[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 159 (Wednesday, November 5, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H10428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 
      1, MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2003

  Mr. CARDOZA. Mr. Speaker, subject to rule XXII, clause 7(c), I hereby 
announce my intention to offer a motion to instruct on H.R. 1, the 
Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003.
  The form of the motion is as follows:

       I move that the managers on the part of the House at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     Senate amendment to the bill H.R. 1 be instructed as follows:
       (1) To reject the provisions of subtitle C of title II of 
     the House bill;
       (2) To reject the provisions of section 231 of the Senate 
     amendment
       (3) Within the scope of conference, to increase payments 
     under the medicaid program for inpatient hospital services 
     furnished by disproportionate share hospitals by an amount 
     equal to the amount of savings attributable to the rejection 
     of the aforementioned provisions
       (4) To insist upon section 1001 of the House bill and 
     section 602 of the Senate bill.

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