Medicare Trust Fund Reimbursement Act of 2004

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4458 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4458

To require the repayment of appropriated funds that are illegally
disbursed for political purposes by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 20, 2004

Mr. Pallone (for himself, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Dingell, Mr.
Waxman, Mr. Stark, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Matsui, Ms.
Schakowsky, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, Mr. Sandlin, Mrs.
Jones of Ohio, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Berry, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Davis of
Florida, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Allen, Mr. Stupak, Ms. Solis, Mr. Strickland,
Mr. Rush, Ms. McCarthy of Missouri, Mr. Wynn, Mrs. Capps, and Mr. Green
of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on
Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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A BILL

To require the repayment of appropriated funds that are illegally
disbursed for political purposes by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Trust Fund Reimbursement
Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. REPAYMENT TO THE MEDICARE TRUST FUNDS OF AMOUNTS ILLEGALLY
DISBURSED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the
Comptroller General of the United States determines that the Centers
for Medicare & Medicaid Services has violated the restriction on using
appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes contained in
section 626 of division J of the Consolidated Appropriations
Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108-7; 117 Stat. 470) or any other
provision of law, the principal campaign committee (as defined in
section 301(5) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
431(5))) of the President of the United States shall reimburse the
Federal Government for the amount used in committing such violation.
(b) Reimbursement of Medicare Trust Funds.--To the extent that the
amount described in subsection (a) was initially appropriated to the
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1817 of the Social
Security Act or the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund
under section 1841 of such Act, the amount reimbursed under such
subsection shall be credited to the Trust Fund to which the amount was
initially appropriated.
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