S.Amdt. 3130

SA 3130. Mr. JOHANNS 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 245, between lines 14 and 15, and insert the
following:
(B) Special rule for low-income adults not eligible for
medicaid.--If a taxpayer is an individual who, but for the
application of section 1902(k)(2) of the Social Security Act,
a State would be required under subclause (VIII) of
subsection (a)(10)(A)(i) to provide medical assistance to
under the State Medicaid plan, the taxpayer shall--
(i) for purposes of the credit under this section, be
treated as an applicable taxpayer and the applicable
percentage with respect to such taxpayer shall be 2.0
percent; and
(ii) for purposes of reduced cost-sharing under section
1402 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, shall
be treated as having household income of more than 100
percent but less than 150 percent of the poverty line (as so
defined) applicable to a family of the size involved.
On page 398, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
(B) Special rules for states with a budget deficit or at
risk of having to raise taxes or being unable to deliver
essential state functions.--Section 1902(k) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1396a(k)), as added by subparagraph (A), is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(2) If a State submits a certification to the Secretary
in 2013 that in 2014, complying with the requirement under
subclause (VIII) of subsection (a)(10)(A)(i) to provide
medical assistance to individuals described in that subclause
would cause the State to have a budget deficit, or require
the State to raise taxes, or reduce or eliminate spending for
education, transportation, law enforcement or other essential
State functions, then, in the case of individuals described
in the subclause who have attained 19 years of age, the State
only shall be required to provide medical assistance under
that subclause to those individuals with income (as
determined under subsection (e)(14)) that does not exceed 75
percent of the poverty line (as defined in section
2110(c)(5)) applicable to a family of the size involved.''.
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