S.Amdt. 3049

SA 3049. Mr. BARRASSO 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 436, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

SEC. 2008. PROTECTION OF MEDICAID WAIVER AUTHORITY.

No provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act
shall limit or otherwise restrict any authority in effect on
the date of enactment of this Act which the Secretary of
Health and Human Services may exercise under section 1915 or
1115 of the Social Security Act or otherwise to encourage
States to develop innovation programs to provide health
insurance to uninsured individuals or to contain health care
costs by granting States budget neutral Medicaid waivers Any
provision of this Act or an amendment of this Act that is
contrary to the preceding sentence is null and void.
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