I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4500 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2010 Mr. McCotter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Science and Technology, 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 rescind unobligated appropriations and repeal certain health care-related provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for purposes of reducing the national debt.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Freedom from Rationed Health Care Act.

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Rescission and repeal of certain ARRA provisions

(a)

Rescissions

Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, any unobligated balances available on such date of funds made available by division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) under the headings Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under title XVIII of such division and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology under such title, are rescinded and the provisions under such headings are repealed. (b)

Repeal

Section 804 and each of subtitles A through C of title XIII of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) are repealed. (c)

Use of funds To reduce national debt

The total amount rescinded by this section shall be deposited in the Federal Treasury to pay down the national debt.