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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 172 (Friday, October 2, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. BURGESS:H.R. 8505.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H5668]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill excludes certain adjustments to payments for physician services under Medicare from budget neutrality requirements in FY2021. The bill also rescinds $10 billion of unobligated funds from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a one-year waiver of budget neutrality adjustments under the Medicare physician fee schedule, and for other purposes.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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.</text>
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