11-3-05, Bill Passed Senate 52-47
12-19-05, House Agreed to Conference Report 212-206
2-8-06, Became Public Law 109-171
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Calendar No. 274
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1932
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95).
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 27, 2005
Mr. GREGG, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following original
bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar
A BILL
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. Res. 95).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act
of 2005'.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
TITLE I--COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY
Subtitle A--Commodity Programs
Sec. 1101. Reduction of commodity program payments.
Sec. 1102. Forfeiture penalty for nonrecourse sugar loans.
Sec. 1103. Cotton competitiveness provisions.
Sec. 1104. National dairy market loss payments.
Sec. 1105. Advance direct payments.
Subtitle B--Conservation
Sec. 1201. Conservation reserve program.
Sec. 1202. Conservation security program.
Sec. 1203. Environmental quality incentives program.
Subtitle C--Miscellaneous
Sec. 1301. Initiative for future agriculture and food systems.
TITLE II--COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Subtitle A--Merger of the Deposit Insurance Funds
Sec. 2003. Merger of BIF and SAIF.
Sec. 2004. Establishment of the Deposit Insurance Fund.
Sec. 2005. Technical and conforming amendments to the Federal Deposit Insurance
Act.
Sec. 2006. Other technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 2007. Effective date.
Subtitle B--Deposit Insurance Modernization and Improvement
Sec. 2012. Changes to Federal deposit insurance coverage.
Sec. 2013. Designated reserve ratio.
Sec. 2014. Assessment credits and dividends.
Sec. 2015. Assessments-related records retention and statute of limitations.
Sec. 2016. Increase in fees for late assessment payments.
Sec. 2017. Regulations required.
Sec. 2018. Studies of potential changes to the Federal deposit insurance
system.
Sec. 2019. Effective date.
Subtitle C--FHA Asset Disposition
Sec. 2023. Appropriated funds requirement for below market sales.
Sec. 2024. Up-front grants.
Sec. 2025. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III--COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION
Sec. 3002. Analog spectrum recovery; hard deadline.
Sec. 3003. Auction of recovered spectrum.
Sec. 3004. Supplemental license fees.
Sec. 3005. Digital Transition and Public Safety Fund.
Sec. 3006. Essential air service program.
TITLE IV--ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Sec. 401. Oil and gas leasing program.
TITLE V--COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
Sec. 5001. Technical corrections to SAFETEA-LU.
TITLE VI--FINANCE
Sec. 6000. Amendments to Social Security Act.
Subtitle A--Medicaid
Chapter 1--Payment For Prescription Drugs Under Medicaid
Sec. 6001. Pharmacy reimbursement.
Sec. 6002. Increase in rebates for covered outpatient drugs.
Sec. 6003. Improved regulation of authorized generic drugs.
Sec. 6004. Collection of rebates for certain physician administered drugs.
Chapter 2--Long-Term Care Under Medicaid
Sec. 6011. Reform of Medicaid asset transfer rules.
Sec. 6012. State long-term care partnerships.
Chapter 3--Eliminating Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in Medicaid
Sec. 6021. Enhancing third party recovery.
Sec. 6022. Limitation on use of contingency fee arrangements.
Sec. 6023. Encouraging the enactment of State False Claims Acts.
Sec. 6024. Employee education about False Claims Recovery.
Sec. 6025. Prohibition on restocking and double billing of prescription
drugs.
Sec. 6026. Medicaid Integrity Program.
Chapter 4--State Financing Under Medicaid
Sec. 6031. Reforms of targeted case management.
Sec. 6032. Temporary Federal matching payments for Federal assistance.
Sec. 6033. Managed care organization provider tax reform.
Sec. 6034. Inclusion of podiatrists as physicians.
Sec. 6035. DSH allotment for the District of Columbia.
Sec. 6036. Demonstration project regarding Medicaid reimbursement for stabilization
of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions
for mental diseases.
Chapter 5--Improving the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance
Programs
SUBCHAPTER A--FAMILY OPPORTUNITY ACT
Sec. 6041. Short title of subchapter.
Sec. 6042. Opportunity for families of disabled children to purchase Medicaid
coverage for such children.
Sec. 6043. Demonstration projects regarding home and community-based alternatives
to psychiatric residential treatment facilities for children.
Sec. 6044. Development and support of family-to-family health information
centers.
Sec. 6045. Restoration of Medicaid eligibility for certain SSI beneficiaries.
SUBCHAPTER B--STATE CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
Sec. 6051. Rules for availability, redistribution, and extended availability
of allotments for fiscal years 2003, 2004, and 2005.
Sec. 6052. Authority to use up to 10 percent of fiscal year 2006 and 2007
allotments for outreach.
Sec. 6053. Prohibition against covering nonpregnant childless adults with
SCHIP funds.
Sec. 6054. Continued authority for qualifying States to use certain funds
for Medicaid expenditures.
Sec. 6055. Grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid
and SCHIP.
SUBCHAPTER C--MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON REBALANCING DEMONSTRATION
Sec. 6061. Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration.
Chapter 6--Option for Hurricane Katrina Disaster States To Delay Application
Sec. 6071. Option for Hurricane Katrina disaster States to delay application.
Subtitle B--Medicare
Sec. 6101. Improvements to the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program.
Sec. 6102. Reduction in payments to skilled nursing facilities for bad debt.
Sec. 6103. Two-year extension of the 50 percent compliance threshold used
to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation
facility under the Medicare program.
Sec. 6104. Prohibition on physician self referrals to physician owned, limited
service hospitals.
Sec. 6105. Minimum update for physicians' services for 2006.
Sec. 6106. One-year extension of hold harmless provisions for small rural
hospitals and sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system
for hospital outpatient department services.
Sec. 6107. Update to the composite rate component of the basic case-mix
adjusted prospective payment system for dialysis services.
Sec. 6108. One-year extension of moratorium on therapy caps.
Sec. 6109. Transfer of title of certain DME to patient after 13-month rental.
Sec. 6110. Establishment of Medicare value-based purchasing programs.
Sec. 6111. Phase-out of risk adjustment budget neutrality in determining
the amount of payments to Medicare Advantage organizations.
Sec. 6112. Elimination of Medicare Advantage regional plan stabilization
fund.
Sec. 6113. Rural PACE provider grant program.
Sec. 6114. Waiver of part B late enrollment penalty for certain international
volunteers.
Sec. 6115. Delivery of services at Federally qualified health centers.
TITLE VII--COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS
Subtitle A--Education Provisions
Chapter 1--Education
Sec. 7101. Provisional grant assistance program.
Sec. 7102. National smart grants.
Sec. 7104. Plus loan interest rates and zero special allowance payment.
Sec. 7105. Reduction of lender insurance reimbursement rates.
Sec. 7106. Guaranty agency origination fee.
Sec. 7107. Deferment of student loans for military service.
Sec. 7108. Recovery through consolidation.
Sec. 7109. Single holder rule.
Sec. 7110. Default reduction program.
Sec. 7111. Requirements for disbursements of student loans.
Sec. 7112. Special insurance and reinsurance rules.
Sec. 7113. School as lender moratorium.
Sec. 7114. Permanent reduction of special allowance payments for loans from
the proceeds of tax exempt issues.
Sec. 7115. Special allowances.
Sec. 7116. Origination fee.
Sec. 7117. Income contingent repayment for public sector employees.
Sec. 7118. Family contribution for dependent students.
Sec. 7119. Family contribution for independent students without dependents
other than a spouse.
Sec. 7120. Family contribution for independent students with dependents
other than a spouse.
Sec. 7121. Regulations; updated tables.
Sec. 7122. Simplified need test and automatic zero improvements.
Sec. 7123. Loan forgiveness for teachers.
Sec. 7124. Effective date.
Chapter 2--Hurricane Katrina Higher Education Recovery
Sec. 7153. Waiver authority and modifications to certain provisions of the
Higher Education Act of 1965.
Sec. 7154. General waiver authority and required consultation.
Sec. 7155. Notice of waivers, modifications, or extensions.
Sec. 7156. Regulatory requirements inapplicable.
Sec. 7157. Department of Education Inspector General audit and report.
Sec. 7158. Sunset provision.
Subtitle B--Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Premiums
Sec. 7201. Amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974.
Subtitle C--Higher Education Reauthorization
Chapter 1--Short Title; References; General Effective Date
Sec. 7303. General effective date.
Chapter 2--General Provisions
Sec. 7311. Additional definitions.
Sec. 7312. General definition of institution of higher education.
Sec. 7313. Definition of institution of higher education for purposes of
title IV programs.
Sec. 7314. Protection of student speech and association rights.
Sec. 7315. National advisory committee on institutional quality and integrity.
Sec. 7316. Drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
Sec. 7317. Prior rights and obligations.
Sec. 7318. Cost of higher education.
Sec. 7319. Performance-based organization for the delivery of Federal student
financial assistance.
Sec. 7320. Procurement flexibility.
Chapter 3--Teacher Quality Enhancement
Sec. 7331. Teacher quality enhancement grants for States and partnerships.
Chapter 4--Institutional Aid
Sec. 7341. Program purpose.
Sec. 7342. Definitions; eligibility.
Sec. 7343. American Indian tribally controlled colleges and universities.
Sec. 7344. Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving institutions.
Sec. 7345. Native American-serving, nontribal institutions.
Sec. 7346. Part B definitions.
Sec. 7347. Grants to institutions.
Sec. 7348. Allotments to institutions.
Sec. 7349. Professional or graduate institutions.
Sec. 7350. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 7351. Technical corrections.
Chapter 5--Student Assistance
SUBCHAPTER A--GRANTS TO STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
Sec. 7361. Federal Pell Grants.
Sec. 7362. Federal TRIO Programs.
Sec. 7363. Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.
Sec. 7364. Academic Achievement Incentive Scholarships.
Sec. 7365. Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants.
Sec. 7366. Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program.
Sec. 7367. Special programs for students whose families are engaged in migrant
and seasonal farmwork.
Sec. 7368. Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program.
Sec. 7369. Child care access means parents in school.
Sec. 7370. Learning anytime anywhere partnerships.
SUBCHAPTER B--FEDERAL FAMILY EDUCATION LOAN PROGRAM
Sec. 7381. Extension of authorities.
Sec. 7382. Federal payments to reduce student interest costs.
Sec. 7383. Federal consolidation loans.
Sec. 7384. Default reduction program.
Sec. 7385. Requirements for disbursement of student loans.
Sec. 7386. Reports to credit bureaus and institutions of higher education.
Sec. 7387. Common forms and formats.
Sec. 7388. Student loan information by eligible borrowers.
Sec. 7389. Consumer education information.
Sec. 7390. Definition of eligible lender.
Sec. 7390A. Repayment by the Secretary of loans of bankrupt, deceased, or
disabled borrowers; treatment of borrowers attending schools that fail to
provide a refund, attending closed schools, or falsely certified as eligible
to borrow.
SUBCHAPTER C--FEDERAL WORK-STUDY PROGRAMS
Sec. 7391. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 7392. Allowance for books and supplies.
Sec. 7393. Grants for Federal work-study programs.
Sec. 7394. Job location and development programs.
Sec. 7395. Work colleges.
SUBCHAPTER D--WILLIAM D. FORD FEDERAL DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM
Sec. 7401. Funds for administrative expenses.
SUBCHAPTER E--FEDERAL PERKINS LOANS
Sec. 7411. Program authority.
Sec. 7412. Terms of loans.
Sec. 7413. Cancellation of loans for certain public service.
Sec. 7414. Federal capital contribution recovery.
SUBCHAPTER F--NEED ANALYSIS
Sec. 7421. Cost of attendance.
Sec. 7422. Discretion of student financial aid administrators.
SUBCHAPTER G--GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO STUDENT ASSISTANCE
Sec. 7432. Compliance calendar.
Sec. 7433. Forms and regulations.
Sec. 7434. Student eligibility.
Sec. 7435. Statute of limitations and State court judgments.
Sec. 7436. Institutional refunds.
Sec. 7437. Institutional and financial assistance for students.
Sec. 7438. National student loan data system.
Sec. 7439. Early awareness of financial aid eligibility.
Sec. 7440. College access initiative.
Sec. 7441. Program participation agreements.
Sec. 7442. Regulatory relief and improvement.
Sec. 7443. Transfer of allotments.
Sec. 7444. Wage garnishment requirement.
Sec. 7445. Purpose of administrative payments.
Sec. 7446. Advisory committee on student financial assistance.
Sec. 7447. Regional meetings.
Sec. 7448. Year 2000 requirements at the department.
SUBCHAPTER H--PROGRAM INTEGRITY
Sec. 7451. Recognition of accrediting agency or association.
Sec. 7452. Administrative capacity standard.
Sec. 7453. Program review and data.
Chapter 6--Developing Institutions
Sec. 7502. Authorized activities.
Sec. 7503. Duration of grant.
Sec. 7504. Postbaccalaureate opportunities for Hispanic Americans.
Sec. 7506. Cooperative arrangements.
Sec. 7507. Authorization of appropriations.
Chapter 7--International Education Programs
Sec. 7602. Graduate and undergraduate language and area centers and programs.
Sec. 7603. Undergraduate international studies and foreign language programs.
Sec. 7604. Research; studies.
Sec. 7605. Technological innovation and cooperation for foreign information
access.
Sec. 7606. Selection of certain grant recipients.
Sec. 7607. American overseas research centers.
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