S.Amdt. 3266

SA 3266. Mr. GRASSLEY 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 1798, between lines 21 and 22, insert the
following:

SEC. 6608. REQUIRED INVESTIGATION OF OUTLIERS.

Section 1862 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y),
as amended by section 6402(h), is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
``(p) Required Investigation of Outliers.--The Secretary
shall conduct an investigation (in consultation with the
Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human
Services) or other appropriate review of a provider of
services or supplier if the Secretary determines that the
provider of services or supplier is an outlier in terms of
utilization or payment under this title over a period of not
less than 2 years.''.
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