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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 569

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in the medicare program, and for

other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 16, 1995

Mr. HARKIN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

jointly pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, to the Committees on

the Budget and Governmental Affairs, with instructions that if one committee reports, the other committee have thirty days to report or be discharged

A BILL

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to combat waste, fraud, and abuse

in the medicare program, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medicare Protection

5 Act of 1995’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ADJUSTMENTS TO DISCRETIONARY SPENDING

2 LIMITS.

3 (a) ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 251(b)(2) of the Bal4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

5 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)) is amended—

6 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and

7 (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and

8 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol9 lowing new subparagraph:

10 ‘‘(E) MEDICARE ADMINISTRATIVE

11 COSTS.—To the extent that appropriations are

12 enacted that provide additional new budget au13 thority (as compared with a base level of

14 $1,609,671,000 for new budget authority) for

15 the administration of the medicare program by

16 fiscal intermediaries and carriers pursuant to

17 sections 1816 and 1842(a) of title XVIII of the

18 Social Security Act, the adjustment for that

19 year shall be that amount, but shall not ex20 ceed—

21 ‘‘(i) for fiscal year 1995,

22 $161,000,000 in new budget authority and

23 $161,000,000 in outlays;

24 ‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 1996,

25 $177,000,000 in new budget authority and

26 $177,000,000 in outlays;
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1 ‘‘(iii) for fiscal year 1997,

2 $195,000,000 in new budget authority and

3 $195,000,000 in outlays;

4 ‘‘(iv) for fiscal year 1998,

5 $214,000,000 in new budget authority and

6 $214,000,000 in outlays;

7 ‘‘(v) for fiscal year 1999,

8 $236,000,000 in new budget authority and

9 $236,000,000 in outlays; and

10 ‘‘(vi) for fiscal year 2000,

11 $259,000,000 in new budget authority and

12 $259,000,000 in outlays; and

13 the prior-year outlays resulting from these ap14 propriations of budget authority and additional

15 adjustments equal to the sum of the maximum

16 adjustments that could have been made in pre17 ceding fiscal years under this subparagraph.’’.

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

19 (1) Section 603(a) of the Congressional Budget

20 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 655b(a)) is amended by strik21 ing ‘‘section 251(b)(2)(E)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

22 251(b)(2)(F)(i)’’.

23 (2) Section 606(d) of the Congressional Budget

24 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 665e(d)) is amended—
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1 (A) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘sec2 tion 251(b)(2)(E)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘section

3 251(b)(2)(F)(i)’’; and

4 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting

5 ‘‘251(b)(2)(E),’’ after ‘‘251(b)(2)(D),’’.

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