S.Amdt. 2893

SA 2893. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Specter) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr.
Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill
H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the
first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces
and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 923, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

SEC. 3211. IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSITIONAL EXTRA BENEFITS UNDER
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE.

Section 1853(p) of the Social Security Act, as added by
section 3201, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
(B) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking
``(A) or (B)'' and inserting ``(A), (B), or (C)''; and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) A county where the percentage of Medicare Advantage
eligible beneficiaries in the county who are enrolled in an
MA plan for the year is greater than 45 percent (as
determined by the Secretary).''; and
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``$5,000,000,000'' and
inserting ``$7,500,000,000''.
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