S.Amdt. 3267

SA 3267. 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 1783, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

SEC. 6412. REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES THAT PARTICIPATE
IN OR CONDUCT ACTIVITIES UNDER FEDERAL HEALTH
CARE PROGRAMS TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN
CONGRESSIONAL REQUESTS.

(a) In General.--Section 1128J of the Social Security Act,
as added by section 6402, is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(f) Compliance With Certain Requests by Individuals and
Entities That Participate in or Conduct Activities Under
Federal Health Care Programs.--
``(1) In general.--Any individual or entity that
participates in or conducts activities under a Federal health
care program (as defined in section 1128B(f)) shall, as a
condition of such participation or such conduct, comply (at a
time and in a manner specified by the Chairman or ranking
member) with any request submitted by the Chairman or the
ranking member of a relevant committee of Congress to the
individual or entity for the following:
``(A) Documents.
``(B) Information.
``(C) Interviews.
``(2) Relevant committee of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term `relevant committee of Congress' means
the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of
the Senate.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date that is 2 years after the date
of enactment of this Act.
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