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Shown Here: Placed on Calendar Senate (03/23/2010)
Calendar No. 333
111th CONGRESS 2d Session
S. 3153
To provide a fully offset temporary
extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 23 (legistlative day, March 19), 2010
Mr. Grassley introduced
the following bill; which was read the first time
March 23, 2010
Read the second time and placed on the
calendar
A BILL
To provide a fully offset temporary
extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit, and for other
purposes.
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
“Continuing Extension Act of
2010”.
SEC. 2.Extension of unemployment insurance
provisions.
(a) In general.—(1) Section 4007 of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended—
(A) by striking “April 5, 2010”
each place it appears and inserting “May 5, 2010”;
(B) in the heading for subsection (b)(2), by
striking “april 5,
2010” and inserting “may 5, 2010”; and
(C) in subsection (b)(3), by striking
“September 4, 2010” and inserting “October 2,
2010”.
(2) Section 2002(e) of the Assistance for
Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law
111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 438), is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking
“April 5, 2010” and inserting “May 5, 2010”;
(B) in the heading for paragraph (2), by
striking “april 5,
2010” and inserting “may 5, 2010”; and
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking
“October 5, 2010” and inserting “November 5,
2010”.
(3) Section 2005 of the Assistance for
Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law
111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note; 123 Stat. 444), is amended—
(A) by striking “April 5, 2010”
each place it appears and inserting “May 5, 2010”; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking
“September 4, 2010” and inserting “October 2,
2010”.
(4) Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation
Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by
striking “September 4, 2010” and inserting “October 2,
2010”.
(b) Funding.—Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking
“and” at the end;
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the
following new subparagraph:
“(E) the amendments made by section 2(a)(1) of
the Continuing Extension Act of
2010;
and”.
(c) Effective
date.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect as if included in the amendments made by section
2 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144).
SEC. 3.Extension and improvement of premium
assistance for COBRA benefits.
Subsection (a)(3)(A) of section 3001 of
division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law
111–5), as amended by section 3(a) of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010
(Public Law 111–144), is amended by striking “March 31, 2010” and
inserting “April 30, 2010”.
SEC. 4.Increase in the Medicare physician payment
update.
Paragraph (10) of
section 1848(d) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 1011(a) of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118) and as
amended by section 5 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law
111–144), is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking
“March 31, 2010” and inserting “April 30, 2010”;
and
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking
“April 1, 2010” and inserting “May 1, 2010”.
SEC. 5.EHR clarification.
(a) Qualification for clinic-based
physicians.—
(1) MEDICARE.—Section 1848(o)(1)(C)(ii) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(o)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking
“setting (whether inpatient or outpatient)” and inserting
“inpatient or emergency room setting”.
(2) MEDICAID.—Section 1903(t)(3)(D) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(t)(3)(D)) is amended by striking “setting
(whether inpatient or outpatient)” and inserting “inpatient or
emergency room setting”.
(b) Effective
date.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in the enactment of the HITECH
Act (included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law
111–5)).
(c) Implementation.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement the amendments made by
this section by program instruction or otherwise.
SEC. 6. Elimination of a
sweetheart deal that increases Medicare reimbursement just for frontier
States.
Effective as if
included in the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
section 10324 of such Act (and the amendments made by such section) is
repealed.
SEC. 7.Extension of use of 2009 poverty
guidelines.
Section 1012 of the
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–118), as amended
by section 7 of the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–144), is
amended by striking “March 31, 2010” and inserting “April
30, 2010”.
SEC. 8.Extension of national flood insurance
program.
(a) Extension.—Section 129 of the Continuing
Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (Public Law 111–68), as amended by section 8 of
Public Law 111–144, is amended by striking “by substituting” and
all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “by
substituting April 30, 2010, for the date specified in each such
section.”.
(b) Effective
date.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall be considered to have taken effect on February 28,
2010.
SEC. 9.Satellite Television Extension.
(a) Amendments to section 119 of title 17,
United States Code.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 119 of title 17, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)(1)(E), by striking
“March 28, 2010” and inserting “April 30, 2010”;
and
(B) in subsection (e), by striking “March
28, 2010” and inserting “April 30, 2010”.
(2) TERMINATION OF LICENSE.—Section 1003(a)(2)(A) of Public Law 111–118
is amended by striking “March 28, 2010”, and inserting
“April 30, 2010”.
(b) Amendments to Communications Act of
1934.—Section 325(b) of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 325(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking
“March 28, 2010” and inserting “April 30, 2010”;
and
(2) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking
“March 29, 2010” each place it appears in clauses (ii) and (iii)
and inserting “May 1, 2010”.
SEC. 10.Compensation and ratification of authority
related to lapse in highway programs.
(a) Compensation for Federal
employees.—Any Federal
employees furloughed as a result of the lapse in expenditure authority from the
Highway Trust Fund after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 2,
2010, shall be compensated for the period of that lapse at their standard rates
of compensation, as determined under policies established by the Secretary of
Transportation.
(b) Ratification of essential
actions.—All actions taken by
Federal employees, contractors, and grantees for the purposes of maintaining
the essential level of Government operations, services, and activities to
protect life and property and to bring about orderly termination of Government
functions during the lapse in expenditure authority from the Highway Trust Fund
after 11:59 p.m. on February 28, 2010, through March 2, 2010, are hereby
ratified and approved if otherwise in accord with the provisions of the
Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law
111–68).
(c) Funding.—Funds used by the Secretary to compensate
employees described in subsection (a) shall be derived from funds previously
authorized out of the Highway Trust Fund and made available or limited to the
Department of Transportation by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010
(Public Law 111–117) and shall be subject to the obligation limitations
established in such Act.
(d) Expenditures from Highway Trust
Fund.—To permit expenditures
from the Highway Trust Fund to effectuate the purposes of this section, this
section shall be deemed to be a section of the Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2010 (division B of Public Law 111–68), as in effect on the date of
the enactment of the last amendment to such Resolution.
SEC. 11. Use of stimulus
funds to offset spending.
The
unobligated balance of each amount appropriated or made available under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) (other than
under title X of division A of such Act) is rescinded pro rata such that the
aggregate amount of such rescissions equals $9,200,000,000 in order to offset
the net increase in spending resulting from the provisions of, and amendments
made by, sections 2 through 10. The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall report to each congressional committee the amounts so rescinded
within the jurisdiction of such committee.
Calendar No. 333
111th CONGRESS 2d Session
S. 3153
A BILL
To provide a fully offset temporary
extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit, and for other
purposes.
