3.0.0 7877 2023-01-11T13:45:46Z 2023-01-11T13:45:46Z House HR 2020-07-30 116 [Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 135 (Thursday, July 30, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KATKO:H.R. 7877.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 and Clause 3 of the UnitedStates Constitution: The Congress shall have Power To lay andcollect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debtsand provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of theUnited States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall beuniform throughout the United States[Page H4190]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2020-07-30T14:33:51Z Referred to 2020-07-30T13:02:40Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2020-07-30T13:02:35Z Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 116 19 HR 2019-12-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. Related bill CRS Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019 116 3129 S 2019-12-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2020-07-30 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2020-07-30 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 2020-07-30 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 2020-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2020-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000386 Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] John Katko R NY 24 N M001202 Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] Stephanie Murphy D FL N. 7 2020-07-30 True Health Health care costs and insurance Inflation and prices Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2020-07-30 Introduced in House 2020-11-02T20:11:49Z Lowering Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2020

This bill modifies and establishes certain requirements under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the bill lowers the annual out-of-pocket spending threshold for 2021, and requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue payments to beneficiaries who exceed a modified 2020 threshold, as specified.

]]> Lowering Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2020 Display Title Lowering Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Lowering Drug Costs for Seniors Act of 2020 Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare part D beneficiaries with certain offset payments and reduce the growth rate of the Medicare part D out-of-pocket cost threshold, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr7877ih/xml/BILLS-116hr7877ih.xml 2020-07-30 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.