HR 4694 · 106th Congress · Economics and Public Finance

Social Security and Medicare Surplus Protection Act of 2000

Introduced 2000-06-20· Sponsored by Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Rereferred to the House Committee on the Budget.(2000-12-15)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Social Security and Medicare Surplus Protection Act of 2000 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require, after any sequestration of budget-year budgetary resources under discretionary spending limit or pay-as-you-go enforcement provisions, a sequestration equivalent to the estimated net surplus in the social security and Medicare trust funds (Federal Old-Age and Survivors, Disability Insurance, Hospital Insurance, and Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds) for the budget year as estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury in order to reduce the public debt. Includes information on sequestration to reduce the public debt in reports issued by the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office. Applies this Act's amendments, beginning in FY 2001, and terminates its effectiveness after the earlier of: (1) the first fiscal year during which there is no public debt; or (2) the fiscal year during which there is enacted legislation which is determined, under Government budgeting and scoring principles, to keep social security and Medicare solvent.…

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