[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 983 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 983

  Requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Health and 
 Human Services, to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of 
documents, records, and communications in their possession relating to 
            certain agreements regarding health care reform.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 16, 2009

 Mr. Burgess submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                  the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Requesting the President, and directing the Secretary of Health and 
 Human Services, to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of 
documents, records, and communications in their possession relating to 
            certain agreements regarding health care reform.

    Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests the President, 
and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to transmit to 
the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of 
the adoption of this resolution, copies of each portion of any 
document, record, or communication (including telephone and electronic 
mail records, logs and calendars, and records of internal discussions) 
in the possession of the President or Secretary, respectively, 
referring or relating to--
            (1) any written or verbal agreement that--
                    (A) relates to any of the following bills in the 
                111th Congress (or any proposed change thereto): H.R. 
                3200, H.R. 3590, H.R. 3961, H.R. 3962 , S. 1679, or S. 
                1796; and
                    (B) is entered into on or after January 20, 2009, 
                between an individual serving in an office or position 
                in the White House or the Department of Health and 
                Human Services and any other person;
            (2) negotiations relating to an agreement described in 
        paragraph (1), the name or title of any individual described in 
        paragraph (1)(B) who participated in decisionmaking during such 
        negotiations, the date of any meeting held as part of such 
        negotiations, or the identity of any participant in any such 
        meeting;
            (3) any such negotiations with the Advanced Medical 
        Technology Association, the American Medical Association, 
        America's Health Insurance Plans, the Pharmaceutical Research 
        and Manufacturers of America, the American Hospital 
        Association, or the Service Employees International Union 
        regarding decreasing by 1.5 percentage points the annual health 
        care spending growth rate or policy proposals to accomplish 
        this goal; or
            (4) implementation of an agreement described in paragraph 
        (1).
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