HR 3640 · 106th Congress · Health

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to take the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under the Medicare Program off budget.

Introduced 2000-02-10· Sponsored by Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3531)(2000-05-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of the Federal budget as submitted by the President, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) (thus making the Trust Fund off-budget).…

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