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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare
Payment Modernization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER SERVICES.

(a) In General.--Section 1833(i) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395l(i)) is amended to read as follows:
''(i)(1) Payment shall be made under this part in the amount
specified under paragraph (2) for facility services furnished to an
individual in an ambulatory surgical center in connection with any
outpatient surgical procedure covered under this part as a hospital
outpatient department service, except for those procedures that the
Secretary designates, in consultation with appropriate trade and
professional organizations (including those having direct experience
with ambulatory surgical centers) as posing a significant safety risk
or requiring an overnight stay when performed in ambulatory surgical
centers. Not less frequently than once every two years the Secretary
shall review and, may, after public comment, make appropriate
adjustments to this list of procedures excluded from coverage when
performed in ambulatory surgical centers as the Secretary deems
necessary.
''(2)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the amount of
payment to be made under this subsection for facility services
furnished to an individual in an ambulatory surgical center in
accordance with paragraph (1) shall be equal to 75 percent of the fee
schedule amount determined under paragraph (3)(A) of subsection (t) for
payment of the same service furnished in hospital outpatient
departments, as adjusted under paragraphs (4)(A), (6), and (15) of such
subsection, less a 20 percent beneficiary copayment.
''(B) For covered ambulatory surgical center services furnished on
or after January 1, 2008, and before January 1, 2012, for which the
ambulatory surgical center payment amount payable under this subsection
in 2007 (in this subsection referred to as the '2007 ASC payment
amount') is less than 75 percent of the hospital OPD fee schedule
amount under subsection (t) in 2007 for the same services, the amount
of payment under this subsection shall be calculated as follows:
''(i) For services furnished during 2008, the amount shall
be equal to the sum of--
''(I) 80 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount, as
increased by the percentage increase in the consumer
price index for all urban consumers (United States city
average) as estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month
period ending with December 31, 2006; and
''(II) 20 percent of the payment amount under
paragraph (2)(A) for 2008.
''(ii) For services furnished during 2009, the amount shall
be equal to the sum of--
''(I) 60 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as
increased under clause (i)(I) and as further increased
by the percentage increase in the consumer price index
for all urban consumers (United States city average) as
estimated by the Secretary for the 12-month period
ending with December 31, 2007; and
''(II) 40 percent of the payment amount under
paragraph (2)(A) for 2009.
''(iii) For services furnished during 2010, the amount
shall be equal to the sum of--
''(I) 40 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as
increased under clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(I) and as
further increased by the percentage increase in the
consumer price index for all urban consumers (United
States city average) as estimated by the Secretary for
the 12-month period ending with December 31, 2008; and
''(II) 60 percent of the payment amount under
paragraph (2)(A) for 2010.
''(iv) For services furnished during 2011, the amount shall
be equal to the sum of--
''(I) 20 percent of the 2007 ASC payment amount as
increased under clauses (i)(I), (ii)(I), and (iii)(I)
and as further increased by the percentage increase in
the consumer price index for all urban consumers
(United States city average) as estimated by the
Secretary for the 12-month period ending with December
31, 2009; and
''(II) 80 percent of the payment amount under
paragraph (2)(A) for 2011.
''(C) For covered ambulatory surgical center services for which the
2007 ASC payment amount is--
''(i) greater than 75 percent, but less than 100 percent,
of the hospital OPD fee schedule amount under subsection (t) in
2007 for the same services, the amount of payment under this
subsection shall be the greater of the 2007 ASC payment amount
or--
''(I) for services furnished in 2008, the payment
amount under subparagraph (B)(i);
''(II) for services furnished in 2009, the payment
amount under subparagraph (B)(ii);
''(III) for services furnished in 2010, the payment
amount under subparagraph (B)(iii);
''(IV) for services furnished in 2011, the payment
amount under subparagraph (B)(iv); or
''(V) in 2012 and subsequent years, the payment
amount under subparagraph (A),
but in no case in excess of the then applicable hospital OPD
fee schedule amount; or
''(ii) greater than the hospital OPD fee schedule amount
under subsection (t) in 2007 for the same services, the amount
of payment under this subsection--
''(I) for services furnished during 2008, is equal
to the midpoint between the 2007 ASC payment amount and
100 percent of such 2007 hospital OPD fee schedule
amount; or
''(II) for services furnished in a subsequent year
is equal to the greater of the 2007 hospital OPD fee
schedule amount or the payment amount specified under
subclause (I) through (V) of clause (i) for the year
involved, but but in no case in excess of the then
applicable hospital OPD fee schedule amount.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 1832(a)(2)(F)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395k(a)(2)(F)(i)) is amended--
(A) by striking ''section 1833(i)(1)(A)'' and
inserting ''section 1833(i)(1)'';
(B) by striking ''the standard overhead amount as
determined under section 1833(i)(2)(A)'' and inserting
''the amount determined under section 1833(i)(2)''; and
(C) by striking all that follows ''as full payment
for such services'' and inserting '', or''.
(2) Section 1833(a)(1)(G) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1395l(a)(1)(G)) is amended--
(A) by striking ''subsection (i)(1)(A)'' and
inserting ''subsection (i)(1)'';
(B) by striking ''for services furnished
beginning'' and all that follows through ''subsection
(i)(2)(D)''; and
(C) by striking ''such revised payment system'' and
inserting ''under subsection (i)(2)''.
(3) Section 1833(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(4))
is amended--
(A) by striking ''section 1833(i)(1)(A)'' and
inserting ''subsection (i)(1)''; and
(B) by striking ''paragraph (2) or (3) of
subsection (i)'' and inserting ''subsection (i)(1)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to ambulatory surgical center services furnished on or after
January 1, 2008.

SOLUTION: Ambulatory Surgical Center Medicare Payment Modernization Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the requirements and the formula for payments for services furnished to individuals in ambulatory surgical centers.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Missile Defense Burdensharing Act of
2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States has established burdensharing
arrangements with Japan, member nations of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO), and other countries to share the
costs of common defense efforts and successfully solicited
contributions from several countries to offset costs relating
to the Persian Gulf War.
(2) The President has stated that a missile defense system
should be deployed to protect allies and other friendly foreign
countries as well as the United States.

SEC. 3. DETERMINATION OF SCOPE OF MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM; DESIGNATION
OF PROTECTED COUNTRIES.

(a) Determination Relating to Scope of Missile Defense System.--Not
later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
President--
(1) shall determine whether any missile defense system to
be developed by the United States is intended to protect the
territory of allied or other friendly foreign countries, in
addition to the territory of the United States, from ballistic
missile attack; and
(2) shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report
containing the determination of the President under paragraph
(1).
(b) Designation of Protected Countries.--If the President makes a
determination under subsection (a)(1) that a proposed United States
missile defense system is intended to protect the territory of allied
or other friendly foreign countries from ballistic missile attack, the
President--
(1) shall designate each allied or other friendly foreign
country, with respect to which the system is intended to
protect, as a protected country for the purposes of this Act,
and shall so notify Congress in writing at least 30 days prior
to the designation; and
(2) shall notify Congress in writing at least 30 days prior
to the termination of a designation of a country.
(c) Additional Requirement With Respect to Termination of
Designation of Protected Countries.--
(1) In general.--As part of the notification to Congress
with respect to the termination of a designation of a country
as a protected country under subsection (b)(2), the President
shall include a description of the reasons for the termination,
including an assessment of the effect of the termination on the
security relations between the country and the United States
and on mutual commitments of the United States under bilateral
and multilateral security arrangements, such as the North
Atlantic Treaty.
(2) Notification of involved countries.--The President
shall transmit to the government of a country with respect to
which the President has terminated the designation of the
country as a protected country under subsection (b)(2) a copy
of the notification to Congress with respect to such
termination.

SEC. 4. BURDENSHARING CONTRIBUTIONS BY PROTECTED COUNTRIES.

(a) Solicitation of Contributions.--The President shall seek
financial contributions from each protected country designated by the
President under section 3(b)(1) commensurate with the country's
proportional share of protection from the United States missile defense
system.
(b) Use of Contributions.--Contributions received pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be used to offset costs incurred by the United
States for deployment of the missile defense system, including costs
relating to procurement, construction, operations, and personnel.

SEC. 5. ANNUAL REPORTS.

(a) Report by Secretary of Defense.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through
the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, shall submit to
Congress an annual report that--
(A) identifies each foreign country that would
receive protection under the missile defense system
from ballistic missile attack, irrespective of whether
or not the country has been designated by the President
under section 3(b)(1) as a protected country; and
(B) describes the nature and extent of the
protection for each such foreign country.
(2) Form.--The report shall be submitted in unclassified
form, but may contain a classified annex.
(b) Report by the President.--The President shall transmit to
Congress as part of the annual budget request a report that--
(1) describes the extent to which each protected country
designated by the President under section 3(b)(1) has provided
financial contributions to the United States in accordance with
section 4(a);
(2) describes the proportion of actual and expected
contributions by each protected country as a share of overall
costs of the missile defense system; and
(3) describes efforts by the United States to obtain
payments from protected countries that have not fully
contributed to their share of protection under the missile
defense system.

SEC. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

In this Act, the term ''missile defense system'' does not include a
theater missile defense system that is designed or deployed to defend
elements of the United States Armed Forces that are deployed outside
the United States.

SOLUTION: Missile Defense Burdensharing Act of 2001 - Directs the President to: (1) determine whether any missile defense system to be developed by the United States is intended to protect, in addition to U.S. territory, the territory of allied or other friendly countries from ballistic missile attack; and (2) seek financial contributions from each protected country, if any, commensurate with their proportional share of protection from such system.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Building Efficiently Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. SHORTER DEPRECIATION RECOVERY PERIODS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT
BUILDINGS.

(a) 25-Year Recovery Period for Energy Efficient Nonresidential
Real Property.--
(1) In general.--Section 168(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after subparagraph (F) the
following new subparagraph:
''(G) 25-year property.--The term '25-year
property' means any qualified energy efficient
nonresidential real property.''.
(2) Qualified energy efficient nonresidential real property
defined.--Subsection (i) of section 168 of such Code is amended
by adding at the end the following:
''(20) Qualified energy efficient nonresidential real
property.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'qualified energy
efficient nonresidential real property' means a
building which is nonresidential real property which is
described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D).
''(B) New or reconstructed building.--A building is
described in this subparagraph if--
''(i) the certification requirements of
subparagraph (E) with respect to the building
are met,
''(ii) the original use of the building
commences with the taxpayer, and
''(iii) the building is placed in service
after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph.
''(C) Improvements to existing building.--A
building is described in this subparagraph if, only
after improvements are made to the building--
''(i) the certification requirements of
subparagraph (E) with respect to the building
are met,
''(ii) the original use of the improved
building commences with the taxpayer,
''(iii) the improved building is placed in
service after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph, and
''(iv) the taxpayer elects to the
application of this paragraph with respect to
the building.
''(D) Buildings acquired by purchase.--A building
is described in this subparagraph if the building--
''(i) is acquired by purchase from an
unrelated person,
''(ii) meets the certification requirements
of subparagraph (E), and
''(iii) is placed in service after the date
of the enactment of this paragraph.
''(E) Certification requirements.--The requirements
of this subparagraph are met if, with respect to a
building, the building is certified in accordance with
section 179D(d)(6) as being constructed, reconstructed,
or modified, as the case may be, under a plan designed
to reduce the total annual energy and power costs of
the building by 40 percent or more in comparison to a
reference building which meets the minimum requirements
of Standard 90.1-2004 using methods of calculation
under section 179D(d)(2).
''(F) Standard 90.1-2004.--The term 'Standard 90.1-
2004' means Standard 90.1-2004 of the American Society
of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning
Engineers and the Illuminating Engineering Society of
North America (as in effect on July 30, 2012).
''(G) Related persons.--For purposes of
subparagraph (D), a person is related to another person
if--
''(i) the persons are members of an
affiliated group (as defined in section 1504),
or
''(ii) the persons have a relationship
described in subsection (b) of section 267;
except that, for purposes of this clause, the
phrase '80 percent or more' shall be
substituted for the phrase 'more than 50
percent' each place it appears in such
subsection and rules similar to the rules of
subsections (c) and (e) (other than paragraphs
(4) and (5) thereof) shall apply.
''(H) Denial of double benefit.--If this section
applies to a building by reason of subsection
(e)(3)(G), the deduction under section 179D shall not
be allowed.''.
(b) 20-Year Recovery Period for Energy Efficient Residential Rental
Property.--
(1) In general.--Subparagraph (F) of section 168(e)(3) of
such Code (relating to 20-year property) is amended to read as
follows:
''(F) 20-year property.--The term '20-year
property' means--
''(i) initial clearing and grading land
improvements with respect to any electric
utility transmission and distribution plant,
and
''(ii) any qualified energy efficient
residential rental property.''.
(2) Qualified energy efficient residential rental property
defined.--Subsection (i) of section 168 of such Code, as
amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the
following:
''(21) Qualified energy efficient residential rental
property.--
''(A) In general.--The term 'qualified energy
efficient nonresidential real property' means a
building which is residential rental property which is
described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D).
''(B) New or reconstructed building.--A building is
described in this subparagraph if--
''(i) the certification requirements of
subparagraph (E) with respect to the building
are met,
''(ii) the original use of which commences
with the taxpayer, and
''(iii) the building is placed in service
after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph.
''(C) Improvements to existing building.--A
building is described in this subparagraph if, only
after improvements are made to the building--
''(i) the certification requirements of
subparagraph (E) with respect to the building
are met,
''(ii) the original use of the improved
building commences with the taxpayer,
''(iii) the improved building is placed in
service after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph, and
''(iv) the taxpayer elects to the
application of this paragraph with respect to
the building.
''(D) Buildings acquired by purchase.--A building
is described in this subparagraph if the building--
''(i) is acquired by purchase from an
unrelated person,
''(ii) meets the certification requirements
of subparagraph (E), and
''(iii) is placed in service after the date
of the enactment of this paragraph.
''(E) Certification requirements.--The requirements
of this subparagraph are met if, with respect to a
building, the building is certified in accordance with
section 179D(d)(6) as being constructed, reconstructed,
or modified, as the case may be, under a plan designed
to reduce the total annual energy and power costs of
the building by 40 percent or more in comparison to a
reference building which meets the minimum requirements
of the International Energy Conservation Code 2004
using methods of calculation under section 179D(d)(2).
''(F) Related persons.--For purposes of
subparagraph (D), a person is related to another person
if--
''(i) the persons are members of an
affiliated group (as defined in section 1504),
or
''(ii) the persons have a relationship
described in subsection (b) of section 267;
except that, for purposes of this clause, the
phrase '80 percent or more' shall be
substituted for the phrase 'more than 50
percent' each place it appears in such
subsection and rules similar to the rules of
subsections (c) and (e) (other than paragraphs
(4) and (5) thereof) shall apply.
''(G) Denial of double benefit.--If this section
applies to a building by reason of subsection
(e)(3)(F)(ii), the deduction under section 179D shall
not be allowed.''.
(c) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) The table contained in section 168(c) of such Code is
amended by inserting after the item relating to 20-year
property the following new item:

''25-year property................................. 25 years''.
(2) The table contained in section 467(e)(3)(A) of such
Code is amended--
(A) by inserting ''which is not 25-year property''
after ''nonresidential real property'', and
(B) by inserting after the item relating to
residential rental property and nonresidential real
property the following new item:

''25-year property.................................19 years.''.
(3) Clauses (iv), (v), and (ix) of section 168(e)(3)(E) of
such Code are each amended by inserting ''(not described in
subparagraph (G))'' after ''property''.
(d) Requirement To Use Straight Line Method.--Paragraph (3) of
section 168(b) of such Code (relating to property to which straight
line method applies) is amended by redesignating subparagraphs (F),
(G), (H), and (I) as subparagraphs (G), (H), (I), and (J),
respectively, and by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new
subparagraph:
''(F) Property described in subsection
(e)(3)(F)(ii) or subsection (e)(3)(G).''.
(e) Alternative System.--The table contained in section
168(g)(3)(B) of such Code is amended by striking the item relating to
subparagraph (F) and inserting the following new items:

''(F)(i)............................................... 25
(F)(ii)............................................... 20
(G)................................................... 25''.
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2012.

SOLUTION:
Building Efficiently Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish, for depreciation purposes: (1) a 25-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient nonresidential real property, and (2) a 20-year recovery period for qualified energy efficient residential rental property.