Taste of Our Own Medicine Act of 2004
A bill to ensure that Members of Congress do not receive better prescription drug benefits than medicare beneficiaries.
Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN)Legislative Activity
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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
July 19, 2004
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Introduced in Senate
July 16, 2004
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
July 16, 2004
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 644.
July 19, 2004
Floor Debate
2 membersWhat members said about S. 2678 on the floor
Floor Debate
2 membersWhat members said about S. 2678 on the floor
Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the desk which are due for a second reading. I ask unanimous consent that the bills be given a second reading en bloc, and then in order to place…
Mr. President, I understand there are two bills at the desk and I ask for their first reading, en bloc. Mr. President, I now ask for their second reading, and, in order to place the bills on the…
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[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2678 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 644
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2678
To ensure that Members of Congress do not receive better prescription
drug benefits than medicare beneficiaries.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 16, 2004
Mr. Dayton introduced the following bill; which was read the first time
July 19, 2004
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To ensure that Members of Congress do not receive better prescription
drug benefits than medicare beneficiaries.
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 ``Taste of Our Own Medicine Act of
2004''.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS OF MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.
(a) Limitation on Benefits.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits of any
Member of Congress enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89
of title 5, United States Code, may not exceed the actuarial value of
basic prescription drug coverage (as defined in section 1860D-2(a)(3)
of the Social Security Act, as added by section 101(a) of the Medicare
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public
Law 108-173)).
(b) Regulations.--The Director of the Office of Personnel
Management shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.
Calendar No. 644
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2678
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To ensure that Members of Congress do not receive better prescription
drug benefits than medicare beneficiaries.
_______________________________________________________________________
July 19, 2004
Read the second time and placed on the calendar