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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Medicare Spending Transparency Act
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF AGGREGATE DATA ON MEDICARE PROVIDERS OF
SERVICES AND SUPPLIERS.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to make aggregate
information about providers of services and suppliers under the
Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) publicly available and to provide a new level of
transparency in such program.
(b) Public Availability.--Section 1128J of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1320a-7k) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
''(f) Public Availability of Certain Medicare Data.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, to the extent
consistent with applicable information, privacy, security, and
disclosure laws, including the regulations promulgated under
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
and section 552a of title 5, United States Code, make available
to the public on the Internet website of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services the following data with respect to
title XVIII:
''(A) A complete list of the providers of services
and suppliers participating in the program under such
title, including the business address of such providers
of services and suppliers.
''(B) Aggregate information about each such
provider of services and supplier, including--
''(i) the total number of individuals
furnished items or services by the provider of
services or supplier for which payment was made
under such title during the preceding year;
''(ii) the number of unique patient
encounters conducted by the provider of
services or supplier for which payment was made
under such title during the preceding year;
''(iii) the average number of codes billed
under such title by the provider of services of
supplier per patient encounter during the
preceding year;
''(iv) the total amount paid to such
provider of services or supplier under such
title during the preceding year;
''(v) the top 50 billing codes on claims
paid under such title to the provider of
services or supplier during the preceding year,
as determined by volume, including a
description of such codes;
''(vi) the top 50 billing codes on such
claims paid during such year, as determined by
dollar amount, including a description of such
codes; and
''(vii) the top 50 diagnosis and procedure
code pairs on such claims paid during such
year, as determined by volume, including a
description of such codes.
''(2) Implementation.--Not later than 1 year after the date
of enactment of the Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011,
the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this
subsection.''.

SEC. 3. ACCESS TO MEDICARE CLAIMS AND PAYMENT DATA BY QUALIFIED
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.

(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to allow qualified
individuals and groups access to information on claims and payment data
under the Medicare program for purposes of conducting health research
and detecting fraud under such program.
(b) Access to Medicare Claims and Payment Data by Qualified
Individuals and Groups.--Section 1128J of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1320a-7k), as amended by section 2, is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
''(g) Access to Medicare Claims and Payment Data by Qualified
Individuals and Groups.--
''(1) In general.--For purposes of conducting health
research and detecting fraud under title XVIII, and to the
extent consistent with applicable information, privacy,
security, and disclosure laws, including the regulations
promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act of 1996 and section 552a of title 5, United
States Code, and subject to any information systems security
requirements under such laws or otherwise required by the
Secretary, a qualified individual or group shall have access to
claims and payment data of the Department of Health and Human
Services and its contractors related to title XVIII.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such data shall
include the identity of individual providers of services and
suppliers under such title.
''(2) Definition of qualified individual or group.--
''(A) In general.--In this subsection, the term
'qualified individual or group' means an individual or
entity that the Secretary has determined, in accordance
with subparagraph (B), has relevant experience,
knowledge, and technical expertise in medicine,
statistics, health care billing, practice patterns,
health care fraud detection, and analysis to use data
provided to the individual or the entity under this
subsection in an appropriate, responsible, and ethical
manner and for the purposes described in paragraph (1).
''(B) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish
procedures for determining, in a timely manner, whether
an individual or entity is a qualified individual or
group.
''(3) Procedures.--The Secretary shall establish procedures
for the storage and use of data provided to a qualified
individual or group under this subsection. Such procedures
shall ensure that, in the case where the qualified individual
or group publishes an analysis of such data (or any analysis
using such data), the qualified individual or group discloses
the following information (in a form and manner, and at a time,
specified by the Secretary):
''(A) The name of the qualified individual or
group.
''(B) The sources of any funding for the qualified
individual or group.
''(C) Any employer or other relevant affiliations
of the qualified individual or group.
''(D) The data analysis methods used by the
qualified individual or group in the analysis
involved.''.

SOLUTION: Medicare Spending Transparency Act of 2011 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), consistent with applicable information, privacy, security, and disclosure laws, to make public on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the following data with respect to SSA title XVIII (Medicare): (1) a complete list of service providers and suppliers participating in the Medicare program, including their business addresses; and (2) certain aggregate information about each provider and supplier.

Entitles a qualified individual or group, for health research and fraud detection purposes, to access to Medicare claims and payment data of both HHS and its contractors. Directs the Secretary to establish procedures for the storage and use of data provided to such an individual or group.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ''American Veterans Disabled for Life
Commemorative Coin Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The Armed Forces of the United States have answered the
call and served with distinction around the world--from hitting the
beaches in World War II in the Pacific and Europe, to the cold and
difficult terrain in Korea, the steamy jungles of Vietnam, and the
desert sands of the Middle East.
(2) All Americans should commemorate those who come home having
survived the ordeal of war, and solemnly honor those who made the
ultimate sacrifice in giving their lives for their country.
(3) All Americans should honor the millions of living disabled
veterans who carry the scars of war every day, and who have made
enormous personal sacrifices defending the principles of our
democracy.
(4) In 2000, Congress authorized the construction of the
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial.
(5) The United States should pay tribute to the Nation's living
disabled veterans by minting and issuing a commemorative silver
dollar coin.
(6) The surcharge proceeds from the sale of a commemorative
coin would raise valuable funding for the construction of the
American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial.
SEC. 3. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.
(a) $1 Silver Coins.--The Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ''Secretary'') shall mint and issue not
more than 350,000 $1 coins in commemoration of disabled American
veterans, each of which shall--
(1) weigh 26.73 grams;
(2) have a diameter of 1.500 inches; and
(3) contain 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
(b) Legal Tender.--The coins minted under this Act shall be legal
tender, as provided in section 5103 of title 31, United States Code.
(c) Numismatic Items.--For purposes of sections 5134 and 5136 of
title 31, United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be
considered to be numismatic items.
SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.
(a) Design Requirements.--
(1) Design.--The design of the coins minted under this Act
shall be emblematic of the service of our disabled veterans who,
having survived the ordeal of war, made enormous personal
sacrifices defending the principles of our democracy.
(2) Designation and inscriptions.--On each coin minted under
this Act, there shall be--
(A) a designation of the value of the coin;
(B) an inscription of the year ''2010''; and
(C) inscriptions of the words ''Liberty'', ''In God We
Trust'', ''United States of America'', and ''E Pluribus Unum''.
(b) Selection.--The design for the coins minted under this Act
shall be--
(1) selected by the Secretary, after consultation with the
Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation and the Commission of
Fine Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.
SEC. 5. ISSUANCE OF COINS.
(a) Quality of Coins.--Coins minted under this Act shall be issued
in uncirculated and proof qualities.
(b) Mint Facility.--
(1) In general.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may
be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under
this Act.
(2) Use of the united states mint at west point, new york.--It
is the sense of the Congress that the coins minted under this Act
should be struck at the United States Mint at West Point, New York,
to the greatest extent possible.
(c) Period for Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins under this
Act only during the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2010.
SEC. 6. SALE OF COINS.
(a) Sale Price.--The coins issued under this Act shall be sold by
the Secretary at a price equal to the sum of--
(1) the face value of the coins;
(2) the surcharge provided in section 7 with respect to such
coins; and
(3) the cost of designing and issuing the coins (including
labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, overhead expenses,
marketing, and shipping).
(b) Bulk Sales.--The Secretary shall make bulk sales of the coins
issued under this Act at a reasonable discount.
(c) Prepaid Orders.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall accept prepaid orders for
the coins minted under this Act before the issuance of such coins.
(2) Discount.--Sale prices with respect to prepaid orders under
paragraph (1) shall be at a reasonable discount.
SEC. 7. SURCHARGES.
(a) In General.--All sales of coins issued under this Act shall
include a surcharge of $10 per coin.
(b) Distribution.--Subject to section 5134(f) of title 31, United
States Code, all surcharges received by the Secretary from the sale of
coins issued under this Act shall be paid to the Disabled Veterans'
LIFE Memorial Foundation for the purpose of establishing an endowment
to support the construction of American Veterans' Disabled for Life
Memorial in Washington, D.C.
(c) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall
have the right to examine such books, records, documents, and other
data of the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation as may be
related to the expenditures of amounts paid under subsection (b).
(d) Limitation.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), no surcharge may
be included with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin
during a calendar year if, as of the time of such issuance, the
issuance of such coin would result in the number of commemorative coin
programs issued during such year to exceed the annual 2 commemorative
coin program issuance limitation under section 5112(m)(1) of title 31,
United States Code (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act). The Secretary of the Treasury may issue guidance to carry out
this subsection.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

SOLUTION: American Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins emblematic of the service of our disabled veterans who, having survived the ordeal of war, made enormous personal sacrifices defending the principles of our democracy.

Expresses the sense of Congress that, to the greatest extent possible, the coins should be struck at the U.S. Mint at West Point, New York.

Limits the period for coin issuance to the calendar year beginning on January 1, 2010.

Imposes a $10 surcharge per coin, to be distributed to the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation for the purpose of establishing an endowment to support the construction of American Veterans' Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Prohibits a surcharge with respect to the issuance under this Act of any coin during a calendar year if, at the time of issuance, it would result in more than the statuory maximum of two commemorative coin programs per year.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Preserving Equal Access to Mortgage
Finance Programs Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT CONFORMING LOAN LIMIT INCREASE FOR FREDDIE MAC AND
FANNIE MAE.

(a) Freddie Mac.--
(1) Increase.--Paragraph (2) of section 305(a) of the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 U.S.C.
1454(a)(2)) is amended--
(A) by inserting ''(A)'' after ''(2)'';
(B) in the first sentence, by redesignating clauses
(A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii),
respectively;
(C) in the second sentence, by striking ''clause
(A)'' and inserting ''clause (i)''; and
(D) in the last sentence--
(i) by striking ''115 percent'' each place
such term appears and inserting ''125
percent''; and
(ii) by striking ''150 percent'' and
inserting ''175 percent''.
(2) Discretionary authority to limit decreases.--Paragraph
(2) of section 305(a) of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation Act (12 U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)), as amended by paragraph
(1), is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
''(B) Notwithstanding the calculation of the limitation on the
maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be
purchased by the Corporation for an area pursuant to the last sentence
of subparagraph (A), if any recalculation of the local median home
price for any area would otherwise result in a decrease in the maximum
original principal limitation for any size residence in any such area,
the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency may prevent or limit
a decrease in such limitation from taking place for any such area. In
taking such action, the Director shall consider such factors as market
dislocations caused by a decrease in such limitation, the extent of the
median home price decline, and the causes for such reduction in median
home price.''.
(b) Fannie Mae.--
(1) Increase.--Paragraph (2) of section 302(b) of the
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C.
1717(b)(2)) is amended--
(A) by inserting ''(A)'' after ''(2)'';
(B) in the second sentence, by redesignating
clauses (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii),
respectively;
(C) in the third sentence, by striking ''clause
(A)'' and inserting ''clause (i)''; and
(D) in the last sentence--
(i) by striking ''115 percent'' each place
such term appears and inserting ''125
percent''; and
(ii) by striking ''150 percent'' and
inserting ''175 percent''.
(2) Discretionary authority to limit decreases.--Paragraph
(2) of section 302(b) of the Federal National Mortgage
Association Charter Act (12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)), as amended by
paragraph (1), is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:
''(B) Notwithstanding the calculation of the limitation on the
maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be
purchased by the corporation for an area pursuant to the last sentence
of subparagraph (A), if any recalculation of the local median home
price for any area would otherwise result in a decrease in the maximum
original principal limitation for any size residence in any such area,
the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency may prevent or limit
a decrease in such limitation from taking place for any such area. In
taking such action, the Director shall consider such factors as market
dislocations caused by a decrease in such limitation, the extent of the
median home price decline, and the causes for such reduction in median
home price.''.

SEC. 3. PERMANENT LOAN LIMIT INCREASE FOR FHA.

(a) Increase.--Subparagraph (A) of section 203(b)(2) of the
National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) in clause (i) by striking ''115 percent'' and inserting
''125 percent''; and
(2) in clause (ii) by striking ''150 percent'' and
inserting ''175 percent''.
(b) Discretionary Authority To Limit Decreases.--Subparagraph (A)
of section 203(b)(2) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1709(b)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after ''; and'' at the end the
following: ''except that notwithstanding the calculation of the maximum
dollar amount limitation for any area pursuant to clause (i) of this
subparagraph, if any recalculation of the local median home price for
any area would otherwise result in a decrease in the maximum dollar
amount limitation for any size residence in any such area, the
Secretary, considering such factors as market dislocations caused by a
decrease in such dollar amount limitation, the extent of the median
home price decline, and the causes for such reduction in median home
price, may prevent or limit a decrease in such dollar amount limitation
from taking place for any such area; and''.

SEC. 4. EXISTING LOAN LIMITS.

This Act may not be construed to affect the loan limits for the
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the Federal National Mortgage
Association in effect under section 146 of the Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2011 (Public Law 111-242; 124 Stat. 2615) or the
FHA mortgage amount limitations in effect under section 145 of such
Act.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1,
2011.

SOLUTION:
Preserving Equal Access to Mortgage Finance Programs Act - Amends the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act and the Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act to increase limitations on the maximum original principal obligation of mortgages that may purchased by the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Association (Freddie Mac).

Increases such limitations in areas where 125% (currently, 115%) of the median price of residences of a particular size exceed existing mortgage purchase limitations for such residence size.

Gives the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) discretion to prevent or limit a decrease in the limitation on the maximum original principal obligation of a mortgage that may be purchased by the corporation for an area.

Amends the National Housing Act to raise limitations on the maximum principal obligation of mortgages that may be insured by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Gives the Secretary discretion to prevent or limit a decrease in the maximum dollar amount limitation for any area from taking place for any such area.