S.Amdt. 3022

SA 3022. Mr. ENSIGN 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. __. LIMITATION ON IMPLEMENTATION.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as
the ``Secretary'') shall not implement the amendments made by
and the provisions of this part for any year unless the
Secretary certifies with respect to such year that such
amendments and provisions will not result in any individual
who would otherwise be enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan
under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act being
forced away from or losing their enrollment in such plan, as
such enrollment was in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of this Act.
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