S.Amdt. 3089

SA 3089. Mr. BENNETT 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. __. PRESERVATION OF MEDICARE.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act (or an
amendment made by this Act), the amendments made by title III
to expand Medicare eligibility under title XVIII of the
Social Security Act shall not take effect until the Secretary
certifies to Congress that premiums assessed for coverage
under non-Federal health insurance coverage will not increase
in any manner to compensate for lower premiums assessed under
the Medicare program.
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