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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Rural Physicians' Incentives Act of
1993''.

SEC. 2. DEDUCTION FOR MEDICAL SCHOOL EDUCATION LOAN INTEREST INCURRED
BY DOCTORS SERVING IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED RURAL AREAS.

(a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 163(h) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to disallowance of deduction for
personal interest) is amended by striking ''and'' at the end of
subparagraph (D), by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph
(F), and by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new
subparagraph:
''(E) any qualified medical education loan interest
(within the meaning of paragraph (5)), and''.
(b) Qualified Medical Education Loan Interest Defined.--Subsection
(h) of section 163 of such Code is amended by redesignating paragraph
(5) as paragraph (6) and by inserting after paragraph (4) the following
new paragraph:
''(5) Qualified medical education loan interest.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'qualified medical
education loan interest' means interest--
''(i) which is on a medical education loan
of a physician,
''(ii) which is paid or accrued by such
physician, and
''(iii) which accrues during the period--
''(I) such physician is providing
primary care (including internal
medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics/
gynecology, family medicine, and
osteopathy) to residents of a medically
underserved rural area, and
''(II) such physician's principal
place of abode is in such area.
''(B) Medical education loan.--The term 'medical
education loan' means indebtedness incurred to pay the
individual's--
''(i) qualified tuition and related
expenses (as defined in section 117(b))
incurred for the medical education of such
individual, or
''(ii) reasonable living expenses while
away from home in order to attend an
educational institution described in section
170(b)(1)(A)(ii) for the medical education of
such individual.
''(C) Physician.--For purposes of subparagraph (A),
the term 'physician' has the meaning given such term by
section 1861(r)(1) of the Social Security Act.
''(D) Medically underserved rural area.--The term
'medically underserved rural area' means any rural area
which is a medically underserved area (as defined in
section 330(b) or 1302(7) of the Public Health Service
Act).''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this
Act.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF MEDICARE PAYMENT REDUCTIONS FOR NEW DOCTORS FOR
SERVICES FURNISHED IN ANY RURAL AREA.

(a) In General.--Section 1848(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395w-4(a)(4)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''or services'' and inserting '',
services'', and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: '', or services furnished in a rural area (as so
defined) by (or under the supervision, or incidental to
services, of) a physician described in section 1861(r)(1)''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to services furnished after 1993.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF DEFERMENTS.

(a) Stafford Loans.--
(1) GSL loans.--Section 428(b)(1)(M) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078(b)(1)(M)) is amended--
(A) by striking ''or'' at the end of clause (ii);
(B) by inserting ''or'' after the semicolon at the
end of clause (iii); and
(C) by adding at the end thereof the following new
clause:
''(iv) during which the borrower is serving
in an internship or residency program in
preparation for practice in an area of primary
care (including internal medicine, pediatrics,
obstetrics/gynecology, family medicine, and
osteopathy);''.
(2) FISL loans.--Section 427(a)(2)(C) of such Act (20
U.S.C. 1077(a)(2)(C)) is amended--
(A) by striking ''or'' at the end of clause (ii);
(B) by inserting ''or'' after the semicolon at the
end of clause (iii); and
(C) by adding at the end thereof the following new
clause:
''(iv) during which the borrower is serving
in an internship or residency program in
preparation for practice in an area of primary
care (including internal medicine, pediatrics,
obstetrics/gynecology, family medicine, and
osteopathy);''.
(b) Perkins Loans.--Section 464(c)(2)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
1087dd(c)(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''or'' at the end of clause (iii);
(2) by inserting ''or'' after the semicolon at the end of
clause (iv); and
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new clause:
''(v) during which the borrower is serving
in an internship or residency program in
preparation for practice in an area of primary
care (including internal medicine, pediatrics,
obstetrics/gynecology, family medicine, and
osteopathy);''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to on and after the date of the enactment of this Act with
respect to loans made under the Higher Education Act of 1965 before,
on, or after that date.

SEC. 5. CLARIFICATION OF PERMISSIBLE SUBSTITUTE BILLING ARRANGEMENTS
FOR PHYSICIANS' SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
PROGRAMS.

(a) Medicare Program.--
(1) In general.--Clause (D) of section 1842(b)(6) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)) is amended to read
as follows: ''(D)(i) payment may be made to a physician for
physicians' services (and services incident to such services)
to be provided by a second physician on a reciprocal basis to
individuals who are patients of the first physician if (I) the
first physician is unavailable to provide the services, (II)
the services are not provided by the second physician over a
continuous period of longer than 60 days, and (III) the claim
form submitted to the carrier includes the second physician's
unique identifier (provided under the system established under
subsection (r)) and indicates that the claim meets the
requirements of this clause for payment to the first physician;
and (ii) payment may be made to a physician for physicians'
services (and services incident to such services) which that
physician pays a second physician on a per diem or other fee-
for-time basis to provide to individuals who are patients of
the first physician if (I) the first physician is unavailable
to provide the services, (II) the services are not provided by
the second physician over a continuous period of longer than 90
days (or such longer period as the Secretary may provide), and
(III) the claim form submitted to the carrier includes the
second physician's unique identifier (provided under the system
established under subsection (r)) and indicates that the claim
meets the requirements of this clause for payment to the first
physician''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall apply to services furnished on or after the first day of
the first month beginning more than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(b) Medicaid Program.--
(1) In general.--Section 1902(a)(32)(C) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(32)(C)) is amended to read as
follows:
''(C) payment may be made to a physician for
services furnished by a substitute physician under the
circumstances described in subparagraph (D) of section
1842(b)(6), except that, for purposes of this
subparagraph, any reference in such subparagraph to 'a
carrier' or 'the system established under subsection
(r)' is deemed a reference to the State (or other
fiscal agent under the State plan) and to the system
established under subsection (x) of this section,
respectively.''.
(2) Effective date.--(A) The amendment made by paragraph
(1) shall apply to services furnished on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(B) Until the first day of the first calendar quarter
beginning more than 60 days after the date the Secretary of
Health and Human Services establishes the physician identifier
system under section 1902(x) of the Social Security Act, the
requirement under section 1902(a)(32)(C) of such Act that a
claim form submitted must include the second physician's unique
identifier is deemed to be satisfied if the claim form
identifies (in a manner specified by the Secretary of Health
and Human Services) the second physician.

Output: Rural Physicians' Incentives Act of 1993 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a deduction on medical education loan interest of a physician which accrues while the physician is living in and providing primary care to residents of a medically underserved rural area.
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt services furnished in a rural area from a special fee schedule applicable to new physicians.
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend beyond the normal two-year limit, for borrowers serving an internship or residency program in preparation for practice in an area of primary care, the deferral of payments on: (1) insured student loans (Stafford Loans), including those eligible for interest subsidies; and (2) low-interest student loans (Perkins Loans).
Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions setting forth requirements concerning billing by one physician for services rendered by another physician in specified circumstances.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PENALTY FOR UNAUTHORIZED INSPECTION OF TAX RETURNS OR TAX
RETURN INFORMATION.

(a) In General.--Part I of subchapter A of chapter 75 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to crimes, other offenses, and
forfeitures) is amended by adding after section 7213 the following new
section:

''SEC. 7213A. UNAUTHORIZED INSPECTION OF RETURNS OR RETURN INFORMATION.

''(a) Prohibitions.--
''(1) Federal employees and other persons.--It shall be
unlawful for--
''(A) any officer or employee of the United States,
or
''(B) any person described in section 6103(n) or an
officer or employee of any such person,
willfully to inspect, except as authorized in this title, any
return or return information.
''(2) State and other employees.--It shall be unlawful for
any person (not described in paragraph (1)) willfully to
inspect, except as authorized in this title, any return or
return information acquired by such person or another person
under a provision of section 6103 referred to in section
7213(a)(2).
''(b) Penalty.--
''(1) In general.--Any violation of subsection (a) shall
be punishable upon conviction by a fine in any amount not
exceeding $1,000, or imprisonment of not more than 1 year, or
both, together with the costs of prosecution.
''(2) Federal officers or employees.--An officer or
employee of the United States who is convicted of any violation
of subsection (a) shall, in addition to any other punishment,
be dismissed from office or discharged from employment.
''(c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms
'inspect', 'return', and 'return information' have the respective
meanings given such terms by section 6103(b).''.
(b) Technical Amendments.--
(1) Paragraph (2) of section 7213(a) of such Code is
amended by inserting ''(5),'' after ''(m)(2), (4),''.
(2) The table of sections for part I of subchapter A of
chapter 75 of such Code is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 7213 the following new item:

''Sec. 7213A. Unauthorized inspection of
returns or return
information.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to violations occurring on and after the date of the enactment of
this Act.

SEC. 3. CIVIL DAMAGES FOR UNAUTHORIZED INSPECTION OF RETURNS AND RETURN
INFORMATION; NOTIFICATION OF UNLAWFUL INSPECTION OR
DISCLOSURE.

(a) Civil Damages for Unauthorized Inspection.--Subsection (a) of
section 7431 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--
(1) by striking ''Disclosure'' in the headings for
paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting ''Inspection or
disclosure'', and
(2) by striking ''discloses'' in paragraphs (1) and (2) and
inserting ''inspects or discloses''.
(b) Notification of Unlawful Inspection or Disclosure.--Section
7431 of such Code is amended by redesignating subsections (e) and (f)
as subsections (f) and (g), respectively, and by inserting after
subsection (d) the following new subsection:
''(e) Notification of Unlawful Inspection and Disclosure.--If any
person is criminally charged by indictment or information with
inspection or disclosure of a taxpayer's return or return information
in violation of--
''(1) paragraph (1) or (2) of section 7213(a),
''(2) section 7213A(a), or
''(3) subparagraph (B) of section 1030(a)(2) of title 18,
United States Code,
the Secretary shall notify such taxpayer as soon as practicable of such
inspection or disclosure.''.
(c) No Damages for Inspection Requested by Taxpayer.--Subsection
(b) of section 7431 of such Code is amended to read as follows:
''(b) Exceptions.--No liability shall arise under this section with
respect to any inspection or disclosure--
''(1) which results from a good faith, but erroneous,
interpretation of section 6103, or
''(2) which is requested by the taxpayer.''.
(d) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Subsections (c)(1)(A), (c)(1)(B)(i), and (d) of section
7431 of such Code are each amended by inserting ''inspection
or'' before ''disclosure''.
(2) Clause (ii) of section 7431(c)(1)(B) of such Code is
amended by striking ''willful disclosure or a disclosure'' and
inserting ''willful inspection or disclosure or an inspection
or disclosure''.
(3) Subsection (f) of section 7431 of such Code, as
redesignated by subsection (b), is amended to read as follows:
''(f) Definitions.--For purposes of this section, the terms
'inspect', 'inspection', 'return', and 'return information' have the
respective meanings given such terms by section 6103(b).''.
(4) The section heading for section 7431 of such Code is
amended by inserting ''inspection or'' before ''disclosure''.
(5) The table of sections for subchapter B of chapter 76 of
such Code is amended by inserting ''inspection or'' before
''disclosure'' in the item relating to section 7431.
(6) Paragraph (2) of section 7431(g) of such Code, as
redesignated by subsection (b), is amended by striking ''any
use'' and inserting ''any inspection or use''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to inspections and disclosures occurring on and after the date of
the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE ACT OF 1968.

(a) In General.--Section 1306(c)(1) of the National Flood Insurance
Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4013(c)(1)) is amended by striking ''30'' and
inserting ''15''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be
construed to have taken effect on January 1, 1997, and shall expire
June 30, 1997.

Passed the Senate April 15, 1997.

Attest:

GARY SISCO,

Secretary.

Output: Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make it unlawful for Federal employees, State employees, or other specified persons to willfully inspect, except as authorized, any tax return or return information. Provides for a monetary penalty, imprisonment, or both for violators. (Current law imposes penalties only for the unlawful disclosure of such information.)
Permits civil damages for the unauthorized inspection or disclosure (currently, only for the unauthorized disclosure) of tax returns and return information. Requires the taxpayer to be notified as soon as practicable if any person is criminally charged by indictment with inspecting or disclosing the taxpayer's return or return information.
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reduce the waiting period for the effective date of policies for new flood insurance coverage, entered into after the date of enactment of the Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994, from 30 to 15 days.

Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''External Regulation of the
Department of Energy Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AUTHORITY.

Effective October 1, 2001, the Department of Energy shall have no
regulatory or enforcement authority with respect to nuclear safety and
occupational safety and health responsibilities assumed by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission under section 3 or by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration under section 4 at any facility owned or operated
by the Department.

SEC. 3. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION AUTHORITY.

(a) Nuclear Safety Regulatory and Enforcement Responsibilities.--
Effective October 1, 2001, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall
assume the nuclear safety regulatory and enforcement responsibilities
of the Department of Energy under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with
regard to facilities owned or operated by the Department.
(b) Licensed Entities.--For the purposes of carrying out at
facilities owned or operated by the Department of Energy regulatory and
enforcement responsibilities described in subsection (a), the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission may regulate, through licensing, certification,
or other appropriate means, the Department, the Department's
contractors, or both.
(c) Decommissioning.--A contractor operating a facility owned by
the Department of Energy shall not be responsible for the costs of
decommissioning that facility. No enforcement action may be taken
against such contractor for any violation of Nuclear Regulatory
Commission decommissioning requirements, if such violation is the
result of a failure of the Department to authorize or fund
decommissioning activities. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the
Department shall, not later than January 1, 2002, enter into a
memorandum of understanding establishing decommissioning procedures and
requirements for facilities owned or operated by the Department.
(d) Administration.--The responsibilities assumed by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission under this section shall be administered by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, not by States.
(e) Regulation of Defense Nuclear Facilities.--
(1) Repeal.--Chapter 21 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954
(42 U.S.C. 2286 et seq.) is repealed.
(2) Dedicated organizational element.--The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission shall establish an organizational element
dedicated solely to the regulation of defense nuclear
facilities within the Department of Energy.
(3) Use of available resources.--In carrying out the
responsibilities assumed under this section, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission shall employ appropriate personnel or
other resources available as a result of the repeal made by
paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(f) Judicial Review.--Section 189b. of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2239(b)) is amended by adding the following paragraph
after paragraph (4):
''(5) Any final order or regulation of the Commission
establishing standards to govern facilities owned or operated
by the Department of Energy that are issued to implement the
Commission's responsibilities under the External Regulation of
the Department of Energy Act, and any final determination of
the Commission relating to whether a facility owned or operated
by the Department is in compliance with such standards and all
applicable Commission regulations or orders.''.
(g) Employee Protection.--Any Department of Energy contractor
operating a facility that is regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission under this section shall be subject to section 211 of the
Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (41 U.S.C. 5851) to the same extent
as any other employer subject to such section 211.
(h) Conflict of Interest.--Section 170A of the Atomic Energy Act of
1954 (42 U.S.C. 2210a) applies to contracts, agreements, or other
arrangements of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed or entered
into pursuant to its responsibilities assumed under this section.

SEC. 4. OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH.

(a) OSHA Jurisdiction.--Notwithstanding section 4(b)(1) of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 653(b)(1)) and
any other provision of law, effective October 1, 2001, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration shall assume the regulatory and
enforcement responsibilities of the Department of Energy relating to
matters covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 with
regard to all facilities owned or operated by the Department, except as
provided in subsection (b). Any Department contractor operating such a
facility shall, with respect to matters relating to occupational safety
and health, be considered to be an employer for purposes of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
(b) Regulation of Hazards Containing Radiological and Non-
Radiological Component.--If a hazard at a facility owned or operated by
the Department presents a risk of occupational exposure and contains
both a radiological and non-radiological component, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
shall, effective October 1, 2001, share regulatory and enforcement
responsibilities with respect to the hazard in accordance with the
memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant to section 5.

SEC. 5. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration shall, before January 1, 2001, enter into and
transmit to the Congress a memorandum of understanding to govern the
exercise of their respective authorities over nuclear safety and
occupational safety and health at facilities owned or operated by the
Department of Energy.

SEC. 6. CIVIL PENALTIES.

The Department of Energy's contractor operating a facility owned or
operated by the Department shall not be liable for civil penalties
under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 or the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 for any actions taken before October 1, 2001,
pursuant to the instructions of a Federal agency in preparation for the
transfer of regulatory and enforcement responsibilities required by
this Act.

SEC. 7. INDEMNIFICATION.

The Secretary of Energy shall continue to indemnify facilities
owned or operated by the Department in accordance with the provisions
of section 170d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

SEC. 8. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY REPORTING REQUIREMENT.

By April 1, 2001, the Secretary of Energy shall transmit to the
Committee on Commerce, the Committee on Science, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, a plan for the termination of the Department's regulatory and
enforcement responsibilities for facilities owned or operated by the
Department required by this Act. The report shall include--
(1) a detailed transition plan, drafted in coordination
with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration, giving the schedule for
termination of self-regulation authority as outlined in section
2, including the activities to be coordinated with the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission and the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration;
(2) a description of any issues remaining to be resolved
with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, or other external regulators, and a
timetable for resolving such issues before October 1, 2001; and
(3) an estimate of--
(A) the annual cost of administering and
implementing self-regulation of the nuclear safety and
occupational safety and health responsibilities
described in sections 3 and 4 at facilities owned or
operated by the Department;
(B) the number of Federal and contractor employees
administering and implementing such self-regulation;
and
(C) the extent and schedule by which the Department
and the staffs at its facilities will be reduced as a
result of implementation of this Act.
Output: (Sec. 3) Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to abolish the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
(Sec. 4) Provides that if a hazard at a DOE facility presents a risk of occupational exposure and contains both a radiological and non-radiological component, OSHA and the NRC shall share regulatory and enforcement responsibilities in accordance with a mandated Memorandum of Understanding governing their respective authorities over nuclear safety and occupational health and safety at DOE facilities.
(Sec. 6) Shields a DOE contractor from civil liability for actions taken before October 1, 2001, pursuant to the instructions of a Federal agency in preparation for the transfer of functions under this Act.
(Sec. 7) Maintains the responsibility of the Secretary of Energy (Secretary) to indemnify DOE facilities in accordance with specified provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
(Sec. 8) Instructs the Secretary to transmit to certain congressional committees a termination plan for DOE regulatory and enforcement responsibilities with respect to DOE facilities.