I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2529 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal 
distributions for medicine qualified only if for prescribed drug or insulin. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2011 
Ms. JENKINS (for herself, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. 
BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. LATTA, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. AUSTRIA, Mrs. CAPITO, 
Mr. JONES, Mr. COBLE, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. FRANK of 
Massachusetts, Mr. PAUL, Mr. HULTGREN, Mr. BILBRAY, Mrs. BLACK-
BURN, Mr. POSEY, and Mrs. ELLMERS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
to repeal distributions for medicine qualified only if for 
prescribed drug or insulin. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Access to 
Medication Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPEAL OF DISTRIBUTIONS FOR MEDICINE QUALI-
FIED ONLY IF FOR PRESCRIBED DRUG OR IN-
SULIN. 
Section 9003 of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act (Public Law 111–148) and the amendments 
made by such section are repealed; and the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 shall be applied as if such section, and 
amendments, had never been enacted. 
SEC. 3. RESCISSION OF UNSPENT FEDERAL FUNDS TO OFF-
SET LOSS IN REVENUES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of all available unobligated funds, appro-
priated discretionary funds are hereby rescinded in such 
amounts as determined by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget such that the aggregate amount 
of such rescission equals the reduction in revenues to the 
Treasury by reason of the repeal, and amendments, made 
by section 2. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall determine and identify 
from which appropriation accounts the rescission under 
subsection (a) shall apply and the amount of such rescis-
sion that shall apply to each such account. Not later than 
60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
submit a report to the Secretary of the Treasury and Con-
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gress of the accounts and amounts determined and identi-
fied for rescission under the preceding sentence. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to the 
unobligated funds of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
or the Social Security Administration. 
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