3.0.0 748 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z 2023-03-08T20:12:35Z Senate S 2021-03-15 117 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-03-15T21:53:33Z 2021-03-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2021-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-03-15 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2021-03-17 False M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2021-03-17 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2021-03-18 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2021-03-18 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2021-03-25 False Health Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health programs administration and funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicare Health 00 2021-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2021-04-27T19:38:30Z Medicare Sequester Relief Act

This bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)

]]> Medicare Sequester Relief Act Display Title Medicare Sequester Relief Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for an extension of the temporary suspension of Medicare sequestration during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Medicare Sequester Relief Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s748is/xml/BILLS-117s748is.xml 2021-03-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.