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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Information Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL MEDICARE BENEFICIARY PART A CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS 
              STATEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act is 
amended by inserting after section 1143 (42 U.S.C. 1320b-13) the 
following new section:

    ``annual medicare beneficiary part a contributions and benefits 
                               statements

    ``Sec. 1143A.  (a) Provision.--
            ``(1) In general.--Beginning not later than 2 years after 
        the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary, in 
        coordination with the Commissioner of Social Security, shall 
        provide a statement described in subsection (b) (in this 
        section referred to as an `annual Medicare part A information 
        statement') on an annual basis to each eligible individual (as 
        defined in subsection (d)) for whom a current mailing address 
        can be determined through such methods as the Secretary 
        determines to be appropriate.
            ``(2) Coordination in single mailing with social security 
        account statements.--In order to avoid sending separate 
        statements under this section and section 1143 in the case of 
        an individual for whom a social security account statement is 
        provided under section 1143 and a separate annual Medicare part 
        A information statement would otherwise be provided under this 
        section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Commissioner 
        of Social Security, whether through transmittal of data or 
        otherwise, in a manner so that the annual Medicare part A 
        information statement is included and sent with such social 
        security account statement.
            ``(3) Methodology.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary, in consultation 
                with the Commissioner of Social Security and the 
                Secretary of the Treasury, shall specify the 
                methodology to be used in estimating lifetime 
                contributions and lifetime benefits with respect to 
                annual Medicare part A information statements. Such 
                methodology for computing the lifespan of an individual 
                shall be the same methodology used for purposes of the 
                social security account statement under section 1143.
                    ``(B) Inclusion of description in statement.--The 
                Secretary shall include a brief description of the key 
                assumptions used in such methodology in the annual 
                Medicare part A information statements.
            ``(4) Summary of medicare part a program.--Each annual 
        Medicare part A information statement shall include a summary 
        of part A of the Medicare program. Such summary shall also 
        include a summary description of benefits and enrollment 
        options under parts B, C, and D of title XVIII, but shall 
        indicate that the information described in subsection (b) does 
        not include information related to contributions and benefits 
        under those parts.
    ``(b) Medicare Part A Information Statement Described.--In addition 
to the information described in paragraphs (3)(B) and (4) of subsection 
(a), each annual Medicare part A information statement for an eligible 
individual shall contain the following:
            ``(1) HI employee contributions.--The total contributions 
        described in section 1143(a)(2)(C) for the individual--
                    ``(A) for the most recent year for which data are 
                available;
                    ``(B) to the extent feasible, for previous periods 
                through the end of such year; and
                    ``(C) as projected for the individual during the 
                individual's lifetime.
        To the extent feasible, of such total contributions the portion 
        that is attributable to employer, employee, and self-employment 
        contributions.
            ``(2) Medicare part a benefits.--In the case of an eligible 
        individual--
                    ``(A) who, for such most recent year, was entitled 
                to benefits under part A of title XVIII, the total 
                value of such benefits provided to the individual under 
                such part as of the end of such year and, to the extent 
                feasible, the total value of such benefits for such 
                individual for previous periods through the end of such 
                year; and
                    ``(B) an estimate of the actuarial value of the 
                expected benefits under such part for the individual 
                during the individual's lifetime, including (but stated 
                separately) any benefits described in subparagraph (A).
            ``(3) Comparison.--An appropriate comparison of such 
        contributions with such benefits.
    ``(c) Records Retention.--The Secretary shall provide for the 
indefinite retention of information that--
            ``(1) is described in subsection (b), including benefits 
        described in subsection (b)(2); and
            ``(2) the Secretary has not discarded as of the date of the 
        enactment of this section.
    ``(d) Eligible Individual Defined.--In this section, the term 
`eligible individual' means an individual--
            ``(1) who has a social security account number;
            ``(2) who has attained age 25 or over; and
            ``(3) who is entitled to benefits under part A of title 
        XVIII or who, as of the end of the most recent year referred to 
        in subsection (b)(1)(A), has had any contributions described in 
        subsection (b)(1) made with respect to the individual during 
        such year or a previous year.''.
    (b) Inclusion of Social Security Account Statement for Those 
Receiving Annual Medicare Part A Information Statement.--Section 
1143(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-13(a)(3)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
``Such term includes an individual not described in the previous 
sentence who is an eligible individual (as defined in subsection (d) of 
section 1143A) for whom an annual Medicare part A information statement 
is provided under such section.''.

SOLUTION: Medicare Information Act of 2011 - Amends part A of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide to each eligible individual annually a statement of Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) contributions and benefits in coordination with the annual mailing of Social Security account statements.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Scientifically Identifying the Need 
for Critical Habitat Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE CRITICAL HABITAT.

    Section 4(a)(3) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1533(a)(3)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(A) may designate any habitat of a species that is 
        determined under paragraph (1) to be an endangered species or 
        threatened species as critical habitat of such species; and ''.

SEC. 3. SOUND SCIENCE.

    (a) Best Scientific and Commercial Data Available.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3 of the Endangered Species Act of 
        1973 (16 U.S.C. 1532) is amended--
                    (A) by amending the section heading to read as 
                follows:

``SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS. '';

                    (B) by striking ``For the purposes of this Act--'' 
                and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this Act:''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Use of Certain Data.--In any case in which the Secretary is 
required by this Act to use the best scientific and commercial data 
available, the Secretary, in evaluating comparable data, shall give 
greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or 
has been field-tested or peer-reviewed.''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--The table of contents in the 
        first section of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
        prec. 1531) is amended by striking the item relating to section 
        3 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 3. Definitions and general provisions.''.
    (b) Use of Sound Science in Listing.--Section 4(b) of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
            ``(9) Establishment of criteria for scientific studies to 
        support listing.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall promulgate 
        regulations that establish criteria that must be met for 
        scientific and commercial data to be used as the basis of a 
        determination under this section that a species is an 
        endangered species or a threatened species.
            ``(10) Field data.--
                    ``(A) Requirement.--The Secretary may not determine 
                that a species is an endangered species or a threatened 
                species unless the determination is supported by data 
                obtained by observation of the species in the field.
                    ``(B) Data from landowners.--The Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) accept and acknowledge receipt of 
                        data regarding the status of a species that is 
                        collected by an owner of land through 
                        observation of the species on the land; and
                            ``(ii) include the data in the rulemaking 
                        record compiled for any determination that the 
                        species is an endangered species or a 
                        threatened species.''.
    (c) Use of Sound Science in Recovery Planning.--Section 4(f) of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(f)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(6)(A) The Secretary shall identify and publish in the Federal 
Register with the notice of a proposed regulation pursuant to paragraph 
(5)(A)(i) a description of additional scientific and commercial data 
that would assist in the preparation of a recovery plan and--
            ``(i) invite any person to submit the data to the 
        Secretary; and
            ``(ii) describe the steps that the Secretary plans to take 
        for acquiring additional data.
    ``(B) Data identified and obtained under subparagraph (A)(i) shall 
be considered by the recovery team and the Secretary in the preparation 
of the recovery plan in accordance with section 5.''.

SEC. 4. PEER REVIEW.

    Section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Independent Scientific Review Requirements.--
            ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Action.--The term `action' means--
                            ``(i) the determination that a species is 
                        an endangered species or a threatened species 
                        under subsection (a);
                            ``(ii) the determination under subsection 
                        (a) that an endangered species or a threatened 
                        species be removed from any list published 
                        under subsection (c)(1);
                            ``(iii) the development of a recovery plan 
                        for a threatened species or endangered species 
                        under subsection (f); and
                            ``(iv) the determination that a proposed 
                        action is likely to jeopardize the continued 
                        existence of a listed species and the proposal 
                        of any reasonable and prudent alternatives by 
                        the Secretary under section 7(b)(3).
                    ``(B) Qualified individual.--The term `qualified 
                individual' means an individual with expertise in the 
                biological sciences--
                            ``(i) who through publication of peer-
                        reviewed scientific literature or other means, 
                        has demonstrated scientific expertise on the 
                        species or a similar species or other 
                        scientific expertise relevant to the decision 
                        of the Secretary under subsection (a) or (f);
                            ``(ii) who does not have, or represent any 
                        person with, a conflict of interest with 
                        respect to the determination that is the 
                        subject of the review;
                            ``(iii) who is not a participant in any 
                        petition or proposed or final determination 
                        before the Secretary; and
                            ``(iv) who has no direct financial 
                        interest, and is not employed by any person 
                        with a direct financial interest, in opposing 
                        the action under consideration.
            ``(2) List of independent scientific reviewers.--The 
        Secretary shall solicit recommendations from the National 
        Academy of Sciences and develop and maintain a list of 
        qualified reviewers to participate in independent scientific 
        review actions.
            ``(3) Appointment of independent scientific reviewers.--(A) 
        Before any action shall become final, the Secretary shall 
        appoint randomly, from among the list prepared in accordance 
        with this section, 3 qualified individuals who shall review and 
        report to the Secretary on the scientific information and 
        analyses on which the proposed action is based.
            ``(B) The selection and activities of the referees selected 
        pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the Federal 
        Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).
            ``(C) Reviewers shall be compensated for conducting the 
        independent review.
            ``(4) Opinion of peer reviewers.--Independent reviewers 
        shall provide the Secretary, within 3 months, their opinion 
        regarding all relevant scientific information and assumptions 
        relating to the taxonomy, population models, and supportive 
        biological and ecological information for the species in 
        question.
            ``(5) Final determination.--If the referees have made a 
        recommendation on a proposed action, the Secretary shall 
        evaluate and consider the information that results from the 
        independent scientific review and include in the final 
        determination--
                    ``(A) a summary of the results of the independent 
                scientific review; and
                    ``(B) in a case in which the recommendation of a 
                majority of the referees who conducted the independent 
                scientific review is not followed, an explanation as to 
                why the recommendation was not followed.
            ``(6) Public notice.--The report of the peer reviewers 
        shall be included in the official record of the proposed action 
        and shall be available for public review prior to the close of 
        the comment period on the proposed action.''.

SEC. 5. IMPROVED RECOVERY PLANNING.

    (a) Use of Information Provided by States.--Section 7(b)(1) of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(b)(1)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Use of state information.--In conducting a 
                consultation under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary 
                shall actively solicit and consider information from 
                the State agency in each affected State.''.
    (b) Opportunity to Participate in Consultations.--Section 7(b)(1) 
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1536(b)(1)) (as 
amended by subsection (a)) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:
                    ``(D) Opportunity to participate in 
                consultations.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In conducting a 
                        consultation under subsection (a)(2), the 
                        Secretary shall provide any person who has 
                        sought authorization or funding from a Federal 
                        agency for an action that is the subject of the 
                        consultation, the opportunity to--
                                    ``(I) before the development of a 
                                draft biological opinion, submit and 
                                discuss with the Secretary and the 
                                Federal agency information relevant to 
                                the effect of the proposed action on 
                                the species and the availability of 
                                reasonable and prudent alternatives (if 
                                a jeopardy opinion is to be issued) 
                                that the Federal agency and the person 
                                can take to avoid violation of 
                                subsection (a)(2);
                                    ``(II) receive information, on 
                                request, subject to the exemptions 
                                specified in section 552(b) of title 5, 
                                United States Code, on the status of 
                                the species, threats to the species, 
                                and conservation measures, used by the 
                                Secretary to develop the draft 
                                biological opinion and the final 
                                biological opinion, including the 
                                associated incidental taking 
                                statements; and
                                    ``(III) receive a copy of the draft 
                                biological opinion from the Federal 
                                agency and, before issuance of the 
                                final biological opinion, submit 
                                comments on the draft biological 
                                opinion and discuss with the Secretary 
                                and the Federal agency the basis for 
                                any finding in the draft biological 
                                opinion.
                            ``(ii) Explanation.--If reasonable and 
                        prudent alternatives are proposed by a person 
                        under clause (i) and the Secretary does not 
                        include the alternatives in the final 
                        biological opinion, the Secretary shall explain 
                        to the person why those alternatives were not 
                        included in the opinion.
                            ``(iii) Public access to information.--
                        Comments and other information submitted to, or 
                        received from, any person (pursuant to clause 
                        (i)) who seeks authorization or funding for an 
                        action shall be maintained in a file for that 
                        action by the Secretary and shall be made 
                        available to the public (subject to the 
                        exemptions specified in section 552(b) of title 
                        5, United States Code).''.

SOLUTION: Scientifically Identifying the Need for Critical Habitat Act - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to change from mandatory to discretionary the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to designate critical habitat of an endangered or threatened species.

Directs the Secretary, when required by the Act to use the best scientific and commercial data available, in evaluating comparable data to give greater weight to such data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed.

Specifies requirements for the use of sound science in the listing of endangered or threatened species such as: (1) the establishment of criteria for scientific studies to support the listing; (2) use of data obtained by observation of the species in the field; and (3) use of data from landowners who have observed such species on their land. Requires the use of sound science in the preparation of a recovery plan for an endangered or threatened species.

Sets forth requirements for: (1) peer review before certain action can become final with respect to endangered or threatened species; and (2) use of information provided by States affected by such species or their habitat for recovery plans.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Edward William Brooke III 
Congressional Gold Medal Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds as follows:
            (1) Edward William Brooke III was the first African 
        American elected by popular vote to the United States Senate 
        and served with distinction for 2 terms from January 3, 1967, 
        to January 3, 1979.
            (2) In 1960, Senator Brooke began his public career when 
        Governor John Volpe appointed him chairman of the Boston 
        Finance Commission, where the young lawyer established an 
        outstanding record of confronting and eliminating graft and 
        corruption and proposed groundbreaking legislation for consumer 
        protection and against housing discrimination and air 
        pollution.
            (3) At a time when few African Americans held State or 
        Federal office, Senator Brooke became an exceptional pioneer, 
        beginning in 1962, when he made national and State history by 
        being elected Attorney General of Massachusetts, the first 
        African American in the Nation to serve as a State Attorney 
        General, the second highest office in the State, and the only 
        Republican to win statewide in the election that year, at a 
        time when there were fewer than 1,000 African American 
        officials in our Nation.
            (4) He won office as a Republican in a state that was 
        strongly Democratic.
            (5) As Massachusetts Attorney General, Senator Brooke 
        became known for his fearless and honest execution of the laws 
        of his State and for his vigorous prosecution of organized 
        crime.
            (6) The pioneering accomplishments of Edward William Brooke 
        III in public service were achieved although he was raised in 
        Washington, DC at a time when the Nation's capital was a city 
        where schools, public accommodations, and other institutions 
        were segregated, and when the District of Columbia did not have 
        its own self-governing institutions or elected officials.
            (7) Senator Brooke graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar High 
        School and went on to graduate from Howard University in 1941.
            (8) Senator Brooke's enduring advocacy for self-government 
        and congressional voting rights for the citizens of Washington, 
        DC has roots in his life and personal experience as a native 
        Washingtonian.
            (9) Senator Brooke served for 5 years in the United States 
        Army in the segregated 366th Infantry Regiment during World War 
        II in the European theater of operations, attaining the rank of 
        captain and receiving a Bronze Star Medal for ``heroic or 
        meritorious achievement or service'' and the Distinguished 
        Service Award.
            (10) After the war, Senator Brooke attended Boston 
        University School of Law, where he served as editor of the 
        school's Law Review, graduating with an LL.B. in 1948 and an 
        LL.M. in 1949, and made Massachusetts his home.
            (11) During his career in Congress, Senator Brooke was a 
        leader on some of the most critical issues of his time, 
        including the war in Vietnam, the struggle for civil rights, 
        the shameful system of apartheid in South Africa, the Cold War, 
        and United States' relations with the People's Republic of 
        China.
            (12) President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Senator Brooke 
        to the President's Commission on Civil Disorders in 1967, where 
        his work on discrimination in housing would serve as the basis 
        for the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
            (13) Senator Brooke continued to champion open housing when 
        he left the Senate and became the head of the National Low-
        Income Housing Coalition.
            (14) Senator Brooke has been recognized with many high 
        honors, among them the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2004, 
        an honor that recognizes ``an especially meritorious 
        contribution to the security or national interests of the 
        United States, world peace, cultural or other significant 
        public or private endeavors''; the Grand Cross of the Order of 
        Merit from the Government of Italy; a State courthouse 
        dedicated in his honor by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
        making him the first African American to have a State 
        courthouse named in his honor; the NAACP Spingarn Medal; and 
        the Charles Evans Hughes award from the National Conference of 
        Christians and Jews.
            (15) Senator Brooke's biography, Bridging The Divide: My 
        Life, was published in 2006, and he is the author of The 
        Challenge of Change: Crisis in Our Two-Party System, published 
        in 1966.
            (16) Senator Brooke became a racial pioneer, but race was 
        never at the center of his political campaigns.
            (17) He demonstrated to all that with commitment, 
        determination, and strength of character, even the barriers 
        once thought insurmountable can be overcome.
            (18) He has devoted his life to the service of others, and 
        made enormous contributions to our society today.
            (19) The life and accomplishments of Senator Brooke is 
        inspiring proof, as he says, that ``people can be elected on 
        the basis of their qualifications and not their race''.

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Presentation Authorized.--The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make 
appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of the 
Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to Edward William 
Brooke III in recognition of his unprecedented and enduring service to 
our Nation.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For purposes of the presentation referred 
to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in this 
Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall strike a gold medal with 
suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be determined by the 
Secretary.

SEC. 4. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    The Secretary may strike and sell duplicates in bronze of the gold 
medal struck pursuant to section 3 under such regulations as the 
Secretary may prescribe, at a price sufficient to cover the cost 
thereof, including labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and 
overhead expenses, and the cost of the gold medal.

SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS.

    (a) National Medals.--The medals struck pursuant to this Act are 
national medals for purposes of chapter 51 of title 31, United States 
Code.
    (b) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of section 5134 of title 31, 
United States Code, all medals struck under this Act shall be 
considered to be numismatic items.

SEC. 6. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authority To Use Fund Amounts.--There is authorized to be 
charged against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, such 
amounts as may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck 
pursuant to this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals authorized under section 4 shall be deposited into the 
United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

SOLUTION:
Edward William Brooke III Congressional Gold Medal Act - Awards a congressional gold medal to Edward William Brooke III, the first African American elected by popular vote to the U.S. Senate, in recognition of his unprecedented and enduring service to our Nation.