S.Amdt. 3294

SA 3294. Mr. HATCH 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:

At the appropriate place in title I, insert the following:

SEC. __. ENSURING THE AFFORDABILITY OF COVERAGE.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, this Act
(and the amendment made by this Act) shall not take effect
until the date on which the Secretary of Health and Human
Services certifies to Congress that the implementation of
this Act (and amendments) will not result in a greater
increase in health insurance premiums than the increase that
is otherwise projected under current law for more than
1,000,000 Americans.
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