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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES FOR THE USE OF PRESCRIPTION
OPIOIDS.

(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health
and Human Services; and
(2) the term ''task force'' means the Pain Management Best
Practices Inter-Agency Task Force convened under subsection
(b).
(b) Inter-Agency Task Force.--Not later than December 14, 2018, the
Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the
Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, shall convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-
Agency Task Force to review, modify, and update, as appropriate, best
practices for pain management (including chronic and acute pain) and
prescribing pain medication.
(c) Membership.--The task force shall be comprised of--
(1) representatives of--
(A) the Department of Health and Human Services;
(B) the Department of Veterans Affairs;
(C) the Food and Drug Administration;
(D) the Department of Defense;
(E) the Drug Enforcement Administration;
(F) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
(G) the Health Resources and Services
Administration;
(H) the Indian Health Service;
(I) the National Academy of Medicine;
(J) the National Institutes of Health;
(K) the Office of National Drug Control Policy;
(L) the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration; and
(M) the Office of Women's Health;
(2) State medical boards;
(3) subject to subsection (e), physicians, dentists, and
nonphysician prescribers;
(4) hospitals;
(5) subject to subsection (e), pharmacists and pharmacies;
(6) first responders;
(7) experts in the fields of pain research and addiction
research;
(8) experts in the fields of adolescent and young adult
addiction research;
(9) representatives of--
(A) pain management professional organizations;
(B) the mental health treatment community;
(C) the addiction treatment and recovery community;
(D) pain advocacy groups;
(E) veteran service organizations; and
(F) groups with expertise on overdose reversal;
(10) a person in recovery from addiction to medication for
chronic pain;
(11) a person in recovery from addiction to medication for
chronic pain, whose addiction began in adolescence or young
adulthood;
(12) a person with chronic pain;
(13) an expert on active duty military, armed forces
personnel, and veteran health and prescription opioid
addiction;
(14) an expert in the field of minority health; and
(15) other stakeholders, as the Secretary determines
appropriate.
(d) Condition on Participation on Task Force.--An individual
representing a profession or entity described in paragraph (3) or (5)
of subsection (c) may not serve as a member of the task force unless
such individual--
(1) is currently licensed in a State in which such
individual is practicing (as defined by such State) such
profession (or, in the case of an individual representing an
entity, a State in which the entity is engaged in business);
and
(2) is currently practicing (as defined by such State) such
profession (or, in the case of an individual representing an
entity, the entity is in operation).
(e) Duties.--The task force shall--
(1) not later than 180 days after the date on which the
task force is convened under subsection (b), review, modify,
and update, as appropriate, best practices for pain management
(including chronic and acute pain) and prescribing pain
medication, taking into consideration--
(A) existing pain management research;
(B) research on trends in areas and communities in
which the prescription opioid abuse rate and fatality
rate exceed the national average prescription opioid
abuse rate and fatality rate;
(C) recommendations from relevant conferences and
existing relevant evidence-based guidelines;
(D) ongoing efforts at the State and local levels
and by medical professional organizations to develop
improved pain management strategies, including
consideration of differences within and between classes
of opioids, the availability of opioids with abuse
deterrent technology, and pharmacological,
nonpharmacological, medical device alternatives to
opioids to reduce opioid monotherapy in appropriate
cases and the coordination of information collected
from State prescription drug monitoring programs for
the purpose of preventing the diversion of pain
medication;
(E) ongoing efforts at the Federal, State, and
local levels to examine the potential benefits of
electronic prescribing of opioids, including any public
comments collected in the course of those efforts;
(F) the management of high-risk populations, other
than populations who suffer pain, who--
(i) may use or be prescribed
benzodiazepines, alcohol, and diverted opioids;
or
(ii) receive opioids in the course of
medical care;
(G) the distinct needs of adolescents and young
adults with respect to pain management, pain
medication, substance use disorder, and medication-
assisted treatment;
(H) the 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for
Chronic Pain issued by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention;
(I) the practice of co-prescribing naloxone for
both pain patients receiving chronic opioid therapy and
patients being treated for opioid use disorders;
(J) research that has been, or is being, conducted
or supported by the Federal Government on prevention
of, treatment for, and recovery from substance use by
and substance use disorders among adolescents and young
adults relative to any unique circumstances (including
social and biological circumstances) of adolescents and
young adults that may make adolescent-specific and
young adult-specific treatment protocols necessary,
including any effects that substance use and substance
use disorders may have on brain development and the
implications for treatment and recovery;
(K) Federal non-research programs and activities
that address prevention of, treatment for, and recovery
from substance use by and substance use disorders among
adolescents and young adults, including an assessment
of the effectiveness of such programs and activities
in--
(i) preventing substance use by and
substance use disorders among adolescents and
young adults;
(ii) treating such adolescents and young
adults in a way that accounts for any unique
circumstances faced by adolescents and young
adults; and
(iii) supporting long-term recovery among
adolescents and young adults; and
(L) gaps that have been identified by Federal
officials and experts in Federal efforts relating to
prevention of, treatment for, and recovery from
substance use by and substance use disorders among
adolescents and young adults, including gaps in
research, data collection, and measures to evaluate the
effectiveness of Federal efforts, and the reasons for
such gaps;
(2) solicit and take into consideration public comment on
the practices developed under paragraph (1), amending such best
practices if appropriate;
(3) develop a strategy for disseminating information about
the best practices developed under paragraphs (1) and (2) to
prescribers, pharmacists, State medical boards, educational
institutions that educate prescribers and pharmacists, and
other parties, as the Secretary determines appropriate;
(4) review, modify, and update best practices for pain
management and prescribing pain medication, specifically as it
pertains to physician education and consumer education; and
(5) examine and identify--
(A) the extent of the need for the development of
new pharmacological, nonpharmacological, and medical
device alternatives to opioids;
(B) the current status of research efforts to
develop such alternatives; and
(C) the pharmacological, nonpharmacological, and
medical device alternatives to opioids that are
currently available that could be better utilized.
(f) Consideration of Study Results.--In reviewing, modifying, and
updating, best practices for pain management and prescribing pain
medication, the task force shall take into consideration existing
private sector, State, and local government efforts related to pain
management and prescribing pain medication.
(g) Limitation.--The task force shall not have rulemaking
authority.
(h) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date on which the
task force is convened under subsection (b), the task force shall
submit to Congress a report that includes--
(1) the strategy for disseminating best practices for pain
management (including chronic and acute pain) and prescribing
pain medication, as developed under subsection (e);
(2) the results of a feasibility study on linking the best
practices described in paragraph (1) to receiving and renewing
registrations under section 303(f) of the Controlled Substances
Act (21 U.S.C. 823(f));
(3) recommendations for effectively applying the best
practices described in paragraph (1) to improve prescribing
practices at medical facilities, including medical facilities
of the Veterans Health Administration and Indian Health
Service;
(4) the modified and updated best practices described in
subsection (e)(4); and
(5) the results of the examination and identification
conducted pursuant to subsection (e)(4), and recommendations
regarding--
(A) the development of new pharmacological,
nonpharmacological, and medical device alternatives to
opioids; and
(B) the improved utilization of pharmacological,
nonpharmacological, and medical device alternatives to
opioids that are currently available.

Passed the House of Representatives May 11, 2016.

Attest:

KAREN L. HAAS,

Clerk.

SOLUTION: (Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force to: (1) review, modify, and update best practices for pain management and prescribing pain medication; and (2) examine and identify the need for, development of, and availability of medical alternatives to opioids (drugs with effects similar to opium, such as certain pain medications). The task force must submit a report that includes: (1) the modified and updated best practices; (2) a strategy for disseminating the best practices; (3) the feasibility of linking the best practices to Drug Enforcement Administration registration of manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers of controlled substances; (4) recommendations for effectively applying the best practices at medical facilities; and (5) recommendations regarding medical alternatives to opioids.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

This Act may be cited as the ''Wildland Firefighters Health
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this Act--
(1) the term ''wildland firefighter'' means an employee of
a Federal land management agency, the duties of whose position
are primarily to perform work directly related to the
prevention, control, suppression, and management of wildfires,
including--
(A) an employee of a Federal land management agency
who is assigned to support wildland fire suppression
activities; and
(B) an employee who is transferred to a supervisory
or administrative position from a position of wildland
firefighter (as defined by the preceding provisions of
this paragraph);
(2) the term ''Federal land management agency'' means--
(A) within the Department of the Interior, the
Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, the National Park Service, and the Fish and
Wildlife Service; and
(B) within the Department of Agriculture, the
Forest Service; and
(3) the term ''employee'' has the meaning given such term
by section 2105 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. CLASSIFICATION OF WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS.

(a) Requirements.--
(1) In general.--Within 30 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Office of Personnel Management, in
cooperation with the Federal land management agencies, shall
commence development of a separate and distinct wildland
firefighter occupational series that will more accurately
reflect the variety of duties performed by wildland
firefighters.
(2) Designation.--The official title assigned to any
occupational series established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall
include the designation of ''Wildland Firefighter''.
(3) Positions described.--Paragraph (1) applies with
respect to any class or other category of positions that
consists primarily or exclusively of forestry technician
positions, range technician positions, or any other positions
the duties and responsibilities of which include--
(A) significant wildfire preparedness and
suppression activities; or
(B) activities necessary to meet any other
emergency incident to which assigned.
(4) Consultation.--Congress encourages the Office of
Personnel Management to consult with recognized employee
organizations, employee associations, and any other groups that
represent Federal wildland firefighters in carrying out this
subsection.
(b) Hazardous Duty Differential Not Affected.--Section 5545(d)(1)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking all after
''except'' and inserting an em dash and the following:
''(A) an employee in an occupational series
covering positions for which the primary duties are
wildland firefighting, as determined by the Office; and
''(B) in such other circumstances as the Office may
by regulation prescribe; and''.
(c) Employees Currently in 401 Series.--Any individual who, as of
the date of the enactment of this Act, holds a position of wildland
firefighter shall have the option of either remaining in the 401 series
(as in effect on such date under chapter 51 of title 5, United States
Code) or being included in the new wildland firefighter series, as
established pursuant to subsection (a).

SEC. 4. PAY AND BENEFITS.

(a) In General.--In the case of a wildland firefighter, for full-
time, part-time, and intermittent tours of duty, hours of work
officially ordered or approved in excess of 40 hours per week or 8
hours per day shall be considered overtime work, inclusive of all time
the firefighter is away from their official duty station assigned to an
emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-
positioned for emergency response, and shall be compensable as work
time in accordance with section 5542(a) of title 5, United States Code,
as amended by subsection (b)(1).
(b) Requirements.--
(1) Amendment to title 5.--Section 5542(a) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end (as a flush
left sentence) the following:
''Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), for a wildland firefighter
assigned to an emergency incident, assigned in support of an emergency
incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response, the overtime hourly
rate of pay is an amount equal to one and one-half times the hourly
rate of the basic pay of the employee, and that entire amount is
premium pay.''.
(2) Fair labor standards act of 1938.--For the purpose of
applying the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
(29 U.S.C. 201, et seq.) with respect to wildland firefighters,
no violation referred to in such provisions shall be considered
to have occurred if the requirements described in paragraph (1)
are met.
(c) Portal-to-Portal Compensation Pilot Program.--
(1) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$25,000,000 to initiate a portal-to-portal pilot program under
this subsection, commencing with the 2013 wildfire season. Any
sums required in addition to amounts appropriated pursuant to
the preceding sentence may be secured from the existing
wildfire suppression budget for the fiscal year in which the
season occurs.
(2) Duration.--The pilot program shall be carried out by
the Department of the Interior and the Department of
Agriculture for a period not to exceed 3 calendar years
beginning as of the start of the 2013 wildfire season.
(3) Report.--No later than 90 days after the completion of
the pilot program, the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a joint
report on the effectiveness of the pilot program. Such report
shall address the effect of the program with respect to--
(A) recruitment and retention of wildland
firefighters; and
(B) any cost savings.
(4) Additional requirements.--To ensure adequate funding
and to realize maximum wildfire suppression savings, the
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture
shall take appropriate measures to ensure that total funding
for non-Federal fire suppression personnel and other resources,
by their respective Departments--
(A) for the first year of the pilot program, do not
exceed 90 percent of their combined non-Federal fire
suppression costs for the 2011 and 2012 wildfire
seasons;
(B) for the second year of the pilot program, do
not exceed 75 percent of their combined non-Federal
fire suppression costs for the 2011 and 2012 wildfire
seasons; and
(C) for the third year of the pilot program, do not
exceed 65 percent of their combined non-Federal fire
suppression costs for the 2011 and 2012 wildfire
seasons.
(d) Hazardous Duty Differential To Be Treated as Part of a Wildland
Firefighter's Base Pay for Retirement Purposes.--
(1) In general.--Section 8331(3) of title 5, United States
Code is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ''and'' at the
end;
(B) in subparagraph (H), by inserting ''and'' at
the end; and
(C) by adding after subparagraph (H) the following:
''(I) with respect to a wildland firefighter (as
defined by section 2 of the Wildland Firefighters
Health Protection Act), any pay differential received
under section 5545(d);''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Such section 8331(3) is further
amended, in the matter following subparagraph (I) (as added by
paragraph (1)(C)), by striking ''subparagraphs (B) through (H)
of this paragraph'' and inserting ''subparagraphs (B) through
(I),''.
(e) Hazardous Duty Differential.--
(1) In general.--In the administration of section 5545(d)
of title 5, United States Code, the Office of Personnel
Management shall take such measures as may be necessary to
ensure that, under the schedule or schedules of pay
differentials for duty involving unusual physical hardship or
hazard, a pay differential of 25 percent shall be payable to an
individual while serving as a member of a wildland firefighting
crew.
(2) Definition.--For purposes of this subsection, the term
''wildland firefighting crew'' includes ground (hand crew,
hotshot, engine, and other fire apparatus personnel) and
airborne (smoke jumper or helitack) firefighting personnel on
the fire line of any wildfire or prescribed fuel treatment burn
or fire, as further defined in regulations of the Office of
Personnel Management.
(f) Benefits for Seasonal Wildland Firefighters.--
(1) Provisions relating to life insurance.--Section 8716(b)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ''or'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ''; or''; and
(C) by adding after paragraph (3) the following:
''(4) a wildland firefighter within the meaning of section
2 of the Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act.''.
(2) Provisions relating to health benefits.--Section
8913(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ''or'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ''; or''; and
(C) by adding after paragraph (4) the following:
''(5) a wildland firefighter within the meaning of section
2 of the Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act.''.
(g) Buy Back of Civilian Time After 1989.--
(1) In general.--Any individual who is subject to the
Federal Employees' Retirement System as a firefighter (within
the meaning of section 8401 of title 5, United States Code) on
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be entitled to have
any qualifying firefighter service treated as creditable
service under section 8411 of such title.
(2) Qualifying firefighter service.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term ''qualifying firefighter service'' means,
in connection with an individual, any service--
(A) which was performed by such individual, as a
wildland firefighter, after 1989 and before the date of
the enactment of this Act; and
(B) for which such individual was not allowed to
receive retirement credit by reason of section 8347(g)
or 8402(c) of such title 5.
(3) Deposit requirement.--Credit for a period of service
may not be given under this subsection unless the individual
involved makes a deposit, in such manner as the Office of
Personnel Management may by regulation require, equal to the
employee contributions that would have been required (in the
case of a firefighter) for such period under section 8334(c) or
8422(a) of such title 5, with interest.
(4) Certification.--The Office of Personnel Management
shall accept the certification of the Secretary of the Interior
or the Secretary of Agriculture, as the case may be, concerning
whether an individual performed qualifying firefighter service
and the length of the period of such service the individual
performed.

SOLUTION: Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act - Defines "wildland firefighter" as an employee of a federal land management agency who performs work directly related to the prevention, control, suppression, and management of wildfires, including an employee who is assigned to support wildland fire suppression activities and an employee who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.

Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with such agencies, to commence development of a separate wildland firefighter occupational series that will more accurately reflect the variety of duties performed.

Requires a wildland firefighter's hours of work officially ordered or approved in excess of 40 hours per week or 8 hours per day to be considered overtime work. Makes time the firefighter is away from his or her official duty station assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response compensable as work time. Includes hazardous duty differentials as basic pay for retirement purposes.

Prohibits OPM from excluding wildland firefighters from federal employees' group life insurance (FEGLI) and from federal health care benefits.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Economic Growth and Jobs Act of
1994''.

SEC. 2. TAX RELIEF IN THE EVENT OF LOW GROWTH.

(a) Low-Growth Report.--
(1) In general.--At any time, the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ''Director'') shall notify the President and the Congress
if the Director has determined that for any of the periods
described in paragraph (2)--
(A) economic growth as measured by the change in
real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at an annual rate is
estimated to be less than 3 percent, and
(B) the rate of national unemployment (seasonally
adjusted) is estimated to be greater than 6.0 percent.
(2) Testing periods.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the
periods described in this paragraph are--
(A) the period consisting of the quarter during
which the notification is given and the quarter
preceding such notification,
(B) the period consisting of the preceding 4
quarters, and
(C) the period consisting of the 4 quarters
following such notification.
(b) Presidential Authorization of Temporary Tax Reductions.--
(1) Presidential declaration.--After notification under
subsection (a), the President may issue a declaration that
temporary income tax reductions are required for a specified
calendar year to provide a quick and necessary fiscal stimulus
to the economy. Any such declaration shall be transmitted to
the Congress.
(2) Temporary tax modifications.--If the President
transmits a declaration under paragraph (1) to the Congress--
(A) Temporary tax reductions.--
(i) In general.--Effective for taxable
years beginning in the calendar year specified
in such declaration--
(I) the rates applicable to the
first income bracket in the tax tables
contained in section 1 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 shall be reduced
by a percentage (not to exceed 13/3\
percent) specified in such declaration,
and
(II) the amounts set forth as tax
in such tables shall be adjusted to
reflect such rate reduction.
(ii) Withholding adjustments.--The
withholding tables or procedures prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate
under section 3402(a) of such Code shall be
modified so that, to the maximum extent
possible, the full calendar year effect of such
reduction is reflected through withholding
reductions during the portion of the calendar
year after such declaration.
(B) Temporary surtax where economic growth
requirements subsequently satisfied.--
(i) In general.--Effective for taxable
years beginning in the first subsequent
calendar year for which the economic growth
requirements of paragraph (3) are satisfied--
(I) each rate of tax in the tax
tables contained in section 1 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be
increased by the percentage determined
under paragraph (4) for such year, and
(II) the amounts set forth as tax
in such tables shall be adjusted to
reflect such rate increases.
(ii) Withholding adjustments.--Effective
for such subsequent calendar year, the
withholding tables or procedures prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate
under section 3402(a) of such Code shall be
modified to reflect the increase in tax rates
under clause (i).
(3) Economic growth requirements.--The economic growth
requirements of this paragraph are satisfied for any calendar
year if, before the beginning of such calendar year, the
President determines (and publishes such determination in the
Federal Register) that for such calendar year and the
immediately preceding calendar year--
(A) economic growth as measured by the change in
the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is estimated to
be greater than 4 percent, and
(B) the rate of national unemployment (seasonally
adjusted) is estimated to be less than 6.0 percent.
(4) Rate increase percentage.--The percentage determined
under this paragraph is the percentage increase in the tax
rates contained in section 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 which the President estimates will result in an aggregate
increase in receipts under chapter 1 of such Code equal to the
aggregate decrease in receipts under such Code by reason of
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2). Such percentage shall be
published in the Federal Register before the beginning of the
calendar year for which the economic growth requirements of
paragraph (2) are satisfied.
(5) Special rules where more than 1 rate reduction.--If
there has been more than 1 reduction under paragraph (2)(A)
before any increase under paragraph (2)(B)--
(A) paragraph (2)(B) shall not be limited to the
first subsequent calendar year for which the economic
growth requirements of paragraph (3) are satisfied, but
(B) the percentage determined under paragraph (4)
for each such subsequent calendar year shall be
determined by taking into account only the decrease in
receipts under such Code with respect to taxable years
beginning in a single calendar year, beginning with the
earliest calendar year with respect to which a
percentage increase has not been determined under
paragraph (4).

SEC. 3. TREATMENT UNDER PAY-AS-YOU-GO PROCEDURES.

Any reduction or increase in receipts resulting from section 2 of
this Act shall not be considered for any purpose under the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

SOLUTION:
Economic Growth and Jobs Act of 1994 - Grants the President authority to declare temporary tax reductions based on economic growth and the rate of national unemployment.
Provides for a temporary surtax when the economic growth requirements are subsequently satisfied.