3.0.0 560 2023-01-11T13:20:39Z 2023-01-11T13:20:39Z House H HR 2011-02-08 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WALDEN:H.R. 560.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:The constitutional authority on which this bill rests ispursuant to the following:(1) Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: ``The Congress shallhave Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts andExcises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defenseand general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties,Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the UnitedStates.''(2) Article I, Section 1--All legislative powers hereingranted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States,which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.[Page H552]]]> hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-02-28T20:47:43Z Referred to 2011-02-08T19:02:30Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2011-02-14T19:07:42Z Referred to 2011-02-08T19:02:35Z 2011-02-28 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2011-02-14 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2011-02-08 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2011-02-08 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2011-02-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-02-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 N T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 1 2011-02-08 True R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2011-02-08 True M001159 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] Cathy McMorris Rodgers R WA 5 2011-02-08 True M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2011-02-08 True Health Child health Executive agency funding and structure Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Medicaid Medicare Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Poverty and welfare assistance Rural conditions and development Health 00 2011-02-08 Introduced in House 2011-02-15T17:07:12Z Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require that the proportion of members of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) who represent the interests of health care providers and Medicare beneficiaries located in rural areas be no less than the proportion of the total number of Medicare beneficiaries who reside in such areas.

Directs MEDPAC and MACPAC to provide for full and timely public disclosure of their proceedings via the Internet or other easy public access.

]]> Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act Display Title Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure proportional representation of rural interests on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, and to provide for greater transparency in proceedings of those Commissions. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Rural Representation and Transparency Improvement Act Introduced in House 2011-02-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr560ih/xml/BILLS-112hr560ih.xml 2011-02-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.