[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2639 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2639

To amend the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to provide for prostate cancer 
               screening benefits as of January 1, 1998.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 8, 1997

 Mr. Murtha (for himself, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Moran of Virginia, and Mr. 
    Leach) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
   Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 
Commerce, 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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 to provide for prostate cancer 
               screening benefits as of January 1, 1998.

    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 ``Medicare Prostate Cancer Screening 
Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. PROVISION OF PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING BENEFITS AS OF JANUARY 
              1, 1998.

    Section 4103(e) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-
33) is amended by striking ``January 1, 2000'' and inserting ``January 
1, 1998''.
                                 <all>