[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2473 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
2d Session
S. 2473
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 21, 2004
Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Corzine, Ms. Stabenow,
Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceYY
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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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