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[Q]: 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.''.
[A]: 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.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Review EPA's Language on Agriculture
and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013'' or the ''RELATE with
the Farm Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REGULATORY REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

(a) Review of Regulatory Agenda.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall review publications that may give notice that the Environmental
Protection Agency is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance,
policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability
and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial
number of agricultural entities, including--
(1) any regulatory agenda of the Environmental Protection
Agency published pursuant to section 602 of title 5, United
States Code;
(2) any regulatory plan or agenda published by the
Environmental Protection Agency or the Office of Management and
Budget pursuant to an Executive order, including Executive
Order 12866; and
(3) any other publication issued by the Environmental
Protection Agency or the Office of Management and Budget that
may reasonably be foreseen to contain notice of plans by the
Environmental Protection Agency to prepare any guidance,
policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general
applicability and future effect that may have a significant
impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities.
(b) Information Gathering.--For a publication item reviewed under
subsection (a) that the Secretary determines may have a significant
impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities, the Secretary
shall--
(1) solicit from the Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency any information the Administrator may provide
to facilitate a review of the publication item;
(2) utilize the Chief Economist of the Department of
Agriculture to produce an economic impact statement for the
publication item that contains a detailed estimate of potential
costs to agricultural entities;
(3) identify individuals representative of potentially
affected agricultural entities for the purpose of obtaining
advice and recommendations from such individuals about the
potential impacts of the publication item; and
(4) convene a review panel for analysis of the publication
item that includes the Secretary, any full-time Federal
employee of the Department of Agriculture appointed to the
panel by the Secretary, and any employee of the Environmental
Protection Agency or the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget that accepts
an invitation from the Secretary to participate in the panel.
(c) Duties of the Review Panel.--A review panel convened for a
publication item under subsection (b)(4) shall--
(1) review any information or material obtained by the
Secretary and prepared in connection with the publication item,
including any draft proposed guidance, policy, memorandum,
regulation, or statement of general applicability and future
effect;
(2) collect advice and recommendations from agricultural
entity representatives identified by the Administrator after
consultation with the Secretary;
(3) compile and analyze such advice and recommendations;
and
(4) make recommendations to the Secretary based on the
information gathered by the review panel or provided by
agricultural entity representatives.
(d) Comments.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date the
Secretary convenes a review panel pursuant to subsection
(b)(4), the Secretary shall submit to the Administrator
comments on the planned or proposed guidance, policy,
memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability
and future effect for consideration and inclusion in any
related administrative record, including--
(A) a report by the Secretary on the concerns of
agricultural entities;
(B) the findings of the review panel;
(C) the findings of the Secretary, including any
adopted findings of the review panel; and
(D) recommendations of the Secretary.
(2) Publication.--The Secretary shall publish the comments
in the Federal Register and make the comments available to the
public on the public Internet website of the Department of
Agriculture.
(e) Waivers.--The Secretary may waive initiation of the review
panel under subsection (b)(4) as the Secretary determines appropriate.
(f) Definition of Agricultural Entity.--In this section, the term
''agricultural entity'' means any entity involved in or related to
agricultural enterprise, including enterprises that are engaged in the
business of production of food and fiber, ranching and raising of
livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related
industries.
[A]: Review EPA's Language on Agriculture and Thoroughly Engage with the Farm Act of 2013 or the RELATE with the Farm Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to review publications that may give notice that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities. Requires the Secretary, for each publication item determined to have a possible significant impact, to: (1) solicit from the EPA Administrator information to facilitate a review of the item, (2) produce an economic impact statement, (3) identify representatives of potentially affected agricultural entities to obtain advice and recommendations about the potential impacts of the item, and (4) convene a review panel that includes the Secretary to analyze the publication item. Provides procedures for submission by the Secretary of comments to the Administrator for inclusion in the administrative record and for waiver of a panel's initiation.

[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Promise Zone Job Creation Act of
2016''.

SEC. 2. PROMISE ZONES.

(a) In General.--Subchapter Y of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new part:

''PART IV--PROMISE ZONES

''Sec. 1400V-1. Designation of Promise Zones.
''Sec. 1400V-2. Promise Zone employment credit.
''Sec. 1400V-3. Expensing of Promise Zone property.

''SEC. 1400V-1. DESIGNATION OF PROMISE ZONES.

''(a) In General.--For purposes of this part, the term 'Promise
Zone' means any area--
''(1) which is nominated by 1 or more local governments or
Indian Tribes (as defined in section 4(13) of the Native
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
(25 U.S.C. 4103(13))) for designation as a Promise Zone
(hereafter in this section referred to as a 'nominated area'),
''(2) which has a continuous boundary,
''(3) the population of which does not exceed 200,000, and
''(4) which the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
and the Secretary of Agriculture, acting jointly, designate as
a Promise Zone, after consultation with the Secretary of
Commerce, the Secretary of Education, the Attorney General, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Labor,
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Transportation,
and other agencies as appropriate.
''(b) Number of Designations.--
''(1) In general.--Not more than 20 nominated areas may be
designated as Promise Zones.
''(2) Number of designations in rural areas.--Of the areas
designated under paragraph (1), six of such areas shall be
areas--
''(A) which are outside of a metropolitan
statistical area (within the meaning of section
143(k)(2)(B)), or
''(B) which are determined by the Secretary of
Agriculture to be rural areas.
''(c) Period of Designations.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development and the Secretary of Agriculture shall, acting
jointly, designate 20 areas as Promise Zones before January 1,
2017.
''(2) Effective dates of designations.--The designation of
any Promise Zone shall take effect--
''(A) for purposes of priority consideration in
Federal grant programs and initiatives (other than this
part), upon execution of the Promise Zone agreement,
and
''(B) for purposes of this part, on January 1 of
the first calendar year beginning after the date of the
execution of the Promise Zone agreement.
''(3) Termination of designations.--The designation of any
Promise Zone shall end on the earlier of--
''(A) the end of the 10-year period beginning on
the date that such designation takes effect, or
''(B) the date of the revocation of such
designation.
''(4) Application to certain zones already designated.--In
the case of any area designated as a Promise Zone by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of
Agriculture before the date of the enactment of this section,
such area shall be taken into account as a Promise Zone
designated under this section and shall reduce the number of
Promise Zones remaining to be designated under paragraph (1).
''(d) Limitations on Designations.--No area may be designated under
this section unless--
''(1) the entities nominating the area have the authority
to nominate the area of designation under this section,
''(2) such entities provide written assurances satisfactory
to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the
Secretary of Agriculture that the competitiveness plan
described in the application under subsection (e) for such area
will be implemented and that such entities will provide the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of
Agriculture with such data regarding the economic conditions of
the area (before, during, and after the area's period of
designation as a Promise Zone) as such Secretary may require,
and
''(3) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and
the Secretary of Agriculture determine that any information
furnished is reasonably accurate.
''(e) Application.--No area may be designated under this section
unless the application for such designation--
''(1) demonstrates that the nominated area satisfies the
eligibility criteria described in subsection (a), and
''(2) includes a competitiveness plan which--
''(A) addresses the need of the nominated area to
attract investment and jobs and improve educational
opportunities,
''(B) leverages the nominated area's economic
strengths and outlines targeted investments to develop
competitive advantages,
''(C) demonstrates collaboration across a wide
range of stakeholders,
''(D) outlines a strategy which connects the
nominated area to drivers of regional economic growth,
and
''(E) proposes a strategy for focusing on increased
access to high-quality affordable housing and improved
public safety.
''(f) Selection Criteria.--From among the nominated areas eligible
for designation under this section, the Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development and the Secretary of Agriculture shall designate Promise
Zones on the basis of--
''(1) the effectiveness of the competitiveness plan
submitted under subsection (e) and the assurances made under
subsection (d),
''(2) unemployment rates, poverty rates, household income,
home ownership, labor force participation, educational
attainment, and such other factors as the Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture may
identify, and
''(3) other criteria as determined by the Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of Agriculture.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the Secretary of
Agriculture may set minimal standards for the levels of unemployment
and poverty that must be satisfied for designation as a Promise Zone.

''SEC. 1400V-2. PROMISE ZONE EMPLOYMENT CREDIT.

''(a) Amount of Credit.--For purposes of section 38, the amount of
the Promise Zone employment credit determined under this section with
respect to any employer for any taxable year is the applicable
percentage of the qualified wages paid or incurred during the calendar
year which ends with or within such taxable year.
''(b) Applicable Percentage.--For purposes of this section, the
term 'applicable percentage' means--
''(1) in the case of qualified wages described in
subsection (c)(1)(A), 20 percent, and
''(2) in the case of qualified wages described in
subsection (c)(1)(B), 10 percent.
''(c) Qualified Wages.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) In general.--The term 'qualified wages' means any
wages paid or incurred by an employer for services performed by
an employee while such employee is--
''(A) a qualified zone employee, or
''(B) a qualified resident employee.
''(2) Only first $15,000 of wages per year taken into
account.--With respect to each qualified employee, the amount
of qualified wages taken into account for a calendar year shall
not exceed $15,000.
''(3) Coordination with work opportunity credit.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'qualified wages' shall
not include wages taken into account in determining the
credit under section 51.
''(B) Coordination with dollar limitation.--The
$15,000 amount in paragraph (2) shall be reduced for
any calendar year by the amount of wages paid or
incurred during such year which are taken into account
in determining the credit under section 51.
''(4) Wages.--The term 'wages' has the meaning given such
term by section 1397(a).
''(d) Qualified Employee.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) Qualified employee.--The term 'qualified employee'
means any employee who is a qualified zone employee or a
qualified resident employee.
''(2) Qualified zone employee.--Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, the term 'qualified zone employee'
means, with respect to any period, any employee of an employer
if--
''(A) substantially all of the services performed
during such period by such employee for such employer
are performed within a Promise Zone in a trade or
business of the employer, and
''(B) the principal place of abode of such employee
while performing such services is within a Promise
Zone.
''(3) Qualified resident employee.--Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection, the term 'qualified resident
employee' means, with respect to any period, an employee of an
employer if the principal place of abode of such employee
during such period is within a Promise Zone, but substantially
all of the services performed during such period by such
employee for such employer are not performed within a Promise
Zone in a trade or business of the employer.
''(4) Certain individuals not eligible.--The terms
'qualified zone employee' and 'qualified resident employee'
shall not include any individual described in paragraph (2) of
section 1396(d)(2) (determined after application of paragraph
(3) thereof).
''(e) Special Rules.--Rules similar to the rules of section 1397
shall apply for purposes of this section.
''(f) Taxpayer Reporting.--No credit shall be determined under this
section with respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year unless such
taxpayer provides the Secretary with such information as the Secretary
may require to allow the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of the
program established under this part.

''SEC. 1400V-3. EXPENSING OF PROMISE ZONE PROPERTY.

''(a) In General.--A taxpayer may elect to treat the cost of any
Promise Zone property as an expense which is not chargeable to capital
account. Any cost so treated shall be allowed as a deduction for the
taxable year in which the Promise Zone property is placed in service.
''(b) Promise Zone Property.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the term 'Promise Zone property' means property--
''(A) which is--
''(i) tangible property (to which section
168 applies) with an applicable recovery period
(within the meaning of section 168) of 20 years
or less,
''(ii) water utility property described in
section 168(e)(5),
''(iii) computer software described in
section 179(d)(1)(A)(ii), or
''(iv) qualified leasehold improvement
property (as defined in section 168(e)),
''(B) which is acquired by purchase (as defined in
section 179(d)(2)) for use in the active conduct of a
trade or business, and
''(C) which is originally placed in service by the
taxpayer in a Promise Zone.
''(2) Exception for certain property.--Such term shall not
include any property to which section 168(g) applies.
''(c) Election.--An election under this section shall be made under
rules similar to the rules of section 179(c).
''(d) Coordination With Section 179.--For purposes of section 179,
Promise Zone property shall not be treated as section 179 property.
''(e) Application of Other Rules.--Rules similar to the rules of
paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (7), (9), and (10) of section 179(d) shall
apply for purposes of this section.
''(f) Taxpayer Reporting.--This section shall not apply with
respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year unless such taxpayer
provides the Secretary with such information as the Secretary may
require to allow the Secretary to evaluate the effectiveness of the
program established under this part.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 38(b) of such Code is amended by striking
''plus'' at the end of paragraph (35), by striking the period
at the end of paragraph (36) and inserting '', plus'', and by
adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(37) the Promise Zone employment credit determined under
section 1400V-2.''.
(2) The table of parts for subchapter Y of chapter 1 of
such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:

''Part IV. Promise Zones''.

(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, the amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(2) Promise zone employment credit.--Section 1400V-2 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by this section, shall
apply to wages paid after the date of the enactment of this
Act, in taxable years ending after such date.
(3) Expensing of promise zone property.--Section 1400V-3 of
such Code, as so added, shall apply to property placed in
service after the date of the enactment of this Act, in taxable
years ending after such date.
[A]:
Promise Zone Job Creation Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to direct the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Agriculture, acting jointly, to designate, before January 1, 2017, not more than 20 areas as Promise Zones for purposes of priority consideration in federal grant programs and initiatives. Six of such areas shall be outside of a metropolitan statistical area or shall be determined to be rural areas. A "Promise Zone" is any area with acontinuous boundary and apopulation of not more than200,000 that is nominated by one or more local governments or Indian tribes and designated on the basis of unemployment rates, poverty rates, household income, home ownership, labor force participation, and educational attainment. An application for designation as a Promise Zone shall include a competitiveness plan that addresses the need of the area to attract investment and jobs and improve educational opportunities. The bill allows: (1) a Promise Zone employment tax credit for wages paid to a qualified zone or resident employee, and (2) expensing of Promise Zone property. A "Promise Zone property" is a property that is: (1) tangible property with arecovery period of 20 years or less for depreciation purposes,water utility property, computer software, or qualified leasehold improvement property; (2) acquired by purchase for usein the active conduct of a trade or business; and (3) originally placed in service in a Promise Zone.