[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5336 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5336

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to suspend the Medicare 
         prescription drug late enrollment penalty during 2006.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2006

    Mr. Price of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Kline) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
  Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to suspend the Medicare 
         prescription drug late enrollment penalty during 2006.

    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 ``2006 Penalty-Free Part D Act''.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG LATE ENROLLMENT 
              PENALTY DURING 2006.

    (a) In General.--Section 1860D-13(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-113(b)(3)(B)) is amended by inserting ``(after 
December 2006)'' after ``any month''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108-173).
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