[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 720 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 720

                      To repeal the CLASS program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 4, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
                      To repeal the CLASS program.

    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 ``Repeal the CLASS Entitlement Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CLASS PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeal.--Title XXXII of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300ll et seq.; relating to the CLASS program) is repealed.
    (b) Conforming Changes.--
            (1) Title VIII of the Patient Protection and Affordable 
        Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 119, 846-847) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396a(a)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (81) and (82);
                    (B) in paragraph (80), by inserting ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (83) as paragraph 
                (81).
            (3) Paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 6021(d) of the 
        Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396p note) are 
        amended to read as such paragraphs were in effect on the day 
        before the date of the enactment of section 8002(d) of the 
        Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
        148). Of the funds appropriated by paragraph (3) of such 
        section 6021(d), as amended by the Patient Protection and 
        Affordable Care Act, the unobligated balance is rescinded.
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