		II
		112th CONGRESS
		2d Session
		S. 2254
		IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

			March 29, 2012
			Mr. Portman (for himself
			 and Mr. Whitehouse) introduced the
			 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 Committee on Health, Education, Labor,
			 and Pensions

		A BILL
		To direct the Attorney General to establish uniform
		  standards for the exchange of controlled substance and prescription information
		  for the purpose of preventing diversion, fraud, and abuse of controlled
		  substances and other prescription drugs.

		1.Short
			 titleThis Act may be cited as
			 the Interstate Drug Monitoring
			 Efficiency and Data Sharing Act of 2012 or the
			 ID MEDS
			 Act.
		2.National
			 interoperability standards
			(a)In
			 generalNot later than 1 year
			 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall establish
			 national interoperability standards to facilitate the exchange of prescription
			 information across State lines by States receiving grant funds under—
				(1)the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug
			 Monitoring Program established under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
			 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law
			 107–77; 115 Stat. 748); and
				(2)the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program
			 established under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
			 280g–3).
				(b)RequirementsThe
			 Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human
			 Services, shall ensure that the national interoperability standards established
			 under subsection (a)—
				(1)implement open
			 standards that are freely available, without cost and without restriction, in
			 order to promote broad implementation;
				(2)provide for the
			 use of exchange intermediaries, or hubs, as necessary to facilitate interstate
			 interoperability by accommodating State-to-hub and direct State-to-State
			 communication;
				(3)support
			 transmissions that are fully secured as required, using industry standard
			 methods of encryption, to ensure that Protected Health Information and
			 Personally Identifiable Information (PHI and PII) are not compromised at any
			 point during such transmission; and
				(4)employ access
			 control methodologies to share protected information solely in accordance with
			 State laws and regulations.
				3.State recipient
			 requirements
			(a)Harold Rogers
			 Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
				(1)In
			 generalNot later than 1 year after the date on which the
			 Attorney General establishes national interoperability standards under section
			 2(a), a recipient of a grant under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug
			 Monitoring Program established under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and
			 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law
			 107–77; 115 Stat. 748) shall ensure that the databases of the State comply with
			 such national interoperability standards.
				(2)Use of
			 enhancement grant fundsA recipient of an enhancement grant under
			 the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program established under the
			 Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related
			 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107–77; 115 Stat. 748) may use
			 enhancement grant funds to standardize the technology architecture used by the
			 recipient to comply with the national interoperability standards established
			 under section (2)(a).
				(b)Controlled
			 Substance Monitoring ProgramSection 399O(e) of the Public Health
			 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g–3(e)) is amended by adding at the end the
			 following:

					(5)Not later than 1
				year after the date on which the Attorney General establishes national
				interoperability standards under section 2(a) of the
				ID MEDS Act, the State shall
				ensure that the database complies with such national interoperability
				standards.
					.
			4.Report
			(a)In
			 generalNot later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this
			 Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and
			 Human Services, shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate
			 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on
			 enhancing the interoperability of State prescription monitoring programs with
			 other technologies and databases used for detecting and reducing fraud,
			 diversion, and abuse of prescription drugs.
			(b)ContentsThe
			 report required under subsection (a) shall include—
				(1)a discussion of
			 the feasibility of making State prescription monitoring programs interoperable
			 with other relevant technologies and databases, including—
					(A)electronic
			 prescribing systems;
					(B)databases
			 operated by the Drug Enforcement Agency;
					(C)electronic health
			 records; and
					(D)pre-payment
			 fraud-detecting analytics technologies;
					(2)an assessment of
			 legal, technical, fiscal, privacy, or security challenges that have an impact
			 on interoperability;
				(3)a discussion of
			 how State prescription monitoring programs could increase the production and
			 distribution of unsolicited reports to prescribers and dispensers of
			 prescription drugs, law enforcement officials, and health professional
			 licensing agencies, including the enhancement of such reporting through
			 interoperability with other States and relevant technology and databases;
			 and
				(4)any
			 recommendations for addressing challenges that impact interoperability of State
			 prescription monitoring programs in order to reduce fraud, diversion, and abuse
			 of prescription drugs.


IV
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. RES. 9
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

January 20, 2011

RESOLUTION
Instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing the job-killing health care law.

That the Committee on Education and the Workforce, the Committee on Energy and Commerce,  the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Ways and Means, shall each report to the House legislation proposing changes to existing law within each committee’s jurisdiction with provisions that—
(1)foster economic growth and private sector job creation by eliminating job-killing policies and regulations;
(2)lower health care premiums through increased competition and choice;
(3)preserve a patient’s ability to keep his or her health plan if he or she likes it;
(4)provide people with pre-existing conditions access to affordable health coverage;
(5)reform the medical liability system to reduce unnecessary and wasteful health care spending;
(6)increase the number of insured Americans;
(7)protect the doctor-patient relationship;
(8)provide the States greater flexibility to administer Medicaid programs;
(9)expand incentives to encourage personal responsibility for health care coverage and costs;
(10)prohibit taxpayer funding of abortions and provide conscience protections for health care providers;
(11)eliminate duplicative government programs and wasteful spending;
(12)do not accelerate the insolvency of entitlement programs or increase the tax burden on Americans; or
(13)enact a permanent fix to the flawed Medicare sustainable growth rate formula used to determine physician payments under title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve health care for the nation’s seniors and to provide a stable environment for physicians.

Lorraine C. Miller,Clerk.


113 HR 362 IH: District of Columbia Equal Representation Act of 2013
U.S. House of Representatives
2013-01-23
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		I
		113th CONGRESS
		1st Session
		H. R. 362
		IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

			January 23, 2013
			Ms. Norton (for
			 herself, Mr. Honda,
			 Mr. Farr, Mr. Rangel, Mrs.
			 Napolitano, Mrs.
			 Christensen, Mr. Rush,
			 Mr. Faleomavaega,
			 Mr. Clay, Mr. Ellison, Mr.
			 Conyers, Ms. Bordallo,
			 Mr. Cohen,
			 Mr. Blumenauer,
			 Ms. Chu, Mr. Pierluisi, and Mr. Polis) introduced the following bill; which
			 was referred to the Committee on the
			 Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on
			 Oversight and Government
			 Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
			 Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
			 jurisdiction of the committee concerned

		A BILL
		To provide for the treatment of the District of Columbia
		  as a State for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and
		  Senate, and for other purposes.

		1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the
			 District of Columbia Equal
			 Representation Act of 2013.
		2.Representation in
			 Congress for District of Columbia
			(a)Representation
				(1)In
			 generalNotwithstanding any
			 other provision of law, effective with respect to the One Hundred Thirteenth
			 Congress and each succeeding Congress, the District of Columbia shall be
			 treated as a State for the purposes of representation in the House of
			 Representatives and the Senate.
				(2)Classification
			 of senatorsIn the first election of Senators from the District
			 of Columbia, the 2 senatorial offices shall be separately identified and
			 designated, and no person may be a candidate for both offices. No such
			 identification or designation of either of the 2 senatorial offices shall refer
			 to or be taken to refer to the terms of such offices, or in any way impair the
			 privilege of the Senate to determine the class to which each of the Senators
			 elected shall be assigned.
				(b)Conforming
			 Amendments Relating to Apportionment of Members of House of
			 Representatives
				(1)Inclusion of
			 District of Columbia in reapportionment of members among StatesSection 22 of the Act entitled An
			 Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to
			 provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress, approved June
			 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), is amended by adding at the end the following new
			 subsection:

						(d)This section shall
				apply with respect to the District of Columbia in the same manner as this
				section applies to a
				State.
						.
				(2)Clarification of
			 determination of number of Presidential electors on basis of 23rd
			 AmendmentSection 3 of title 3, United States Code, is amended by
			 striking come into office; and inserting the following:
			 come into office (subject to the twenty-third article of amendment to
			 the Constitution of the United States in the case of the District of
			 Columbia);.
				(c)Conforming
			 amendments regarding appointments to service academies
				(1)United States
			 military academySection 4342 of title 10, United States Code, is
			 amended—
					(A)in subsection (a),
			 by striking paragraph (5); and
					(B)in subsection (f),
			 by striking the District of Columbia,.
					(2)United States
			 naval academySuch title is amended—
					(A)in section
			 6954(a), by striking paragraph (5); and
					(B)in section
			 6958(b), by striking the District of Columbia,.
					(3)United States
			 air force academySection 9342 of title 10, United States Code,
			 is amended—
					(A)in subsection (a),
			 by striking paragraph (5); and
					(B)in subsection (f),
			 by striking the District of Columbia,.
					(4)Effective
			 dateThis subsection and the
			 amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date on which a
			 Representative from the District of Columbia takes office for the One Hundred
			 Thirteenth Congress.
				3.Increase in Membership
			 of House of Representatives
			(a)Permanent
			 Increase in Number of MembersEffective with respect to the One
			 Hundred Thirteenth Congress and each succeeding Congress, the House of
			 Representatives shall be composed of 436 Members, including any Members
			 representing the District of Columbia pursuant to section 2(a).
			(b)Reapportionment
			 of Members Resulting From Increase
				(1)In
			 generalSection 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to
			 provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for
			 apportionment of Representatives in Congress, approved June 28, 1929 (2
			 U.S.C. 2a(a)), is amended by striking the then existing number of
			 Representatives and inserting the number of Representatives
			 established with respect to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
				(2)Effective
			 dateThe amendment made by
			 paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to the regular decennial census
			 conducted for 2020 and each subsequent regular decennial census.
				4.Repeal of office of
			 District of Columbia delegate
			(a)Repeal of
			 OfficeSections 202 and 204 of the District of Columbia Delegate
			 Act (Public Law 91–405; sections 1–401 and 1–402, D.C. Official Code) are
			 repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed by such sections are
			 restored or revived as if such sections had not been enacted.
			(b)Effective
			 dateThe amendments made by this section shall take effect on the
			 date on which a Representative from the District of Columbia takes office for
			 the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress.
			5.Providing For
			 Elections for House Members and Senators From District of Columbia
			(a)Application of
			 District of Columbia Elections Code of 1955The District of
			 Columbia Elections Code of 1955 is amended as follows:
				(1)In section 1 (sec.
			 1–1001.01, D.C. Official Code), by striking the Delegate to the House of
			 Representatives, and inserting the Representative in the
			 Congress, Senator, .
				(2)In section 2 (sec.
			 1–1001.02, D.C. Official Code)—
					(A)by striking
			 paragraph (6); and
					(B)in paragraph (13),
			 by striking the Delegate to Congress for the District of Columbia,
			 United States Senator and Representative, and inserting the
			 Representative in the Congress, Senator,.
					(3)In section 8 (sec.
			 1–1001.08, D.C. Official Code)—
					(A)in the heading, by
			 striking Delegate and inserting Representative,
			 Senator,; and
					(B)by striking
			 Delegate, each place it appears in subsections (h)(1)(A),
			 (i)(1), and (j)(1) and inserting Representative in the Congress,
			 Senator,.
					(4)In section 10
			 (sec. 1–1001.10, D.C. Official Code)—
					(A)in subsection
			 (a)(3)(A)—
						(i)by
			 striking or section 206(d) of the District of Columbia Delegate
			 Act, and
						(ii)by
			 striking the office of Delegate to the House of Representatives
			 and inserting the office of Representative in the
			 Congress;
						(B)in subsection
			 (d)(1), by striking Delegate, each place it appears;
					(C)in subsection
			 (d)(2)—
						(i)by
			 striking (A) In the event and all that follows through
			 term of office, and inserting In the event that a vacancy
			 occurs in the office of Representative in the Congress before May 1 of the last
			 year of the Representative’s term of office, and
						(ii)by
			 striking subparagraph (B); and
						(D)by amending
			 subsection (d)(3) to read as follows:

							(3)In the event of a vacancy in the
				office of Senator, the Mayor shall appoint a successor to complete the
				remainder of the term of
				office.
							.
					(5)In section
			 11(a)(2) (sec. 1—1001.11(a)(2), D.C. Official Code), by striking
			 Delegate to the House of Representatives, and inserting
			 Representative in the Congress, Senator,.
				(6)In section 15(b)
			 (sec. 1–1001.15(b), D.C. Official Code), by striking Delegate,
			 and inserting Representative in the Congress, Senator,.
				(7)In section 17(a)
			 (sec. 1–1001.17(a), D.C. Official Code), by striking the Delegate to the
			 Congress from the District of Columbia and inserting the
			 Representative in the Congress and Senator.
				(b)Effective
			 dateThe amendments made by this section shall apply with respect
			 to the election of the first Representative and Senators from the District of
			 Columbia pursuant to this Act and each subsequent election of Representatives
			 and Senators from the District of Columbia pursuant to this Act.
			6.Repeal of offices of
			 statehood Representative and Senator
			(a)In
			 generalSection 4 of the District of Columbia Statehood
			 Constitutional Convention Initiative of 1979 (sec. 1–123, D.C. Official Code)
			 is amended by striking subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g).
			(b)Conforming
			 amendments
				(1)Statehood
			 commissionSection 6 of such Initiative (sec. 1–125, D.C.
			 Official Code) is amended—
					(A)in subsection
			 (a)—
						(i)by
			 striking 27 voting members and inserting 24 voting
			 members;
						(ii)by
			 adding and at the end of paragraph (4); and
						(iii)by
			 striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph
			 (5); and
						(B)in subsection
			 (a–1)(1), by striking subparagraphs (F), (G), and (H).
					(2)Authorization of
			 appropriationsSection 8 of such Initiative (sec. 1–127, D.C.
			 Official Code) is repealed.
				(3)Application of
			 honoraria limitationsSection 4 of D.C. Law 8–135 (sec. 1–131,
			 D.C. Official Code) is repealed.
				(4)Application of
			 campaign finance lawsSection 3 of the Statehood Convention
			 Procedural Amendments Act of 1982 (sec. 1–135, D.C. Official Code) is
			 repealed.
				(5)District of
			 Columbia Elections Code of 1955Section 2(13) of the District of Columbia
			 Elections Code of 1955 (sec. 1—1001.02(13), D.C. Official Code) is amended by
			 striking United States Senator and Representative,.
				(c)Effective
			 dateThe amendments made by
			 this section shall take effect upon the taking office of the first
			 Representative and Senators from the District of Columbia pursuant to this
			 Act.
			7.Expedited judicial
			 reviewIf any action is
			 brought to challenge the constitutionality of any provision of this Act or any
			 amendment made by this Act, the following rules shall apply:
			(1)The action shall be filed in the United
			 States District Court for the District of Columbia and shall be heard by a
			 3-judge court convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28, United States
			 Code.
			(2)A copy of the complaint shall be delivered
			 promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the
			 Senate.
			(3)A final decision in the action shall be
			 reviewable only by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the United States.
			 Such appeal shall be taken by the filing of a notice of appeal within 10 days,
			 and the filing of a jurisdictional statement within 30 days, of the entry of
			 the final decision.
			(4)It shall be the duty of the United States
			 District Court for the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the United
			 States to advance on the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible extent
			 the disposition of the action and appeal.
			8.Nonseverability of
			 provisionsIf any provision of
			 section 2(a), 2(b)(1), or 3, or any amendment made by any such section, is
			 declared or held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Act
			 and any amendment made by this Act shall be treated and deemed invalid and
			 shall have no force or effect of law.