[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2678 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 644
108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2678

 To ensure that Members of Congress do not receive better prescription 
               drug benefits than medicare beneficiaries.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 16, 2004

Mr. Dayton introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                             July 19, 2004

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure that Members of Congress do not receive better prescription 
               drug benefits than medicare beneficiaries.

    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 ``Taste of Our Own Medicine Act of 
2004''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS OF MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS.

    (a) Limitation on Benefits.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the actuarial value of the prescription drug benefits of any 
Member of Congress enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89 
of title 5, United States Code, may not exceed the actuarial value of 
basic prescription drug coverage (as defined in section 1860D-2(a)(3) 
of the Social Security Act, as added by section 101(a) of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108-173)).
    (b) Regulations.--The Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.




                                                       Calendar No. 644

108th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2678

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To ensure that Members of Congress do not receive better prescription 
               drug benefits than medicare beneficiaries.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 19, 2004

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar