S.Amdt. 3101

SA 3101. Mr. FRANKEN 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 692, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

SEC. 3009. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

Nothing in the provisions of, or amendments made by, this
Act shall be construed as prohibiting the application of
value-based purchasing reforms under the Medicare program
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act under such
provisions or amendments to items and services furnished to
individuals eligible for benefits under the Medicare program
as a result of any expansion of such eligibility under the
provisions of, or amendments made by, this Act.
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