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PROBLEM: 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''.

SOLUTION: 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.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. JUDICIAL EDUCATION FUND.

(a) Establishment.--Chapter 42 of title 28, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''Sec. 630. Judicial Education Fund
''(a) In this section, the term--
''(1) 'institution of higher education' has the meaning
given under section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a));
''(2) 'private judicial seminar'--
''(A) means a seminar, symposia, panel discussion,
course, or a similar event that provides continuing
legal education to judges; and
''(B) does not include--
''(i) seminars that last 1 day or less and
are conducted by, and on the campus of, an
institute of higher education;
''(ii) seminars that last 1 day or less and
are conducted by national bar associations or
State or local bar associations for the benefit
of the bar association membership; or
''(iii) seminars of any length conducted
by, and on the campus of an institute of higher
education or by national bar associations or
State or local bar associations, where a judge
is a presenter and at which judges constitute
less than 25 percent of the participants;
''(3) 'national bar association' means a national
organization that is open to general membership to all members
of the bar; and
''(4) 'State or local bar association' means a State or
local organization that is open to general membership to all
members of the bar in the specified geographic region.
''(b) There is established within the United States Treasury a fund
to be known as the 'Judicial Education Fund' (in this section referred
to as the 'Fund').
''(c) Amounts in the Fund may be made available for the payment of
necessary expenses, including reasonable expenditures for
transportation, food, lodging, private judicial seminar fees and
materials, incurred by a judge or justice in attending a private
judicial seminar approved by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center.
Necessary expenses shall not include expenditures for recreational
activities or entertainment other than that provided to all attendees
as an integral part of the private judicial seminar. Any payment from
the Fund shall be approved by the Board.
''(d) The Board may approve a private judicial seminar after
submission of information by the sponsor of that private judicial
seminar that includes--
''(1) the content of the private judicial seminar
(including a list of presenters, topics, and course materials);
and
''(2) the litigation activities of the sponsor and the
presenters at the private judicial seminar (including the
litigation activities of the employer of each presenter) on the
topic related to those addressed at the private judicial
seminar.
''(e) If the Board approves a private judicial seminar, the Board
shall make the information submitted under subsection (d) relating to
the private judicial seminar available to judges and the public by
posting the information on the Internet.
''(f) The Judicial Conference shall promulgate guidelines to ensure
that the Board only approves private judicial seminars that are
conducted in a manner so as to maintain the public's confidence in an
unbiased and fair-minded judiciary.
''(g) There are authorized to be appropriated for deposit in the
Fund $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006, 2007, and 2008, to
remain available until expended.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
chapter 42 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:

''630. Judicial Education Fund.''.

SEC. 3. PRIVATE JUDICIAL SEMINAR GIFTS PROHIBITED.

(a) Definitions.--In this section, the term--
(1) ''institution of higher education'' has the meaning
given under section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1001(a));
(2) ''private judicial seminar''--
(A) means a seminar, symposia, panel discussion,
course, or a similar event that provides continuing
legal education to judges; and
(B) does not include--
(i) seminars that last 1 day or less and
are conducted by, and on the campus of, an
institute of higher education;
(ii) seminars that last 1 day or less and
are conducted by national bar associations or
State or local bar associations for the benefit
of the bar association membership; or
(iii) seminars of any length conducted by,
and on the campus of an institute of higher
education or by national bar associations or
State or local bar associations, where a judge
is a presenter and at which judges constitute
less than 25 percent of the participants;
(3) ''national bar association'' means a national
organization that is open to general membership to all members
of the bar; and
(4) ''State or local bar association'' means a State or
local organization that is open to general membership to all
members of the bar in the specified geographic region.
(b) In General.--Not later than 240 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Judicial Conference of the United States
shall promulgate regulations to apply section 7353(a) of title 5,
United States Code, to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of
anything of value in connection with a private judicial seminar.
(c) Exception.--The prohibition under the regulations promulgated
under subsection (b) shall not apply if--
(1) the judge participates in a private judicial seminar as
a speaker, panel participant, or otherwise presents
information;
(2) Federal judges are not the primary audience at the
private judicial seminar; and
(3) the thing of value accepted is--
(A) reimbursement from the private judicial seminar
sponsor of reasonable transportation, food, or lodging
expenses on any day on which the judge speaks,
participates, or presents information, as applicable;
(B) attendance at the private judicial seminar on
any day on which the judge speaks, participates, or
presents information, as applicable; or
(C) anything excluded from the definition of a gift
under regulations of the Judicial Conference of the
United States under sections 7351 and 7353 of title 5,
United States Code, as in effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. RECUSAL LISTS.

Section 455 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding
at the end the following:
''(g)(1) Each justice, judge, and magistrate of the United States
shall maintain a list of all financial interests that would require
disqualification under subsection (b)(4).
''(2) Each list maintained under paragraph (1) shall be made
available to the public at the office of the clerk for the court at
which a justice, judge, or magistrate is assigned.''.

SOLUTION: Federal Judiciary Ethics Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the federal judicial code to: (1) establish within the Treasury a Judicial Education Fund for the payment of necessary expenses incurred by a judge or justice in attending a private judicial seminar approved by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center; and (2) require each justice, judge, and magistrate of the United States to maintain a list (to be made available to the public) of all financial interests that would require disqualification in any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned.

Directs the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate regulations to prohibit the solicitation or acceptance of anything in value in connection with a private judicial seminar, with specified exceptions.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''James Madison Commemorative Coin
Act''.

SEC. 2. COIN SPECIFICATIONS.

(a) $1 Silver Coins.--In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of
the birth of James Madison, the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter in
this Act referred to as the ''Secretary'') shall mint and issue not
more than 800,000 1 dollar coins, 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 section 5134 of title 31,
United States Code, all coins minted under this Act shall be considered
to be numismatic items.

SEC. 3. SOURCES OF BULLION.

The Secretary shall obtain silver for minting coins under this Act
only from stockpiles established under the Strategic and Critical
Materials Stock Piling Act.

SEC. 4. DESIGN OF COINS.

(a) Design Requirements.--
(1) In general.--The design of the coins minted under this
Act shall be emblematic of the 250th anniversary of the birth
of James Madison and the life and achievements of the fourth
President of the United States.
(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 ''2001''; 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
executive director of Montpelier, the National Trust for
Historic Preservation, and the Commission of Fine Arts; and
(2) reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin 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.--Only 1 facility of the United States Mint may
be used to strike any particular quality of the coins minted under this
Act.
(c) Commencement of Issuance.--The Secretary may issue coins minted
under this Act beginning January 1, 2001.
(d) Termination of Minting Authority.--No coins may be minted under
this Act after December 31, 2001.

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 subsection (d) 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.
(d) Surcharges.--All sales shall include a surcharge of $10 per
coin.

SEC. 7. GENERAL WAIVER OF PROCUREMENT REGULATIONS.

(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no provision
of law governing procurement or public contracts shall be applicable to
the procurement of goods and services necessary for carrying out the
provisions of this Act.
(b) Equal Employment Opportunity.--Subsection (a) shall not relieve
any person entering into a contract under the authority of this Act
from complying with any law relating to equal employment opportunity.

SEC. 8. DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGES.

(a) In General.--All surcharges received by the Secretary from the
sale of coins issued under this Act shall be promptly paid by the
Secretary to the National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United
States (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ''National Trust'') to
be used--
(1) to establish an endowment to be a permanent source of
support for Montpelier, the life-long home of James Madison and
a museum property of the National Trust; and
(2) to fund capital restoration projects at Montpelier.
(b) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall
have the right to examine such books, records, documents, and other
data of the National Trust and Montpelier as may be related to the
expenditures of amounts paid under subsection (a).

SEC. 9. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES.

(a) No Net Cost to the Government.--The Secretary shall take such
actions as may be necessary to ensure that minting and issuing coins
under this Act will not result in any net cost to the United States
Government.
(b) Payment for Coins.--A coin shall not be issued under this Act
unless the Secretary has received--
(1) full payment for the coin;
(2) security satisfactory to the Secretary to indemnify the
United States for full payment; or
(3) a guarantee of full payment satisfactory to the
Secretary from a depository institution whose deposits are
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the
National Credit Union Administration Board.

SOLUTION:
James Madison Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue commemorative one-dollar silver coins emblematic of the 250th anniversary of the birth of James Madison and the life and achievements of the fourth President of the United States.
Requires the Secretary to turn over proceeds from surcharges to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to be used to: (1) establish an endowment as a permanent source for Montpelier (home of James Madison and a museum); and (2) fund capital restoration projects at Montpelier.