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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Construction Reform Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CONSTRUCTION REFORMS.

    (a) Application of Industry Standards; Assistance.--Section 8103 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsections:
    ``(f) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use 
industry standards, standard designs, and best practices in carrying 
out the construction of medical facilities.
    ``(g)(1) The Secretary shall provide to a non-Department Federal 
entity with which the Secretary has entered into an agreement under 
subsection (e)--
            ``(A) design, planning, and construction assistance before 
        the entity issues a request for proposals for the design or 
        construction of the super construction project covered by the 
        agreement;
            ``(B) any documents or information needed for the entity to 
        carry out the responsibilities of the entity with respect to 
        the super construction project; and
            ``(C) upon the request of the entity, any other assistance 
        that the entity determines necessary to carry out such 
        responsibilities.
    ``(2) Any assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be provided 
to the non-Department Federal entity on a non-reimbursable basis.
    ``(h)(1) With respect to a proposed change to a contract entered 
into by a non-Department Federal entity with which the Secretary has 
entered into an agreement under subsection (e) that is estimated at a 
value of less than $250,000, the non-Department Federal entity shall 
issue a final decision regarding such change not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the change is proposed.
    ``(2) With respect to a proposed change to such a contract that is 
estimated at a value of $250,000 or more--
            ``(A) the Secretary may provide to the entity the 
        recommendations of the Secretary regarding such change;
            ``(B) during the 30-day period beginning on the date on 
        which the entity furnishes to the Secretary information 
        regarding such change, the Secretary may issue the final 
        decision regarding such change; and
            ``(C) if the Secretary does not issue a final decision 
        under subparagraph (B), during the 30-day period following the 
        period described in such paragraph, the entity shall issue a 
        final decision regarding such a change no later than 90 days 
        from when the entity furnished information regarding such a 
        change to the Secretary.
    ``(i) The Secretary shall ensure that each employee of the 
Department with responsibilities relating to the construction or 
alteration of medical facilities, including such construction or 
alteration carried out pursuant to contracts or agreements, undergoes a 
program of ongoing professional training and development. Such program 
shall be designed to ensure that employees maintain adequate expertise 
relating to industry standards and best practices for the acquisition 
of design and construction services. The Secretary may provide the 
program under this subsection through a contract or agreement with a 
non-Federal entity or with a non-Department Federal entity.''.
    (b) Limitation on Planning and Design for Super Construction 
Projects.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8104(a) of title 38, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4);
                    (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph (3):
    ``(3) The Secretary may not obligate or expend funds for advance 
planning or design for any super construction project, until the date 
that is 60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives notice of such 
obligation or expenditure.''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by paragraph 
                (1) of this subsection, by adding at the end the 
                following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) The term `super construction project' means a project 
        for the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a medical 
        facility involving a total expenditure of more than 
        $100,000,000, but such term does not include an acquisition by 
        exchange.''.
            (2) Applicability.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
        shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
        shall apply with respect to a construction project that is 
        initiated on or after that date.
    (c) Congressional Approval of Certain Projects.--
            (1) Projects that exceed specified amount.--Subsection (c) 
        of section 8104 of title 38, United States Code, is amended to 
        read as follows:
    ``(c)(1) The Secretary may not obligate funds for a major medical 
facility project or a super construction project approved by a law 
described in subsection (a)(2) in an amount that would cause the total 
amount obligated for that project to exceed the amount specified in the 
law for that project (or would add to total obligations exceeding such 
specified amount) by more than 10 percent unless the Committee on 
Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives each approve in writing the obligation 
of those funds.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall--
            ``(A) enter into a contract with an appropriate non-
        department Federal entity with the ability to conduct forensic 
        audits on medical facility projects for the conduct of an 
        external forensic audit of the expenditures relating to any 
        major medical facility or super construction project for which 
        the total expenditures exceed the amount specified in the law 
        for the project by more than 25 percent; and
            ``(B) enter into a contract with an appropriate non-
        department Federal entity with the ability to conduct forensic 
        audits on medical facility projects for the conduct of an 
        external audit of the medical center construction project in 
        Aurora, Colorado.''.
            (2) Use of extra amounts.--Subsection (d) of such section 
        is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), in the matter preceding 
                clause (i), by striking ``Whenever'' and inserting 
                ``Before''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(3) The Secretary may not obligate any funds described in 
paragraph (1) or amounts described in paragraph (2) before the date 
that is 30 days after the notification submitted under paragraph (1) or 
paragraph (2)(B), as the case may be, unless the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives each approve in writing the obligation of 
those funds or amounts.''.
            (3) Notification requirements.--
                    (A) Committees required.--Subsection (d)(1) of such 
                section is amended by striking ``each committee'' and 
                inserting ``the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the House of Representatives''.
                    (B) Use of amounts from bid savings.--Subsection 
                (d)(2)(B) of such section is amended by adding at the 
                end the following new clause:
            ``(iv) With respect to the major construction project that 
        is the source of the bid savings--
                    ``(I) the amounts already obligated or available in 
                the project reserve for such project;
                    ``(II) the percentage of such project that has been 
                completed; and
                    ``(III) the amount of such bid savings that is 
                already obligated or otherwise being used for a purpose 
                other than such project.''.
    (d) Quarterly Report on Super Construction Projects.--
            (1) In general.--At the end of subchapter I of chapter 81 
        of title 38, United States Code, add the following new section:
``Sec. 8120. Quarterly report on super construction projects
    ``(a) Quarterly Reports Required.--Not later than 30 days after the 
last day of each fiscal quarter the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the Senate and House of 
Representatives on the super construction projects carried out by the 
Secretary during such quarter. Each such report shall include, for each 
such project--
            ``(1) the budgetary and scheduling status of the project, 
        as of the last day of the quarter covered by the report; and
            ``(2) the actual cost and schedule variances of the 
        project, as of such day, compared to the planned cost and 
        schedules for the project.
    ``(b) Super Construction Project Defined.--In this section, the 
term `super construction project' has the meaning given such term in 
section 8104(a)(4)(C) of this title.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of the chapter is amended by adding at the end of the 
        items relating to such subchapter the following new item:

``8120. Quarterly report on super construction projects.''.
    (e) Accelerated Master Planning for Each Medical Facility of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.--
            (1) Existing facilities.--Not later than December 31, 2016, 
        the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall complete a master plan 
        described in paragraph (3) for each medical facility of the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs.
            (2) New facilities.--For each medical facility of the 
        Department for which construction is completed after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall complete a 
        master plan described in paragraph (3) for the facility by not 
        later than the earlier of the following dates:
                    (A) The date on which activation is completed.
                    (B) The date of the formal dedication of the 
                facility.
            (3) Master plan described.--A master plan described in this 
        paragraph is, with respect to a medical facility of the 
        Department, a plan to inform investment decisions and funding 
        requests over a 10-year period for construction projects at 
        such medical facility--
                    (A) to meet the health care needs of a changing 
                veteran population through a combination of health care 
                from the Department and other community resources; and
                    (B) to maximize the best use of the land and 
                structures comprising such medical facility.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANT INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after section 312 the following new section:
``Sec. 312A. Assistant Inspector General for Construction
    ``(a) In General.--There is in the Office of Inspector General an 
Assistant Inspector General for Construction. The Assistant Inspector 
General for Construction is responsible for conducting, supervising, 
and coordinating audits, evaluations, and investigations of the 
planning, design, contracting, execution, and construction of 
facilities and infrastructure of the Department, including major and 
minor construction projects and leases.
    ``(b) Qualifications.--Each individual appointed as Assistant 
Inspector General for Construction shall be an individual who has 
expertise in construction and facilities management.
    ``(c) Reports.--(1) Not later than 60 days after the appointment of 
an individual as the Assistant Inspector General for Construction, and 
every calendar quarter thereafter, the Assistant Inspector General for 
Construction shall submit to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
Senate and House of Representatives a report summarizing the activities 
of the Assistant Inspector General for Construction during the 120-day 
period ending on the date of such report.
    ``(2) In addition to the report required in paragraph (1), and the 
requirements contained in section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Assistant Inspector General for Construction 
shall promptly provide to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of the 
Senate and House of Representatives the findings of any investigation 
undertaken by the Assistant Inspector General for Construction, and 
shall notify the Committees promptly if the Assistant Inspector General 
for Construction identifies any serious or flagrant problem or 
deficiency relating to the administration or operation of any 
construction program of the Department, if, during the course of any 
investigation, the Assistant Inspector General for Construction 
determines that Congress should take immediate action.
    ``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize 
the public disclosure of information that is--
            ``(A) specifically prohibited from disclosure by any other 
        provision of law;
            ``(B) specifically required by Executive Order to be 
        protected from disclosure in the interest of national defense 
        or national security or in the conduct of foreign affairs; or
            ``(C) a part of an ongoing criminal investigation.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
312 the following new item:

``312A. Assistant Inspector General for Construction.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives February 9, 2016.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.
[EX A]: Construction Reform Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to use industry standards, standard designs, and best practices in carrying out medical facility construction. A super construction project is one for the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a medical facility involving a total expenditure of more than $100 million (but does not include an acquisition by exchange).  The VA shall provide, on a non-reimbursable basis, a non-VA federal entity with: (1) design, planning, and construction assistance; (2) project documents; and (3) other assistance upon request.  With respect to a proposed change to a contract entered into by a non-VA federal entity with which the VA has entered into an agreement that is estimated at a value of less than $250,000, the entity shall issue a final decision regarding such change within 30 days.   With respect to a proposed contract change estimated at a value of $250,000 or more:    the VA may make recommendations to the entity;   the VA may issue the final decision regarding the change within 30 days after the entity proposes it; and   if the VA does not issue a final decision within 60 days after the entity proposes the contract change, the entity shall issue a final decision regarding the change no later than 90 days after it proposes the change.    The VA shall ensure that each VA employee with responsibilities relating to the construction or alteration of medical facilities undergoes ongoing professional training and development.   The VA is prohibited from:    obligating or expending funds for advance planning or design for any super construction project until 60 days after congressional notification,  obligating funds for a major medical facility project or a super construction project by more than 10% of the amount approved by law unless certain congressional committees approve the obligation, or  using bid savings amounts or funds for other than their original purpose before 30 days after notifying those committees unless each committee approves the obligation.   The VA shall enter into a contract with an appropriate non-department federal entity to conduct an external forensic audit of: (1) the medical center construction project in Aurora, Colorado; and (2) the expenditures relating to any major medical facility or super construction project when such expenditures exceed the amount approved by law by more than 25%.  The VA must complete a 10-year master plan for: (1) each existing VA medical facility by December 31, 2016, and (2) each new VA medical facility by not later than the earlier of the date on which activation is completed or the date of the facility's formal dedication.  (Sec. 3) There is established in the Office of Inspector General an Assistant Inspector General for Construction who shall be responsible for conducting, supervising, and coordinating audits, evaluations, and investigations of the planning, design, contracting, and construction of VA facilities and infrastructure, including major and minor construction projects and leases.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Renewable Energy Promotion 
Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Adaptive Management 
        and Environmental Fund established by section 3(c).
            (2) Marine renewable energy.--The term ``marine renewable 
        energy'' means energy from--
                    (A) waves, tides, and currents in oceans, 
                estuaries, and tidal areas;
                    (B) free flowing water in rivers, lakes, man made 
                channels, and streams; and
                    (C) differentials in ocean temperature or ocean 
                thermal energy conversion.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Energy.

SEC. 3. MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

    (a) Research and Development Program.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a marine 
        renewable energy research and development program that is 
        focused on--
                    (A) developing new marine renewable energy 
                technologies;
                    (B) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs 
                of marine renewable energy technologies;
                    (C) increasing the reliability and survivability of 
                marine renewable energy facilities;
                    (D) integrating marine renewable energy into the 
                national electric grid;
                    (E) identifying opportunities for cross-pollination 
                and development of economies of scale between offshore 
                wind and marine renewable energy sources;
                    (F) identifying the environmental impacts of marine 
                renewable energy and ways to address any negative 
                impacts; and
                    (G)(i) applying advanced systems engineering and 
                system integration methods to identify critical 
                interfaces and develop open standards for marine 
                renewable energy;
                    (ii) transferring the resulting intellectual 
                property to industry stakeholders as public information 
                through published interface definitions, standards, and 
                demonstration projects; and
                    (iii) developing incentives for industry to comply 
                with the standards.
            (2) Administration.--The program established under 
        paragraph (1) shall be separate from any wind and hydropower 
        program carried out by the Secretary.
    (b) Marine-Based Energy Device Verification Program.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a marine-
        based energy device verification program to provide a bridge 
        from the wave, tidal, current, or thermal energy capture device 
        design and development efforts underway across the industry to 
        commercial deployment of marine renewable energy devices.
            (2) Purposes.--The purposes of the program are to fund, 
        facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate 
        marine renewable energy projects, in partnership with the 
        Electric Power Research Institute, the National Renewable 
        Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 
        Marine Sciences Laboratory, and the Sandia National 
        Laboratories, and in conjunction with universities and other 
        institutions of higher education, private business entities, 
        and other appropriate organizations, in order--
                    (A) to increase marine renewable energy experience; 
                and
                    (B) to build and operate enough candidate devices 
                to obtain statistically significant operating and 
                maintenance data.
            (3) Objectives.--The objectives of the program include--
                    (A) verifying the performance, reliability, 
                maintainability, and cost of new marine renewable 
                energy device designs and system components in an 
                operating environment;
                    (B) providing States, regulators, utilities, and 
                other stakeholders with a valid opportunity to test and 
                evaluate marine renewable energy technology in new 
                areas;
                    (C) documenting and communicating the experience 
                from those projects for the benefit of utilities, 
                independent power producers, other nonutility 
                generators, device suppliers, and others in the marine 
                renewable energy development community; and
                    (D) resolving environmental issues through robust 
                characterization, reliable impact prediction, effective 
                monitoring, development and use of adaptive management, 
                and informing engineering design to improve 
                environmental performance.
    (c) Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress finds that--
                    (A) the use of marine renewable energy technologies 
                can reduce contributions to global warming;
                    (B) marine renewable energy technologies can be 
                produced domestically;
                    (C) marine renewable energy is a nascent industry; 
                and
                    (D) the United States must work to promote new 
                renewable energy technologies that reduce contributions 
                to global warming gases and improve domestic energy 
                production.
            (2) Fund.--
                    (A) Establishment.--There is established in the 
                Treasury of the United States a revolving fund, to be 
                known as the ``Adaptive Management and Environmental 
                Fund'', consisting of such amounts as are appropriated 
                to the Fund under subsection (d).
                    (B) Expenditures from fund.--
                            (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), on 
                        request by the Secretary, the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury shall transfer from the Fund to the 
                        Secretary such amounts as the Secretary 
                        determines are necessary to provide grants to 
                        eligible entities to assist the entities in 
                        complying with Federal, State, or local 
                        regulatory permit requirements through 
                        assessment and demonstration of the 
                        environmental effects of marine renewable 
                        energy projects (including environmental 
                        studies, design, fabrication, deployment, 
                        operating, monitoring, environmental 
                        mitigation, and decommissioning costs).
                            (ii) Administrative expenses.--An amount 
                        not exceeding 10 percent of the amounts in the 
                        Fund shall be available for each fiscal year to 
                        pay the administrative expenses necessary to 
                        carry out this subsection.
                    (C) Transfers of amounts.--
                            (i) In general.--The amounts required to be 
                        transferred to the Fund under this paragraph 
                        shall be transferred at least monthly from the 
                        general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on the 
                        basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the 
                        Treasury.
                            (ii) Adjustments.--Proper adjustment shall 
                        be made in amounts subsequently transferred to 
                        the extent prior estimates were in excess of or 
                        less than the amounts required to be 
                        transferred.
            (3) Eligibility.--
                    (A) In general.--To be eligible for a grant under 
                this subsection, an entity shall provide to the 
                Secretary a regulatory permit that includes conditions 
                for the removal of the marine renewable energy project 
                supported by the grant if the permitting authority 
                finds that the marine renewable energy project has an 
                unacceptable adverse impact on the environment.
                    (B) Administration.--A marine renewable energy 
                project shall not be required to be removed in the 
                absence of a finding by the permitting authority that 
                the project has an unacceptable adverse impact.
            (4) Public availability.--The results of any assessment or 
        demonstration conducted under this subsection shall be made 
        available to the public, except to the extent that the 
        assessment or demonstration contains information that is 
        protected from disclosure under section 552(b) of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (5) Audit requirements.--
                    (A) In general.--Any entity that receives a grant 
                under this subsection shall--
                            (i) track the use of grant funds from the 
                        Fund; and
                            (ii) certify annually to the Secretary that 
                        the grant funds were used only for purposes 
                        authorized under this subsection.
                    (B) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish 
                procedures to ensure that the Secretary is able to 
                oversee and audit the use of funds by eligible 
                entities.
                    (C) Annual audits.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
                audit, at least annually, of the use of grant funds 
                received under this subsection by each eligible entity.
                    (D) Ineligibility.--The Secretary may declare an 
                entity ineligible for a grant under this subsection on 
                a finding of inappropriate use of funding.
            (6) Sunset provision.--
                    (A) Report.--The Secretary shall submit a report to 
                the appropriate committees of Congress if the Secretary 
                determines that the technologies and activities 
                supported under this subsection have achieved a level 
                of maturity that is sufficient to enable the program 
                authorized under this subsection to cease.
                    (B) Termination.--The program authorized under this 
                subsection and the Fund shall cease to exist effective 
                on the date of submission of a report described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            (7) Administration.--The Secretary may use amounts in the 
        Fund to provide assistance to State resource agencies that are 
        processing applications for permits required for marine 
        renewables projects that have received assistance from the Fund 
        to assist staff with understanding and evaluating applications 
        and participating in the applicable Federal Energy Regulatory 
        Commission or Minerals Management Service regulatory process.
            (8) Environmental requirement.--Nothing in this section 
        eliminates or otherwise affects any requirement imposed under 
        the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
        et seq.).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2010 through 2021.
[EX A]: Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 2009 - Requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a marine renewable energy research and development program, separate from any DOE wind and hydropower program, focused on: (1) developing new marine renewable energy technologies; (2) reducing the manufacturing and operation costs of such technologies; (3) increasing the reliability and survivability of marine renewable energy facilities; (4) integrating marine renewable energy into the national electric grid; (5) identifying opportunities for cross pollination and development of economies of scale between offshore wind and marine renewable energy sources; (6) identifying the environmental impacts of marine renewable energy and ways to address negative impacts; (7) applying advanced systems engineering and system integration methods to identify critical interfaces and develop open standards for marine renewable energy; (8) transferring the resulting intellectual property to industry stakeholders as public information through published interface definitions, standards, and demonstration projects; and (9) developing incentives for industry to comply with such standards.

Requires DOE to establish a marine-based energy device verification program to provide a bridge from the wave, tidal, current, or thermal energy capture device design and development efforts underway across the industry to commercial deployment of marine renewable energy devices. Sets forth as purpose of the Program to fund, facilitate the development and installation of, and evaluate marine renewable energy projects, in partnership with the Electric Power Research Institute, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Marine Sciences Laboratory, and the Sandia National Laboratories in order to: (1) increase marine renewable energy experience; and (2) build and operate enough candidate devices to obtain statistically significant operating and maintenance data.

Establishes an Adaptive Management and Environmental Fund to provide grants for complying with requirements through assessment and demonstration of the environmental effects of marine renewable energy projects.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Infection Reduction Labeling Act of 
2014''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF SOLID ANTIMICROBIAL COPPER ALLOYS UNDER FEDERAL 
              INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT.

    Section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 
Act (7 U.S.C. 136a) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(i) Claims Made for Solid Antimicrobial Copper Alloys.--
            ``(1) Certain claims authorized.--Notwithstanding any other 
        provision of this Act, solid antimicrobial copper alloys, and 
        products made from such alloys, may be marketed, distributed, 
        or sold with labeling making claims regarding the microbial 
        reduction or infection control efficacy of the alloys if the 
        claims are consistent with the results of--
                    ``(A) federally-funded clinical trials finding 
                greater than 25 percent reductions in infection rate or 
                50 percent reductions in microbial burden; or
                    ``(B) federally-funded clinical trials finding 
                statistically significant reductions in infection rate 
                or microbial burden.
            ``(2) Submission or review of efficacy data waived.--The 
        registration of solid antimicrobial copper alloys under this 
        section shall not require submission or review of efficacy data 
        related to claims consistent with the results of the clinical 
        trials described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Consistency of claims with agency-registered product 
        label.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Claims described in paragraph 
                (1) shall be consistent with the product label 
                registered under this section.
                    ``(B) Process for modification of labeling.--In 
                lieu of the notification process under subsection 
                (c)(9), registration of a solid antimicrobial copper 
                alloy may be modified to ensure the consistency of 
                claims described in paragraph (1) with the product 
                labeling pursuant to the following process:
                            ``(i) The registrant shall submit a 
                        notification identifying the proposed claims 
                        that are consistent with the results of the 
                        clinical trials described in paragraph (1), and 
                        include a copy of the proposed amended product 
                        label.
                            ``(ii) Within 30 days after receipt of such 
                        a notification, the Administrator shall--
                                    ``(I) notify the registrant in 
                                writing if the Administrator objects to 
                                any of the proposed claims as not 
                                consistent with the results of the 
                                clinical trials described in paragraph 
                                (1); and
                                    ``(II) state the reasons why.
                            ``(iii) A registrant may file a response to 
                        any such objection not later than 30 days after 
                        the registrant's receipt of the objection.
                            ``(iv) After receipt and consideration of 
                        any such response, the Administrator shall 
                        issue a decision within 30 days.
                            ``(v) A decision under clause (iv) shall be 
                        considered to be a final agency action.
                            ``(vi) A registrant may distribute or sell 
                        a solid antimicrobial copper alloy product with 
                        the claims described in paragraph (1) after 60 
                        days of submission of the notification 
                        described in this subparagraph, unless the 
                        Administrator issues an objection as described 
                        in this subparagraph.
            ``(4) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `solid 
        antimicrobial copper alloy' means a solid copper alloy that--
                    ``(A) is registered under this section;
                    ``(B) is listed under Environmental Protection 
                Agency registration number 82012-1, 82012-2, 82012-3, 
                82012-4, 82012-5, or 82012-6, or is otherwise 
                identified by a Unified Numbering System code in an 
                Environmental Protection Agency registration;
                    ``(C) has a copper content of not less than 60 
                weight percent; and
                    ``(D) has a content of not more than 0.1 weight 
                percent of each of the following: lead, chromium, and 
                arsenic.''.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF SOLID ANTIMICROBIAL COPPER ALLOYS UNDER FEDERAL 
              FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT.

    Subchapter E of chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 
Act is amended by inserting after section 569C of such Act (21 U.S.C. 
360bbb-8c) the following:

``SEC. 569D. SOLID ANTIMICROBIAL COPPER ALLOYS.

    ``(a) Exclusion From Treatment as Drug or Device.--A product that 
is made from solid antimicrobial copper alloy and has labeling making a 
claim regarding the microbial reduction or infection control efficacy 
of the alloy, consistent with the results of federally-funded clinical 
trials, shall not, by virtue of such claim--
            ``(1) be treated as a drug or device, or as a combination 
        thereof, for purposes of this Act; or
            ``(2) otherwise be subject to regulation by the Food and 
        Drug Administration.
    ``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `solid antimicrobial 
copper alloy' means a solid copper alloy that--
            ``(1) is listed under Environmental Protection Agency 
        registration number 82012-1, 82012-2, 82012-3, 82012-4, 82012-
        5, or 82012-6, or is otherwise identified by a Unified 
        Numbering System code in an Environmental Protection Agency 
        registration;
            ``(2) has a copper content of not less than 60 weight 
        percent; and
            ``(3) has a content of not more than 0.1 weight percent of 
        each of the following: lead, chromium, and arsenic.''.
[EX A]:
Infection Reduction Labeling Act of 2014 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to authorize solid antimicrobial copper alloys, and products made from such alloys, to be marketed, distributed, or sold with labels about their infection reduction and control efficacy if the antimicrobial claims made on the label are consistent with the results of federally-funded clinical trials finding: (1) greater than 25% reductions in infection rate or 50% reductions in microbial burden, or (2) statistically significant reductions in infection rate or microbial burden. Waives alloys from requirements to submit or review efficacy data related to the antimicrobial claims if the claims are consistent with the results of the trials. Sets forth an alternative process to modify the labeling of an alloy. Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude a product that is made from the alloy and has the antimicrobial labeling from regulation and treatment as a drug or device .