S.Amdt. 2941

SA 2941. Mr. SPECTER (for himself, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Casey)
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 857, strike lines 5 through 25 and insert the
following:
(a) In General.--Section 1834(a)(7)(A)(iii) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(7)(A)(iii)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``complex rehabilitative power-driven
wheelchair and any other'' after ``in the case of a'' and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ``In the case of a
power-driven wheelchair that is

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not a complex rehabilitative power-driven wheelchair, the
following rules shall apply:
``(aa) The first sentence of this clause shall only apply
if the length of need is at least 13 months, as certified by
a physician.
``(bb) If the individual exercises the option under the
first sentence of this clause and the individual discontinues
use of the item prior to end of the 13-month period that
begins on the date the individual exercises such option, the
supplier shall be subject to recovery by the Secretary of an
amount equal to the amount (if any) by which the lump-sum
payment for the purchase for the wheelchair exceeds the total
of the monthly payments for the wheelchair that would have
been made on a rental basis for continuous use of less than
13 months.
``(cc) If the Secretary recovers any payments under item
(bb), the title for the wheelchair shall revert to the
supplier at the option of the supplier.''.
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