[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 748 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 748

  To provide for an extension of the temporary suspension of Medicare 
       sequestration during the COVID-19 public health emergency.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 15, 2021

  Mrs. Shaheen (for herself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for an extension of the temporary suspension of Medicare 
       sequestration during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

    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 ``Medicare Sequester Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF MEDICARE SEQUESTRATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 3709(a) of division A of the CARES Act (2 
U.S.C. 901a note), as amended by section 102 of division N of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-136), is amended 
by striking ``March 31, 2021'' and inserting ``the last day of the 
emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)(B))''.
    (b) Extension of Direct Spending Reductions Through Fiscal Year 
2031.--Section 251A(6) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``through 2030'' and inserting ``through 
        2031''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i), by striking ``fiscal year 2030'' and inserting ``fiscal 
        year 2031''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if enacted as part of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
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