardless of 
whether the holder of a preliminary permit for a closed-loop pumped 
storage project claimed municipal preference under section 7(a) when 
obtaining the permit, the Commission may, to facilitate development of 
a closed-loop pumped storage project--
            ``(1) add entities as joint permittees following issuance 
        of a preliminary permit; and
            ``(2) transfer a license in part to one or more 
        nonmunicipal entities as co-licensees with a municipality, if 
        the municipality retains majority ownership of the project for 
        which the license was issued.
    ``(e) Interagency Communications.--Interagency cooperation in the 
preparation of environmental documents under the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to an 
application for a license for a closed-loop pumped storage project 
submitted pursuant to this section, and interagency communications 
relating to licensing process coordination pursuant to this section, 
shall not--
            ``(1) be considered to be ex parte communications under 
        Commission rules; or
            ``(2) preclude an agency from participating in a licensing 
        proceeding under this part.
    ``(f) Developing Abandoned Mines for Pumped Storage.--
            ``(1) Workshop.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Commission shall hold a workshop 
        to explore potential opportunities for development of closed-
        loop pumped storage projects at abandoned mine sites.
            ``(2) Guidance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Commission shall issue guidance 
        to assist applicants for licenses or preliminary permits for 
        closed-loop pumped storage projects at abandoned mine sites.
    ``(g) Qualifying Criteria for Closed-Loop Pumped Storage 
Projects.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Commission shall establish criteria 
        that a pumped storage project shall meet in order to qualify as 
        a closed-loop pumped storage project eligible for the expedited 
        process established under this section.
            ``(2) Inclusions.--In establishing the criteria under 
        paragraph (1), the Commission shall include criteria requiring 
        that the pumped storage project--
                    ``(A) cause little to no change to existing surface 
                and groundwater flows and uses; and
                    ``(B) is unlikely to adversely affect species 
                listed as a threatened species or endangered species 
                under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.''.

SEC. 3. OBLIGATION FOR PAYMENT OF ANNUAL CHARGES.

    Section 10(e) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803(e)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(5) Any obligation of a licensee for payment of annual charges 
under this subsection shall commence when the construction of the 
applicable facility commences.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives December 12, 2017.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.
[A]: Promoting Closed-Loop Pumped Storage Hydropower Act (Sec.2)This bill amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish an expedited licensing process for issuing and amending licenses and preliminary permits for closed-loop pumped storage projects (in which the upper and lower reservoirs do not impound or directly withdraw water from navigable waters, or that are not continuously connected to a naturally flowing water feature). In establishing the expedited process, FERC shall convene an interagency task force with appropriate federal and state agencies and Indian tribes to coordinate the regulatory process associated with the authorizations required to construct and operate closed-loop pumped storage projects. FERC must assess the safety of existing dams and other structures related to the project before issuing any license for a closed-loop storage project. FERC must hold a workshop to explore potential opportunities for development of storage projects at abandoned mine sites. FERC must also establish criteria that a project shall meet to qualify as a closed-loop pumped storage under this bill, including requiring that the project cause little to no change to existing surface and groundwater flows and uses and that the project is unlikely to adversely affect species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. (Sec.3)Licensees are not required to pay an annual charge for administrative expenses until construction commences.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening 
Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Expediting Secretarial determination of reimbursement amount to 
                            improve program efficiency.
Sec. 3. Fiscal efficiency and revenue neutrality.
Sec. 4. Reporting requirement safe harbors.
Sec. 5. Use of social security numbers and other identifying 
                            information in reporting.
Sec. 6. Statute of limitations.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITING SECRETARIAL DETERMINATION OF REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT TO 
              IMPROVE PROGRAM EFFICIENCY.

    Section 1862(b)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395y(b)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause:
                            ``(vii) Timely notice of conditional 
                        payment reimbursement.--
                                    ``(I) Request for conditional 
                                payment statement.--In the case of a 
                                payment made by the Secretary pursuant 
                                to clause (i) for items and services 
                                provided to the claimant, the claimant 
                                or applicable plan (as defined in 
                                paragraph (8)(F)) may at any time 
                                beginning 120 days before the 
                                reasonably expected date of a 
                                settlement, judgment, award, or other 
                                payment, notify the Secretary that a 
                                payment is reasonably expected, and 
                                request from the Secretary, in 
                                accordance with regulations, a 
                                statement of the conditional payment 
                                reimbursement amount (in this clause 
                                referred to as a `statement of 
                                reimbursement amount') for any payments 
                                subject to reimbursement required under 
                                clause (ii). A claimant or applicable 
                                plan may request a statement under this 
                                subclause only once with respect to 
                                such settlement, judgment, award, or 
                                other payment.
                                    ``(II) Secretarial response.--
                                            ``(aa) In general.--Not 
                                        later than 65 days after the 
                                        date of receipt of a request 
                                        under subclause (I), the 
                                        Secretary shall respond to such 
                                        request with a statement of 
                                        reimbursement amount, which 
                                        shall constitute the 
                                        conditional payment subject to 
                                        recovery under clause (ii) 
                                        related to such settlement, 
                                        judgment, award or other 
                                        payment.
                                            ``(bb) Case of secretarial 
                                        failure.--Subject to subclause 
                                        (III), if the Secretary fails 
                                        to provide such a statement of 
                                        reimbursement amount for items 
                                        or services subject to 
                                        reimbursement required under 
                                        clause (ii) in accordance with 
                                        this subclause, the claimant, 
                                        applicable plan, or an entity 
                                        that receives payment from an 
                                        applicable plan shall provide 
                                        an additional notice to the 
                                        Secretary of such failure. If 
                                        the Secretary fails to provide 
                                        a statement of reimbursement 
                                        amount within 30 days of the 
                                        date of such additional notice, 
                                        the claimant, applicable plan, 
                                        and an entity that receives 
                                        payment from an applicable plan 
                                        shall not be liable for and 
                                        shall not be obligated to make 
                                        payment subject to this section 
                                        for any item or service related 
                                        to the request unless the 
                                        Secretary demonstrates (in 
                                        accordance with regulations) 
                                        that the failure was justified 
                                        due to exceptional 
                                        circumstances (as defined in 
                                        such regulations). Such 
                                        regulations shall define 
                                        exceptional circumstances in a 
                                        manner so that not more than 1 
                                        percent of the repayment 
                                        obligations under this 
                                        subclause would qualify as 
                                        exceptional circumstances.
                                    ``(III) Notice to secretary.--In 
                                the event that a settlement, judgment, 
                                award, or other payment does not occur 
                                (or is no longer reasonably expected to 
                                occur) within 120 days of the date of 
                                an original request under subclause (I) 
                                with respect to a settlement, judgment, 
                                award, or other payment, the claimant 
                                or the applicable plan shall timely 
                                notify the Secretary, and the Secretary 
                                shall be exempt from any obligation 
                                under subclause (II) with respect to a 
                                statement of reimbursement amount 
                                relating to such settlement, judgment, 
                                award, or other payment related to the 
                                notice.
                                    ``(IV) Effective date.--The 
                                Secretary shall promulgate final 
                                regulations to carry out this clause 
                                not later than 9 months after the date 
                                of the enactment of this clause. Such 
                                regulations shall require the 
                                disclosure from a claimant or 
                                applicable plan of no more than the 
                                minimum amount of information necessary 
                                for the Secretary to determine the 
                                amount of conditional payment subject 
                                to recovery under clause (ii) related 
                                to such settlement, judgment, award, or 
                                other payment, and may require partial 
                                disclosure (but may not require full 
                                disclosure) of social security numbers 
                                or health identification claim numbers.
                            ``(viii) Right of appeal.--The Secretary 
                        shall promulgate regulations establishing a 
                        right of appeal and appeals process, with 
                        respect to any determination under this 
                        subsection for a payment made under this title 
                        for an item or service under a primary plan, 
                        under which the applicable plan involved, or an 
                        attorney, agent, or third party administrator 
                        on behalf of such applicable plan, may appeal 
                        such determination. Such right of appeal 
                        shall--
                                    ``(I) include review through an 
                                administrative law judge and 
                                administrative review board, and access 
                                to judicial review in the district 
                                court of the United States for the 
                                judicial district in which the 
                                appellant is located (or, in the case 
                                of an action brought jointly by more 
                                than one applicant, the judicial 
                                district in which the greatest number 
                                of applicants are located) or in the 
                                District Court for the District of 
                                Columbia; and
                                    ``(II) be carried out in a manner 
                                similar to the appeals procedure under 
                                regulations for hearing procedures 
                                respecting notices of determinations of 
                                nonconformance of group health plans 
                                under this subsection.''.

SEC. 3. FISCAL EFFICIENCY AND REVENUE NEUTRALITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 1862(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395y(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by striking ``A primary plan'' 
        and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (9), a primary plan''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) Exception.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(B) 
                and any reporting required by paragraph (8) shall not 
                apply with respect to any settlement, judgment, award, 
                or other payment by an applicable plan constituting a 
                total payment obligation to a claimant of not more than 
                the single threshold amount calculated by the Chief 
                Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 
                under subparagraph (B) for the year involved.
                    ``(B) Annual computation of thresholds.--Not later 
                than November 15 before each year, the Chief Actuary of 
                the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall 
                calculate and publish a single threshold amount for 
                settlements, judgments, awards or other payments for 
                conditional payment obligations arising from each of 
                liability insurance (including self-insurance), 
                workers' compensation laws or plans, and no fault 
                insurance subject to this section for that year. Each 
                such annual single threshold amount for a year shall be 
                set such that the expected average amount to be 
                credited to the Medicare trust funds of collections of 
                conditional payments from such settlements, judgments, 
                awards, or other payments for each of liability 
                insurance (including self-insurance), workers' 
                compensation laws or plans, and no fault insurance 
                subject to this section shall equal the expected 
                average cost of collection incurred by the United 
                States (including payments made to contractors) for a 
                conditional payment from each of liability insurance 
                (including self-insurance), workers' compensation laws 
                or plans, and no fault insurance subject to this 
                section for the year. The Chief Actuary shall include, 
                as part of such publication for a year--
                            ``(i) the expected average cost of 
                        collection incurred by the United States 
                        (including payments made to contractors) for a 
                        conditional payment arising from each of 
                        liability insurance (including self-insurance), 
                        no fault insurance, and workers' compensation 
                        laws or plans; and
                            ``(ii) a summary of the methodology and 
                        data used by such Chief Actuary in computing 
                        the threshold amount and such average cost of 
                        collection.
                    ``(C) Treatment of ongoing expenses.--For purposes 
                of this paragraph and with respect to a settlement, 
                judgment, award, or other payment not otherwise 
                addressed in clause (ii) of paragraph (2)(B) involving 
                the ongoing responsibility for medical payments, such 
                payment shall include only the cumulative value of the 
                medical payments made and the purchase price of any 
                annuity or similar instrument.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to years beginning more than 4\1/2\ months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. REPORTING REQUIREMENT SAFE HARBORS.

    Section 1862(b)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395y(b)(8)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (E)(i), by 
        striking ``shall be subject'' and all that follows through the 
        end of the sentence and inserting the following: ``may be 
        subject to a civil money penalty of up to $1,000 for each day 
        of noncompliance. The severity of each such penalty shall be 
        based on the knowing, willful, and repeated nature of the 
        violation.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                                    ``(I) Establishment of safe 
                                harbors.--Not later than 60 days after 
                                the date of the enactment of this 
                                subparagraph, the Secretary shall 
                                publish a notice in the Federal 
                                Register soliciting proposals, which 
                                will be accepted during a 60-day 
                                period, for the specification of 
                                practices for which sanctions will not 
                                be imposed under subparagraph (E), 
                                including for good faith efforts to 
                                identify a beneficiary pursuant to this 
                                paragraph under an applicable entity 
                                responsible for reporting information, 
                                under which this paragraph will be 
                                deemed to have complied with the 
                                reporting requirements under this 
                                paragraph and will not be subject to 
                                such sanctions. After considering the 
                                proposals so submitted, the Secretary, 
                                in consultation with the Attorney 
                                General, shall publish in the Federal 
                                Register, including a 60-day period for 
                                comment, proposed specified practices 
                                for which such sanctions will not be 
                                imposed. After considering any public 
                                comments received during such period, 
                                the Secretary shall issue final rules 
                                specifying such practices.''.

SEC. 5. USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS AND OTHER IDENTIFYING 
              INFORMATION IN REPORTING.

    Section 1862(b)(8)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395y(b)(8)(B)) is amended by adding at the end (after and below clause 
(ii)) the following: ``Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this sentence, the Secretary shall modify the reporting 
requirements under this paragraph so that an applicable plan in 
complying with such requirements is permitted but not required to 
access or report to the Secretary beneficiary social security account 
numbers or health identification claim numbers.''.

SEC. 6. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1862(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395y(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by adding at the end the 
        following new sentence: ``An action may not be brought by the 
        United States under this clause with respect to payment owed 
        unless the complaint is filed not later than 3 years after the 
        date of the receipt of notice of a settlement, judgment, award, 
        or other payment made pursuant to paragraph (8) relating to 
        such payment owed.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (8)(E)(i), by adding at the end the 
        following new sentence: ``A civil money penalty may not be 
        imposed under this clause with respect to failure to submit 
        required information unless service of notice of intention to 
        impose the penalty is provided not later than 3 years after the 
        date by which the information was required to be submitted.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to actions brought and penalties sought on or after 
6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Strengthening Medicare And Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2011- Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to any settlement, judgment, award, or other payment between a Medicare claimant and an applicable plan involving a payment made for items and services by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Declares that, in the case of a payment to the claimant by the Secretary, and beginning 120 days before the reasonably expected date of a settlement, judgment, award, or other payment, the claimant or applicable plan may at any time but only once: (1) notify the Secretary that a payment is reasonably expected, and (2) request a statement of the conditional payment reimbursement amount for any payments subject to the required reimbursement.

Requires the Secretary to respond to such a request, within 65 days after receiving it, with a statement of reimbursement amount.

Prescribes procedures for the claimant, an applicable plan, or specified related entities to follow if the Secretary fails to provide such a statement.

Specifies circumstances: (1) in which the claimant, an applicable plan, or specified related entities are shielded from liability for certain payments; and (2) in which the Secretary shall be exempt from any obligation for a statement of reimbursement.

Directs the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing a right of appeal and appeals process, with respect to any determination for a payment made under such title for an item or service under a primary plan, under which the applicable plan involved, or an attorney, agent, or third party administrator on behalf of such applicable play, may appeal such determination.

Exempts a primary plan, and an entity receiving payment from a primary plan, from any obligation to reimburse the appropriate Trust Fund for a Medicare payment by the Secretary with respect to any settlement, judgment, award, or other payment by an applicable plan constituting a total payment obligation to a claimant of not more than the single threshold amount calculated by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Requires the Chief Actuary to calculate and publish the single threshold amount annually.

Makes discretionary rather than mandatory the current civil money penalty for an applicable plan's noncompliance with requirements to submit insurance information about a claimant. Requires the severity of each penalty to be based on the knowing, willful, and repeated nature of the violation.

Prescribes requirements for the specification of practices for which sanctions will not be imposed on a plan (safe harbors).

Directs the Secretary to modify insurance information reporting requirements so that a plan, in complying with them, is permitted but not required to access or report beneficiary Social Security account numbers or health identification claim numbers.

Sets a three-year statute of limitations on a Medicare secondary payer claim by the Secretary for reimbursement against an applicable plan that becomes a Medicare primary payer pursuant to a settlement, judgment, award, or other judicial action.