IV 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 501 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding any final 
measure to extend the payroll tax holiday, extend Federally funded unem-
ployment insurance benefits, or prevent decreases in reimbursement for 
physicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2011 
Mr. PRICE of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees 
on Energy and Commerce, House Administration, and Transportation 
and Infrastructure, 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 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regard-
ing any final measure to extend the payroll tax holiday, 
extend Federally funded unemployment insurance bene-
fits, or prevent decreases in reimbursement for physi-
cians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries. 
Whereas a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut instead 
of a full-year extension would cause additional uncer-
tainty and complexity for private-sector job creators al-
ready struggling in the current economy; 
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Whereas, on December 17, 2011, President Barack Obama 
said, ‘‘It would be inexcusable for Congress not to further 
extend this middle-class tax cut for the rest of the year.’’; 
Whereas, on December 17, 2011, House Minority Leader 
Nancy Pelosi said, ‘‘House Democrats will return to 
Washington to take up this legislation without delay, and 
we will keep up the fight to extend these provisions for 
a full year.’’; 
Whereas, on December 17, 2011, House Minority Whip 
Steny Hoyer (D–MD): ‘‘I’m disappointed that Senate Re-
publicans would not agree to a longer-term extension of 
critical policies.’’; 
Whereas in 2011 working Americans received a temporary 
payroll tax rate reduction which allowed the average fam-
ily to keep $1,000 more of their annual wages; 
Whereas, on December 31, 2011, without action by the Con-
gress, the temporary payroll tax rate reduction will ex-
pire, leaving nearly 170 million American workers with 
less disposable income as the economy continues to strug-
gle; 
Whereas the imminent expiration of the temporary payroll 
tax rate reduction is creating further uncertainty for 
families as well as employers who must adjust with-
holding amounts from their employees’ paychecks; 
Whereas the Social Security Trust Fund is now running a 
cash deficit, and over the next 75 years will require an 
additional $6.5 trillion to pay scheduled benefits; 
Whereas, on January 1, 2012, without Congressional action, 
Medicare physician payments will be cut by 27.4 percent; 
Whereas in order to preserve access to health care for the na-
tion’s seniors, two years of stable Medicare payment 
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rates would provide the most certainty physicians have 
had since 2004; 
Whereas a two-year period of stability would provide Con-
gress time to develop a long-term replacement to the Sus-
tainable Growth Rate formula; 
Whereas 13 million Americans remain unemployed and the 
unemployment rate has been above eight percent for 34 
consecutive months, the Congress should enact needed re-
forms to ensure a fiscally responsible unemployment in-
surance program; 
Whereas H.R. 3630 as passed by the House provided a fully 
offset extension of unemployment insurance benefits in 
line with previous periods of economic duress and inte-
grated common-sense reforms into the program, including 
a requirement that benefit recipients search for work and 
participate in reemployment services to help them get 
back to work; 
Whereas construction of the Keystone XL pipeline from 
Hardisty, Alberta, to Steele City, Nebraska, and to the 
United States Gulf Coast through Cushing, Oklahoma, is 
a $7 billion energy project that will enhance the energy 
security and economy of the United States; 
Whereas the Keystone XL pipeline will create 20,000 direct 
jobs and 118,000 indirect jobs; 
Whereas the Keystone XL pipeline has been subjected to 
three years of intensive environmental review, and was 
deemed environmentally sound by the U.S. Department 
of State in its August 26, 2011, Final Environmental 
Impact Statement (FEIS); 
Whereas Keystone XL pipeline legislation passed by the 
House and Senate would allow the state of Nebraska to 
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continue its environmental review of a new pipeline route 
to avoid the Sand Hills region and the Ogallala Aquifer; 
Whereas H.R. 3630 as passed by the House will reduce the 
cost for employers to purchase and place in service new 
equipment next year, and continued expensing will serve 
as an incentive to make investments and foster greater 
business investment and job creation; 
Whereas EPA’s new proposed rules for boilers would cost 
manufacturers, colleges and universities, municipalities, 
and small businesses $15 billion and put up to 240,000 
jobs at risk; 
Whereas significant concerns with EPA’s new proposed rules 
cannot be adequately addressed or remedied unless Con-
gress passes legislation; and 
Whereas the House of Representatives passed on October 13, 
2011, by a vote of 275 to 142, with the support of 41 
Democrats, legislation that would overturn EPA’s Boiler 
MACT rules and require the agency to re-propose new 
rules in 15 months after date of enactment, with achiev-
able standards, and an extension of the compliance period 
from three years to five years: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the Sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that any final measure to extend the payroll 
tax holiday, extend Federally funded unemployment insur-
ance benefits, or prevent decreases in reimbursement for 
physicians who provide care to Medicare beneficiaries— 
(1) extend the payroll tax holiday through De-
cember 31, 2012; 
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