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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1207

To remove the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund from the

budget of the United States Government and to remove Social Security

and Medicare from budget pronouncements.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 26, 2001

Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was referred

to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on

Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To remove the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust

Fund from the budget of the United States Government

and to remove Social Security and Medicare from budget

pronouncements.

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

3 SECTION 1. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF THE FEDERAL

4 HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND.

5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the re6 ceipts and disbursements of the Federal Hospital Insur7 ance Trust Fund shall not be counted as new budget au-
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1 thority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes

2 of—

3 (1) the budget of the United States Govern4 ment as submitted by the President;

5 (2) the congressional budget; or

6 (3) the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def7 icit Control Act of 1985.

8 SEC. 2. REMOVING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE

9 FROM BUDGET PRONOUNCEMENTS.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any official statement issued by

11 the Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional

12 Budget Office, or any other agency or instrumentality of

13 the Federal Government of surplus or deficit totals of the

14 budget of the United States Government as submitted by

15 the President or of the surplus or deficit totals of the con16 gressional budget, and any description of, or reference to,

17 such totals in any official publication or material issued

18 by either of such offices or any other such agency or in19 strumentality, shall exclude—

20 (1) the outlays and receipts of the old-age, sur21 vivors, and disability insurance program under title

22 II of the Social Security Act (including the Federal

23 Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and

24 the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund) and
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1 the related provisions of the Internal Revenue Code

2 of 1986, and

3 (2) the outlays and receipts of the hospital in4 surance program under part A of title XVIII of the

5 Social Security Act (including the Federal Hospital

6 Insurance Trust Fund) and the related provisions of

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

8 (b) SEPARATE SOCIAL SECURITY BUDGET DOCU9 MENTS.—The excluded outlays and receipts of the old-age,

10 survivors, and disability insurance program under title II

11 of the Social Security Act shall be submitted in separate

12 social security budget documents.

13 (c) SEPARATE MEDICARE BUDGET DOCUMENTS.—

14 The excluded outlays and receipts of the hospital insur15 ance program under part A of title XVIII of the Social

16 Security Act shall be submitted in separate medicare

17 budget documents.

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