[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2473 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2473

   To require the repayment of appropriated funds that are illegally 
disbursed for political purposes by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
                               Services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2004

 Mr. Lautenberg (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Corzine, Ms. Stabenow, 
        Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; 
        which was read twice and referred to the Committee on FinanceYY

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the repayment of appropriated funds that are illegally 
disbursed for political purposes by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
                               Services.

    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 Trust Fund Reimbursement 
Act of 2004''.

SEC. 2. REPAYMENT TO THE MEDICARE TRUST FUNDS OF AMOUNTS ILLEGALLY 
              DISBURSED FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 
Comptroller General of the United States determines that the Centers 
for Medicare & Medicaid Services has violated the restriction on using 
appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes contained in 
section 626 of division J of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108-7; 117 Stat. 470) or any other 
provision of law, the principal campaign committee (as defined in 
section 301(5) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431(5))) of the President of the United States shall reimburse the 
Federal Government for the amount used in committing such violation.
    (b) Reimbursement of Medicare Trust Funds.--To the extent that the 
amount described in subsection (a) was initially appropriated to the 
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1817 of the Social 
Security Act or the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund 
under section 1841 of such Act, the amount reimbursed under such 
subsection shall be credited to the Trust Fund to which the amount was 
initially appropriated.
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