[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2565 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2565

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restore the regular 
    Medicaid matching rate for newly eligible individuals under the 
Affordable Care Act and to apply up to $15 billion of the savings each 
                    year to the Highway Trust Fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2015

Mr. Westerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to restore the regular 
    Medicaid matching rate for newly eligible individuals under the 
Affordable Care Act and to apply up to $15 billion of the savings each 
                    year to the Highway Trust Fund.

    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 ``Prioritizing American Road and Jobs 
Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF REGULAR MEDICAID MATCHING RATE FOR NEWLY 
              ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND 
              APPLYING SAVINGS TO HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.

    (a) Sunsetting Higher Medicaid Matching Rate and Restoring Regular 
FMAP for Newly Eligible Individuals Under the ACA.--Section 1905(y) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(y)) is amended by striking ``, 
shall be equal to'' and all that follows and inserting ``, for calendar 
quarters beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and before January 1, 
2017, shall be equal to 100 percent.''.
    (b) Application of up to $15 Billion of Savings Each Year to the 
Highway Trust Fund.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        shall estimate, for each calendar quarter beginning on or after 
        January 1, 2017, the net reductions in Federal expenditures 
        with respect to the calendar quarter resulting from the 
        amendment made by subsection (a). Insofar as the Secretary 
        determines that the amount initially estimated under this 
        paragraph for a calendar quarter is not accurate, the Secretary 
        shall adjust such estimate and the adjusted estimate shall 
        apply so as to adjust the amount appropriated under paragraph 
        (2) for such calendar quarter, subject to the limitation of 
        subparagraph (B) of such paragraph.
            (2) Appropriation to highway trust fund.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), there 
                are hereby appropriated and transferred to the Highway 
                Trust Fund, from any funds in the Treasury not 
                otherwise appropriated for each calendar quarter to 
                which paragraph (1) applies, an amount equivalent to 
                the amount estimated by the Secretary for such calendar 
                quarter.
                    (B) Limitation of transfer to $15 billion in any 
                year.--In no case shall the total amount appropriated 
                and transferred under subparagraph (A) for the 4 
                quarters in any year exceed $15,000,000,000.
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