S.Amdt. 2645

SA 2645. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Res.
Con. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 24, strike line 1 and all that follows through line
22 on page 25 and insert the following:
``(B) State cost share.--
``(i) In general.--Beginning in fiscal year 2030, if the
payment error rate of a State as determined under clause (ii)
is--

``(I) less than 6 percent, the Federal share of the cost of
the allotment described in paragraph (1) for that State in a
fiscal year shall be 100 percent, and the State share shall
be 0 percent;
``(II) equal to or greater than 6 percent but less than 8
percent, the Federal share of the cost of the allotment
described in paragraph (1) for that State in a fiscal year
shall be 95 percent, and the State share shall be 5 percent;
``(III) equal to or greater than 8 percent but less than 10
percent, the Federal share of the cost of the allotment
described in paragraph (1) for that State in a fiscal year
shall be 90 percent, and the State share shall be 10 percent;
and
``(IV) equal to or greater than 10 percent, the Federal
share of the cost of the allotment described in paragraph (1)
for that State in a fiscal year shall be 85 percent, and the
State share shall be 15 percent.

``(ii) Elections.--

``(I) Fiscal year 2030.--For fiscal year 2030, to calculate
the applicable State share under clause (i), a State may
elect to use the payment error rate of the State from fiscal
year 2027 or 2028.
``(II) Fiscal year 2031 and thereafter.--For fiscal year
2031 and each fiscal year thereafter, to calculate the
applicable State share under clause (i), the Secretary shall
use the payment error rate of the State for the third fiscal
year preceding the fiscal year for which the State share is
being calculated.

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