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House Calendar No. 155 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 983 

[Report No. 111–408] 

Requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services, to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications in their possession relating to certain agreements regarding health care reform. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 16, 2009 

Mr. BURGESS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

JANUARY 29, 2010 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

RESOLUTION 

Requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of 

Health and Human Services, to transmit to the House 

of Representatives copies of documents, records, and 

communications in their possession relating to certain 

agreements regarding health care reform. 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests 

2 the President, and directs the Secretary of Health and 

3 Human Services, to transmit to the House of RepresentaVerDate Nov 24 2008 20:45 Jan 29, 2010 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR983.RH HR983

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1 tives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption 

2 of this resolution, copies of each portion of any document, 

3 record, or communication (including telephone and elec4 tronic mail records, logs and calendars, and records of in5 ternal discussions) in the possession of the President or 

6 Secretary, respectively, referring or relating to— 

7 (1) any written or verbal agreement that— 

8 (A) relates to any of the following bills in 

9 the 111th Congress (or any proposed change 

10 thereto): H.R. 3200, H.R. 3590, H.R. 3961, 

11 H.R. 3962 , S. 1679, or S. 1796; and 

12 (B) is entered into on or after January 20, 

13 2009, between an individual serving in an office 

14 or position in the White House or the Depart15 ment of Health and Human Services and any 

16 other person; 

17 (2) negotiations relating to an agreement de18 scribed in paragraph (1), the name or title of any 

19 individual described in paragraph (1)(B) who par20 ticipated in decisionmaking during such negotia21 tions, the date of any meeting held as part of such 

22 negotiations, or the identity of any participant in 

23 any such meeting; 

24 (3) any such negotiations with the Advanced 

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1 ical Association, America’s Health Insurance Plans, 

2 the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of 

3 America, the American Hospital Association, or the 

4 Service Employees International Union regarding 

5 decreasing by 1.5 percentage points the annual 

6 health care spending growth rate or policy proposals 

7 to accomplish this goal; or 

8 (4) implementation of an agreement described 

9 in paragraph (1). 


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House Calendar No. 155 

111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 983 

[Report No. 111–408] 

RESOLUTION 

Requesting the President, and directing the Secing health care reform. possession relating to certain agreements regard- documents, records, and communications in their mit to the House of Representatives copies of retary of Health and Human Services, to transJANUARY 29, 2010 

Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 

printed 


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