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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Veterans Health Care Access Received
Closer to Home Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) veterans who are authorized by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs to receive health care in the community must
not lose the high quality, safety, care coordination, and other
veteran-centric elements that the health care system of the
Department of Veterans Affairs provides;
(2) many veterans receive health care from both the
Department and community providers but the lack of care
coordination among the Department and community providers when
veterans receive purchased care places veterans at risk for
poor health outcomes and results in inefficient use of finite
health care resources;
(3) veteran-centric care coordination is associated with
improved patient outcomes, as Department and non-Department
health care teams coordinate and collaborate to provide the
best care for veterans; and
(4) if the Secretary purchases care for veterans from the
private sector, such care must be secured in a cost-effective
manner, in a way that complements the larger health care system
of the Department by using industry standards for care and
costs.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION AND MODIFICATION OF PILOT PROGRAM OF ENHANCED
CONTRACT CARE AUTHORITY FOR HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF
VETERANS.

Section 403 of the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care
Improvements Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-387; 38 U.S.C. 1703 note) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ''120 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting
''90 days after the date of the enactment of the
Veterans Health Care Access Received Closer to Home Act
of 2014''; and
(B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
''(4) Program locations.--The Secretary shall carry out the
pilot program at locations in the following Veterans Integrated
Service Networks (and such other locations as the Secretary
considers appropriate):
''(A) Veterans Integrated Service Network 1.
''(B) Veterans Integrated Service Network 6.
''(C) Veterans Integrated Service Network 15.
''(D) Veterans Integrated Service Network 18.
''(E) Veterans Integrated Service Network 19.'';
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
''(b) Covered Veterans.--For purposes of the pilot program under
this section, a covered veteran is any rural or highly rural veteran
who--
''(1) is--
''(A) enrolled in the system of patient enrollment
established under section 1705(a) of title 38, United
States Code;
''(B) eligible for health care under the laws
administered by the Secretary and enrolls in such
system of patient enrollment not later than 30 days
after the veteran begins receiving covered health
services under the pilot program; or
''(C) eligible for health care under section
1710(e)(3) of such title; and
''(2) resides in a location that is--
''(A) more than 60 minutes driving distance from
the nearest Department health care facility providing
primary care services, if the veteran is seeking such
services;
''(B) more than 120 minutes driving distance from
the nearest Department health care facility providing
acute hospital care, if the veteran is seeking such
care; or
''(C) more than 240 minutes driving distance from
the nearest Department health care facility providing
tertiary care, if the veteran is seeking such care.'';
(3) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (j);
(4) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new
subsections:
''(h) Appointments.--In carrying out the pilot program under this
section, the Secretary shall ensure that medical appointments for
veterans occur during the 30-day period beginning on the date that is
15 days after the date on which the appointment is requested.
''(i) Outreach.--The Secretary shall ensure that a veteran eligible
for the pilot program under this section is informed of such
program.''; and
(5) in paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (j), as redesignated
by paragraph (3) of this section, by striking the semicolon at
the end and inserting ''; and''.
[EX A]: Veterans Health Care Access Received Closer to Home Act of 2014 - Expresses the sense of Congress in support of veteran-centric health care coordination between the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and community providers, as well as cost-effective VA purchase of veterans' care from the private sector. Amends the Veterans' Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act of 2008 to reauthorize a VA pilot program of contract care authority within specified Veterans Integrated Service Networks for the health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas who are enrolled in the VA annual patient enrollment system. Requires: (1) that medical appointments for veterans, under the pilot program, occur during the 30-day period beginning on the date that is 15 days after the appointment is requested, and (2) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that eligible veterans are informed of the program.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTORS TO POSSESS SATISFACTORY
RECORD OF INTEGRITY AND BUSINESS ETHICS.

(a) Defense Contractors.--(1) Chapter 137 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2305a the following
new section:
''Sec. 2305b. Contractor requirement for satisfactory record of
integrity and business ethics
''(a) In General.--No prospective contractor may be awarded a
contract with an agency under this title unless the contracting officer
for the contract determines that such prospective contractor has a
satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics, including a
record of satisfactory compliance with the law (including tax, labor
and employment, environmental, antitrust, and consumer protection
laws).
''(b) Information To Be Considered.--In making a determination as
to whether a prospective contractor has a satisfactory record of
integrity and business ethics, a contracting officer--
''(1) shall consider all relevant credible information, but
shall give the greatest weight to any violations of law that
have been adjudicated during the 3-year period preceding the
offer by the prospective contractor;
''(2) shall consider any administrative agreements entered
into with the prospective contractor if the prospective
contractor has taken corrective action after disclosing a
violation of law, and may consider such a contractor to be a
responsible contractor if the contractor has corrected the
conditions that led to the misconduct;
''(3) shall consider failure to comply with the terms of an
administrative agreement to be a lack of integrity and business
ethics under this section;
''(4) may consider other relevant information, such as
civil or administrative complaints or similar actions filed by
or on behalf of a Federal agency, board, or commission, if such
action reflects an adjudicated determination by the agency; and
''(5) shall consider the following in descending order of
importance:
''(A) Convictions of and civil judgments rendered
against the prospective contractor for--
''(i) commission of fraud or a criminal
offense in connection with obtaining,
attempting to obtain, or performing a Federal,
State, or local contract or subcontract;
''(ii) violation of Federal or State
antitrust law relating to the submission of
offers; or
''(iii) commission of embezzlement, theft,
forgery, bribery, falsification, or destruction
of records, making false statement, tax
evasion, or receiving stolen property.
''(B) Indictments for the offenses described in
subparagraph (A).
''(C) With respect to tax, labor, employment,
environmental, antitrust, or consumer protection laws--
''(i) Federal or State felony convictions;
''(ii) adverse Federal court judgments in
civil cases brought by the United States;
''(iii) adverse decisions by a Federal
administrative law judge, board, or commission
indicating violations of law; and
''(iv) Federal or State felony
indictments.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2305a the
following new item:

''2305b. Contractor requirement for satisfactory record of integrity
and business ethics.''.
(b) Other Contractors.--(1) Title III of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251 et seq.) is amended
by inserting after section 303L the following new section:

''SEC. 303M. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENT FOR SATISFACTORY RECORD OF
INTEGRITY AND BUSINESS ETHICS.

''(a) In General.--No prospective contractor may be awarded a
contract with an agency unless the contracting officer for the contract
determines that such prospective contractor has a satisfactory record
of integrity and business ethics, including a record of satisfactory
compliance with the law (including tax, labor and employment,
environmental, antitrust, and consumer protection laws).
''(b) Information To Be Considered.--In making a determination as
to whether a prospective contractor has a satisfactory record of
integrity and business ethics, a contracting officer--
''(1) shall consider all relevant credible information, but
shall give the greatest weight to any violations of law that
have been adjudicated during the 3-year period preceding the
offer by the prospective contractor;
''(2) shall consider any administrative agreements entered
into with the prospective contractor if the prospective
contractor has taken corrective action after disclosing a
violation of law, and may consider such a contractor to be a
responsible contractor if the contractor has corrected the
conditions that led to the misconduct;
''(3) shall consider failure to comply with the terms of an
administrative agreement to be a lack of integrity and business
ethics under this section;
''(4) may consider other relevant information, such as
civil or administrative complaints or similar actions filed by
or on behalf of a Federal agency, board, or commission, if such
action reflects an adjudicated determination by the agency; and
''(5) shall consider the following in descending order of
importance:
''(A) Convictions of and civil judgments rendered
against the prospective contractor for--
''(i) commission of fraud or a criminal
offense in connection with obtaining,
attempting to obtain, or performing a Federal,
State, or local contract or subcontract;
''(ii) violation of Federal or State
antitrust law relating to the submission of
offers; or
''(iii) commission of embezzlement, theft,
forgery, bribery, falsification, or destruction
of records, making false statement, tax
evasion, or receiving stolen property.
''(B) Indictments for the offenses described in
subparagraph (A).
''(C) With respect to tax, labor, employment,
environmental, antitrust, or consumer protection laws--
''(i) Federal or State felony convictions;
''(ii) adverse Federal court judgments in
civil cases brought by the United States;
''(iii) adverse decisions by a Federal
administrative law judge, board, or commission
indicating violations of law; and
''(iv) Federal or State felony
indictments.''.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such Act is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 303L the following new
item:

''303M. Contractor requirement for satisfactory record of integrity and
business ethics.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to contracts for which solicitations are issued
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
[EX A]: Amends Federal defense contract law and the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to prohibit a contractor from being awarded a defense or Federal contract unless the Federal contracting officer determines that such contractor has a satisfactory record of integrity and business ethics, including compliance with all applicable laws. Outlines information to be considered by a contracting officer in making such determination, with an emphasis on any violations that have been adjudicated during the prior three-year period, as well as certain convictions of and civil judgments rendered against such contractor.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Federal Consent Decree Fairness
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds that the United States Supreme Court, in its
unanimous decision in Frew v. Hawkins, 540 U.S. 431 (2004), found the
following:
(1) Consent decrees may ''lead to federal court oversight
of state programs for long periods of time even absent an
ongoing violation of federal law,''. 540 U.S. 431, 441.
(2) ''If not limited to reasonable and necessary
implementations of federal law, remedies outlined in consent
decrees involving state officeholders may improperly deprive
future officials of their designated legislative and executive
powers.''. 540 U.S. 431, 441.
(3) ''The federal court must exercise its equitable powers
to ensure that when the objects of the decree have been
attained, responsibility for discharging the State's
obligations is returned promptly to the State and its
officials.''. 540 U.S. 431, 442.
(4) ''As public servants, the officials of the State must
be presumed to have a high degree of competence in deciding how
best to discharge their governmental responsibilities.''. 540
U.S. 431, 442.
(5) ''A State, in the ordinary course, depends upon
successor officials, both appointed and elected, to bring new
insights and solutions to problems of allocating revenues and
resources. The basic obligations of federal law may remain the
same, but the precise manner of their discharge may not.''. 540
U.S. 431, 442.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON CONSENT DECREES.

(a) In General.--Chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''Sec. 1660. Consent decrees
''(a) Definition.--In this section, the term 'consent decree'--
''(1) means any order imposing injunctive or other
prospective relief against a State or local government, or a
State or local official against whom suit is brought, that is
entered by a court of the United States and is based in whole
or part upon the consent or acquiescence of the parties; and
''(2) does not include--
''(A) any private settlement agreement;
''(B) any order arising from an action filed
against a government official that is unrelated to his
or her official duties;
''(C) any order entered by a court of the United
States to implement a plan to end segregation of
students or faculty on the basis of race, color, or
national origin in elementary schools, secondary
schools, or institutions of higher education; and
''(D) any order entered in any action in which one
State is an adverse party to another State.
''(b) Limitation on Duration.--
''(1) In general.--A State or local government, or a State
or local official who is a party to a consent decree (or the
successor to that individual) may file a motion under this
section with the court that entered the consent decree to
modify or terminate the consent decree upon the earliest of--
''(A) 4 years after the consent decree is
originally entered by a court of the United States,
regardless of whether the consent decree has been
modified or reentered during that period;
''(B) in the case of a civil action in which a
State or an elected State official is a party, the date
of expiration of the term of office of the highest
elected State official who is a party to the consent
decree;
''(C) in the case of a civil action in which a
local government or elected local government official
is a party, the date of expiration of the term of
office of the highest elected local government official
who is a party to the consent decree;
''(D) in the case of a civil action in which the
consent to the consent decree was authorized by an
appointed State or local official, the date of
expiration of the term of office of the elected
official who appointed that State or local official, or
the highest elected official in that State or local
government; or
''(E) the date otherwise provided by law.
''(2) Burden of proof.--
''(A) In general.--With respect to any motion filed
under paragraph (1), the burden of proof shall be on
the party who originally filed the civil action to
demonstrate that the denial of the motion to modify or
terminate the consent decree or any part of the consent
decree is necessary to prevent the violation of a
requirement of Federal law that--
''(i) was actionable by such party; and
''(ii) was addressed in the consent decree.
''(B) Failure to meet burden of proof.--If a party
fails to meet the burden of proof described in
subparagraph (A), the court shall terminate the consent
decree.
''(C) Satisfaction of burden of proof.--If a party
meets the burden of proof described in subparagraph
(A), the court shall ensure that any remaining
provisions of the consent decree represent the least
restrictive means by which to prevent such a violation.
''(3) Ruling on motion.--
''(A) In general.--The court shall rule
expeditiously on a motion filed under this subsection.
''(B) Scheduling order.--Not later than 30 days
after the filing of a motion under this subsection, the
court shall enter a scheduling order that--
''(i) limits the time of the parties to--
''(I) file motions; and
''(II) complete any required
discovery; and
''(ii) sets the date or dates of any
hearings determined necessary.
''(C) Stay of injunctive or prospective relief.--In
addition to any other orders authorized by law, the
court may stay the injunctive or prospective relief set
forth in the consent decree in an action under this
subsection if a party opposing the motion to modify or
terminate the consent decree seeks any continuance or
delay that prevents the court from entering a final
ruling on the motion within 180 days after the date on
which the motion is filed.
''(c) Other Federal Court Remedies.--The provisions of this section
shall not be interpreted to prohibit a Federal court from entering a
new order for injunctive or prospective relief to the extent that it is
otherwise authorized by Federal law.
''(d) Available State Court Remedies.--The provisions of this
section shall not prohibit the parties to a consent decree from seeking
appropriate relief under State law.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 111 of
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:

''1660. Consent decrees.''.

SEC. 4. GENERAL PRINCIPLES.

(a) No Effect on Other Laws Relating to Modifying or Vacating
Consent Decrees.--Nothing in the amendments made by section 3 shall be
construed to preempt or modify any other provision of law providing for
the modification or vacating of a consent decree.
(b) Further Proceedings Not Required.--Nothing in the amendments
made by section 3 shall be construed to affect or require further
judicial proceedings relating to prior adjudications of liability or
class certifications.

SEC. 5. DEFINITION.

In this Act, the term ''consent decree'' has the meaning given that
term in section 1660(a) of title 28, United States Code, as added by
section 3 of this Act.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on
the date of the enactment of this Act and apply to any consent decree
regardless of--
(1) the date on which the order of the consent decree is
entered; or
(2) whether any relief has been obtained under the consent
decree before such date of enactment.
[EX A]:
Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act - Amends the federal judicial code to authorize any state or local government or related official (or successor) to file a motion to modify or terminate a federal consent decree upon the earliest of: (1) four years after the consent decree is originally entered; (2) in the case of a civil action in which a state or state official, or a local government or local government official, is a party, the expiration date of the term of office of the highest state or local government official who is a party to the consent decree; or (3) a date otherwise provided by law.

Places the burden of proof with respect to such motions on the party originally filing the action to demonstrate that the denial of the motion to modify or terminate a consent decree (or any part of it) is necessary to prevent the violation of a federal requirement that was: (1) actionable by such party, and (2) addressed in the consent decree.

Requires a court, within 30 days after the filing of a motion, to enter a scheduling order that: (1) limits the time of the parties to file motions and complete discovery, and (2) sets the date or dates of any necessary hearings.

Authorizes a court to stay the injunctive or prospective relief set forth in the consent decree if a party opposing the motion to modify or terminate it seeks any continuance or delay that prevents the court from entering a final ruling on the motion within 180 days after its filing.