S.Amdt. 3024

SA 3024. 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USING MEDICARE SAVINGS TO OFFSET
PROGRAMS UNRELATED TO MEDICARE.

Title III of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
621 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 316. PROHIBITION ON USING MEDICARE SAVINGS TO OFFSET
PROGRAMS UNRELATED TO MEDICARE.

``For purposes of this title and title IV, a reduction in
outlays under title XVIII of the Social Security Act may not
be counted as an offset to any outlays under any other
program or activity of the Federal Government.''.
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