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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Animal Welfare Accountability and
Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF REGULATORY RECORDS.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not later than 90 days
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
(referred to in this section as the ''Secretary'') shall maintain and
promptly make available to the public in an online searchable database
in a machine-readable format on the website of the Department of
Agriculture information relating to the administration of the Animal
Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.) and the Horse Protection Act (15
U.S.C. 1821 et seq.), including--
(1) the entirety of each report of any inspection
conducted, and record of any enforcement action taken, under--
(A) either of those Acts; or
(B) any regulation issued under those Acts;
(2) with respect to the Animal Welfare Act--
(A) the entirety of each annual report submitted by
a research facility under section 13 of that Act (7
U.S.C. 2143); and
(B) the name, address, and license or registration
number of each research facility, exhibitor, dealer,
and other person or establishment--
(i) licensed by the Secretary under section
3 or 12 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2133, 2142); or
(ii) registered with the Secretary under
section 6 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2136); and
(3) with respect to the Horse Protection Act, the name and
address of--
(A) any person that is licensed to conduct any
inspection under section 4(c) of that Act (15 U.S.C.
1823(c)); or
(B) any organization or association that is
licensed by the Department of Agriculture to promote
horses through--
(i) the showing, exhibiting, sale, auction,
or registry of horses; or
(ii) the conduct of any activity that
contributes to the advancement of horses.

SEC. 3. USE OF ALTERNATIVE DEPRECIATION SYSTEM FOR TAXPAYERS VIOLATING
CERTAIN ANIMAL PROTECTION RULES.

(a) In General.--Section 168(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by striking ''and'' at the end of subparagraph (D), by
inserting ''and'' at the end of subparagraph (E), and by inserting
after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:
''(F) any property placed in service by a
disqualified taxpayer during an applicable period,''.
(b) Definitions.--Section 168(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(8) Disqualified taxpayer; applicable period.--For
purposes of paragraph (1)(F)--
''(A) Disqualified taxpayer.--
''(i) In general.--The term 'disqualified
taxpayer' means any taxpayer if such taxpayer--
''(I) has been assessed a civil
penalty under section 19(b) of the
Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2149(b))
or section 6(b) of the Horse Protection
Act (15 U.S.C. 1825(b)) and either the
period for seeking judicial review of
the final agency action has lapsed or
there has been a final judgment with
respect to an appeal of such
assessment, or
''(II) has been convicted under
section 19(d) of the Animal Welfare Act
(7 U.S.C. 2149(d)) or section 6(a) of
the Horse Protection Act (15 U.S.C.
1825(a)) and there is a final judgment
with respect to such conviction.
''(ii) Aggregation rules.--All persons
treated as a single employer under subsection
(a) or (b) of section 52, or subsection (m) or
(o) of section 414, shall be treated as one
taxpayer for purposes of this subparagraph.
''(B) Applicable period.--The term 'applicable
period' means, with respect to any violation described
in subparagraph (A), the 5-taxable-year period
beginning with the taxable year in which the period for
seeking judicial review of a civil penalty described in
subparagraph (A)(i) has lapsed or in which there has
been a final judgment entered with respect to the
violation, whichever is earlier.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--The last sentence of section 179(d)(1)
is amended by inserting ''or any property placed in service by a
disqualified taxpayer (as defined in section 168(g)(8)(A)) during an
applicable period (as defined in section 168(g)(8)(B))'' after
''section 50(b)''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service in taxable years beginning after
the date of the enactment of this section.

SOLUTION: Animal Welfare Accountability and Transparency Act This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to maintain and publicly disclose records relating to the administration of the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act, including specified details regarding inspections, enforcement actions, regulations, registrations, and licenses under the two laws. Within 90 days of the enactment of this bill, USDA must make the records available to the public in an online searchable database in a machine-readable format on its website. The bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to require a taxpayer who has been convicted or assessed civil penalties for violating certain provisions of the Animal Welfare Act or the Horse Protection Act to use the alternative depreciation system that increases the number of years over which property is depreciated. The taxpayer must use the system for any property placed in service during the five-year period beginning with the year in which the period for seeking judicial review of a civil penalty has lapsed or in which there has been a final judgment entered with respect to the violation, whichever is earlier.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. REPORTING OF BUNDLED CONTRIBUTIONS BY PERSONS OTHER THAN
REGISTERED LOBBYISTS.

(a) In General.--Subsection (i) of section 304 of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(i)), as added by the Honest
Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ''reasonably known by the
committee to be a person described in paragraph (7)'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ''means, with respect to
a committee'' and all that follows through ''threshold.'' and
inserting the following: ''means--
''(A) with respect to a committee which is an
authorized committee of a candidate for the office of
President or for nomination to such office--
''(i) the 2-year period preceding the date
of the election for the office of the
President; and
''(ii) any reporting period applicable to
the committee under this section during which
any person provided 2 or more bundled
contributions to the committee in an aggregate
amount greater than the applicable threshold;
and
''(B) with respect to any other committee--
''(i) the period beginning January 1 and
ending June 30 of each year;
''(ii) the period beginning July 1 and
ending December 31 of each year; and
''(iii) any reporting period applicable to
the committee under this section during which
any person provided 2 or more bundled
contributions to the committee in an aggregate
amount greater than the applicable
threshold.'';
(3) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
''(A) In general.--In this subsection, the
'applicable threshold' is--
''(i) $50,000 in the case of a committee
which is an authorized committee of a candidate
for the office of President or for nomination
to such office; and
''(ii) $15,000 in the case of any other
committee.
In determining whether the amount of bundled
contributions provided to a committee by a person
exceeds the applicable threshold, there shall be
excluded any contribution made to the committee by the
person or the person's spouse.''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ''the amount''
each place it appears and inserting ''each amount'';
(4) in paragraph (5), by striking ''described in paragraph
(7)'' each place it appears in subparagraphs (C) and (D);
(5) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
''(7) Separate reporting for certain persons.--Each
committee required to include a schedule under paragraph (1)
shall also include a separate schedule setting forth the name,
address, and employer of each person listed on the schedule
required under paragraph (1) who, at the time a contribution is
forwarded to a committee as described in paragraph (8)(A)(i) or
is received by a committee as described in paragraph
(8)(A)(ii), is--
''(A) a current registrant under section 4(a) of
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995;
''(B) an individual who is listed on a current
registration filed under section 4(b)(6) of such Act or
a current report under section 5(b)(2)(C) of such Act;
or
''(C) a political committee established or
controlled by such a registrant or individual.
The schedule required under the preceding sentence shall also
include the aggregate amount of bundled contributions provided
by each such person during the covered period.''; and
(6) in paragraph (8)(A)--
(A) by striking ''and a person described in
paragraph (7)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following flush
sentence:
''The term 'bundled contribution' shall not include any
contribution forwarded by or credited to (through
records, designations, or other means of recognizing a
certain amount of money has been raised) a person who
is a regularly paid employee of the committee.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in section 204 of the Honest Leadership and Open
Government Act of 2007.

SOLUTION: Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, to revise requirements for disclosure of bundled contributions, particularly by an authorized committee of a candidate for the office of President or for nomination to such office (presidential candidate committee).

Applies such reporting requirements to bundled contributions by persons other than registered lobbyists. Requires reporting of lobbyist contributions on a separate schedule.

Sets the covered period for such reports as the two-year period preceding a presidential election, as well as any applicable reporting period during which any person provided two or more bundled contributions in an aggregate amount greater than the specified applicable amount.

Increases the applicable threshold triggering such reporting requirement from $15,000 (currently applicable to any authorized committee of a candidate, a leadership PAC, or a political party committee) to $50,000 in the case of a presidential candidate committee.

Excludes from the calculation of a bundled contribution any contribution by the candidate or the candidate's spouse.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Primary Care Health Practitioner
Incentive Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND
CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALISTS.

(a) Removal of Restrictions on Settings.--
(1) In general.--Section 1861(s)(2)(K)(ii) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)(K)(ii)) is amended to read
as follows:
''(ii) services which would be physicians' services if
furnished by a physician (as defined in subsection (r)(1)) and
which are performed by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse
specialist (as defined in subsection (aa)(5)) working in
collaboration (as defined in subsection (aa)(6)) with a
physician (as so defined) which the nurse practitioner or
clinical nurse specialist is legally authorized to perform by
the State in which the services are performed, and such
services and supplies furnished as an incident to such services
as would be covered under subparagraph (A) if furnished
incident to a physician's professional service;''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 1861(s)(2)(K) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395x(s)(2)(K)), as amended by paragraph (1), is
amended--
(i) in clause (i), by inserting ''and such
services and supplies furnished as incident to
such services as would be covered under
subparagraph (A) if furnished as an incident to
a physician's professional service.'' after
''are performed, and''; and
(ii) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv).
(B) Section 1861(b)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395x(b)(4)) is amended by striking ''clauses (i) or
(iii) of subsection (s)(2)(K)'' and inserting
''subsection (s)(2)(K)''.
(C) Section 1862(a)(14) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1395y(a)(14)) is amended by striking
''section 1861(s)(2)(K)(i) or
1861(s)(2)(K)(iii)'' and inserting ''section
1861(s)(2)(K)''.
(D) Section 1866(a)(1)(H) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)(H)) is amended by striking
''section 1861(s)(2)(K)(i) or
1861(s)(2)(K)(iii)'' and inserting ''section
1861(s)(2)(K)''.
(b) Increased Payment.--
(1) Fee schedule amount.--Section 1833(a)(1)(O) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)(O)) is amended to
read as follows: ''(O) with respect to services described in
section 1861(s)(2)(K)(ii) (relating to nurse practitioner or
clinical nurse specialist services), the amounts paid shall be
equal to 80 percent of (i) the lesser of the actual charge or
85 percent of the fee schedule amount provided under section
1848 for the same service provided by a physician who is not a
specialist; or (ii) in the case of services as an assistant at
surgery, the lesser of the actual charge or 85 percent of the
amount that would otherwise be recognized if performed by a
physician who is serving as an assistant at surgery, and''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Section 1833(r) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395l(r)) is amended--
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ''section
1861(s)(2)(K)(iii) (relating to nurse
practitioner or clinical nurse specialist
services provided in a rural area),'' and
inserting ''section 1861(s)(2)(K)(ii) (relating
to nurse practitioner or clinical nurse
specialist services),'';
(ii) by striking paragraph (2);
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking
''section 1861(s)(2)(K)(iii)'' and inserting
''section 1861(s)(2)(K)(ii)''; and
(iv) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (2).
(B) Section 1842(b)(12)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395u(b)(12)(A)) is amended in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking ''clauses (i), (ii), or (iv) of
section 1861(s)(2)(K) (relating to a physician
assistants and nurse practitioners)'' and inserting
''section 1861(s)(2)(K)(i) (relating to physician
assistants)''.
(c) Direct Payment for Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse
Specialists.--
(1) In general.--Section 1832(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395k(a)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended by
striking ''provided in a rural area (as defined in section
1886(d)(2)(D))''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1842(b)(6)(C) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(C)) is amended--
(A) by striking ''clauses (i), (ii), or (iv)'' and
inserting ''clause (i)''; and
(B) by striking ''or nurse practitioner''.
(d) Bonus Payment for Services Provided in Health Professional
Shortage Areas.--Section 1833(m) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(m)) is
amended--
(1) by inserting ''(1)'' after ''(m)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(2) In the case of services of a nurse practitioner or clinical
nurse specialist furnished to an individual, described in paragraph
(1), in an area that is a health professional shortage area as
described in such paragraph, in addition to the amount otherwise paid
under this part, there shall also be paid to such service provider (on
a monthly or quarterly basis) from the Federal Supplementary Medical
Insurance Trust Fund an amount equal to 10 percent of the payment
amount for the service under this part.''.
(e) Definition of Clinical Nurse Specialist Clarified.--Section
1861(aa)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(5)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ''(A)'' after ''(5)'';
(2) by striking ''The term '''physician assistant''' and
all that follows through ''who performs'' and inserting ''The
term 'physician assistant' and the term 'nurse practitioner'
mean, for purposes of this title, a physician assistant or
nurse practitioner who performs''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
''(B) The term 'clinical nurse specialist' means, for
purposes of this title, an individual who--
''(i) is a registered nurse and is licensed to
practice nursing in the State in which the clinical
nurse specialist services are performed; and
''(ii) holds a master's degree in a defined
clinical area of nursing from an accredited educational
institution.''.
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to services furnished and supplies provided on and
after July 1, 1995.

SOLUTION:
Primary Care Health Practitioner Incentive Act of 1995 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, with respect to payments for medical and other health services, to cover services which would be physicians' services if furnished by a physician but: (1) which are performed by a clinical nurse specialist working in collaboration with a physician; and (2) which the clinical nurse specialist is legally authorized to perform by the State. Eliminates the requirement, with respect to such services performed by a nurse practitioner, that they be performed in a skilled nursing facility or other specified nursing facility. Covers, in addition, other services and supplies incidental to such services.
Revises the formula for payment from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for such services (thereby increasing such payment).
Repeals the rural area restriction on services performed by nurse practitioners or clinical nurse specialists for which direct payment may be made.
Requires a ten percent bonus payment from the Fund for services of a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist furnished in a health professional shortage area.