[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2280 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2280

              To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 2007

 Mr. Coleman (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
              To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REGULATIONS.

    Section 6052(b) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 
1396n note) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Final Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate final 
regulations to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a) 
consistent with the notice and comment requirements in section 553 of 
title 5, United States Code, except that the period of public comment 
on the proposed regulations shall be not less than 180 days. Consistent 
with the requirements of section 801(a)(1)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code, the final regulations shall take effect not less than 90 days 
after publication in the Federal Register or presentation to each House 
of the Congress or the Comptroller General, whichever occurs later.''.
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