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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3000 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3000

 To extend the increase in the FMAP provided in the American Recovery 
        and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for an additional 6 months.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 4, 2010

  Mr. Rockefeller (for himself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
  Franken, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Begich, Mr. Levin, Mr. Durbin, Mrs. 
 Gillibrand, Mr. Reed, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Kirk, 
    Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Casey, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Burris, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
Schumer, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. 
Murray, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Specter, Mr. Cardin, 
 Mr. Merkley, Ms. Cantwell, and Mrs. Shaheen) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL

 
 To extend the increase in the FMAP provided in the American Recovery 
        and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for an additional 6 months.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF ARRA INCREASE IN FMAP.

    Section 5001 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111-5) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``first calendar 
        quarter'' and inserting ``first 3 calendar quarters'';
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``July 1, 
                2010'' and inserting ``January 1, 2011'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by striking ``July 1, 
                2010'' each place it appears and inserting ``January 1, 
                2011''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4)(C)(ii), by striking ``the 3-
                consecutive-month period beginning with January 2010'' 
                and inserting ``any 3-consecutive-month period that 
                begins after December 2009 and ends before January 
                2011'';
            (3) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``September 30, 
                2011'' and inserting ``March 31, 2012''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by inserting ``of such Act'' after 
                        ``1923''; and
                            (ii) by adding at the end the following new 
                        sentence: ``Voluntary contributions by a 
                        political subdivision to the non-Federal share 
                        of expenditures under the State Medicaid plan 
                        or to the non-Federal share of payments under 
                        section 1923 of the Social Security Act shall 
                        not be considered to be required contributions 
                        for purposes of this section.''; and
            (4) in subsection (h)(3), by striking ``December 31, 2010'' 
        and inserting ``June 30, 2011''.
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