[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2949 Considered and Passed Senate (CPS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2949

 To amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority 
  for increased fiscal year 2010 payments for temporary assistance to 
  United States citizens returned from foreign countries, to provide 
  necessary funding to avoid shortfalls in the Medicare cost-sharing 
 program for low-income qualifying individuals, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 25, 2010

   Mr. Baucus (for himself, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. 
  Menendez, and Mr. LeMieux) introduced the following bill; which was 
        read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide authority 
  for increased fiscal year 2010 payments for temporary assistance to 
  United States citizens returned from foreign countries, to provide 
  necessary funding to avoid shortfalls in the Medicare cost-sharing 
 program for low-income qualifying individuals, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Emergency Aid to American Survivors 
of the Haiti Earthquake Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE PAYMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 FOR 
              TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO UNITED STATES CITIZENS RETURNED 
              FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    Section 1113(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1313(d)) is 
amended by striking ``September, 30, 2003'' and all that follows and 
inserting ``September 30, 2009, except that, in the case of fiscal year 
2010, the total amount of such assistance provided during that fiscal 
year shall not exceed $25,000,000.''.

SEC. 3. QI PROGRAM FUNDING.

    Section 1933(g)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-
3(g)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (M), by striking ``$412,500,000'' and 
        inserting ``$462,500,000''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (N), by striking ``$150,000,000'' and 
        inserting ``$165,000,000''.

SEC. 4. APPLICATION OF MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.

    Section 1941(b)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w-
1(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``$100,000,000'' and inserting 
``$10,000,000''.
                                 <all>