S.Amdt. 3149

SA 3149. 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 999, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
(q) Budget-Neutral Exemption of Certain Providers.--
Notwithstanding the provisions of, and amendments made by,
the preceding subsections of this section--
(1) such provisions and amendments shall not apply to a
health care provider that--
(A) is described in section 340B(a)(4) of the Public Health
Service Act or 1927(c)(1)(D)(i)(IV) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-8(c)(1)(D)(i)(IV)); and
(B) is located in an area that is not a metropolitan
statistical area (as determined by the Bureau of the Census);
and
(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make
appropriate adjustments in the application of such provisions
and amendments to ensure that the amount of expenditures
under title XVIII of the Social Security Act is equal to the
amount of expenditures that would have been made under such
title if this subsection had not been enacted, as estimated
by the Secretary.
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