S.Amdt. 3235

SA 3235. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Specter) 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 923, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

SEC. 3211. IMPROVEMENTS TO TRANSITIONAL EXTRA BENEFITS UNDER
MEDICARE ADVANTAGE.

Section 1853(p) of the Social Security Act, as added by
section 3201, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D);
(B) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking
``(A) or (B)'' and inserting ``(A), (B), or (C)'';
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) A county--
``(i) where the percentage of Medicare Advantage eligible
beneficiaries in the county who are enrolled in an MA plan
for the year is greater than 45 percent (as determined by the
Secretary); and
``(ii) that is located in a State in which the percentage
of residents over the age of 65 is greater than 14 percent
(as determined by the Secretary).'';
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following flush
sentence:

``Such term shall not include any MA local area identified
under subsection (o)(1).''; and
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ``$5,000,000,000'' and
inserting ``$7,000,000,000''.
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