[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 25 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S1658]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2899. Mr. KYL (for himself and Mr. Ensign) proposed an amendment 
to the bill S. 2320, to make available funds included in the Deficit 
Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:

     1. FUNDS FOR LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

       Section 9001 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) by striking ``for a 1-time only obligation and 
     expenditure--'' and all that follows through ``2007'' the 
     first place it appears and inserting ``$1,000,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2006'';
       (B) by striking ``; and''; and
       (C) by striking paragraph (2);
       (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);
       (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) Limitation.--None of the funds made available under 
     this section may be used for the planning and administering 
     described in section 2605(b)(9) of the Low-Income Home Energy 
     Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(9)).''; and
       (4) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), 
     by striking ``September 30, 2007'' and inserting ``September 
     30, 2006''.
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  SA 2900. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2320, to make available funds included 
in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 for the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program for fiscal year 2006, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROTECTION FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES WHO ENROLL IN 
                   THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT DURING 2006.

       (a) Extended Period of Open Enrollment During All of 2006 
     Without Late Enrollment Penalty.--Section 1851(e)(3)(B) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-21(e)(3)(B)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in clause (iii), by striking ``May 15, 2006'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2006''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence:

     ``An individual making an election during the period 
     beginning on November 15, 2006, and ending on December 15, 
     2006, shall specify whether the election is to be effective 
     with respect to 2006 or with respect to 2007 (or both).''.
       (b) One-Time Change of Plan Enrollment for Medicare 
     Prescription Drug Benefit During All of 2006.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1851(e) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395w-21(e)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (2)(B)--
       (i) in the heading, by striking ``for first 6 months'';
       (ii) in clause (i), by striking ``the first 6 months of 
     2006,'' and all that follows through ``is a Medicare+Choice 
     eligible individual,'' and inserting ``2006,''; and
       (iii) in clause (ii), by inserting ``(other than during 
     2006)'' after ``paragraph (3)''; and
       (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``2006'' and inserting 
     ``2007'' each place it appears.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1860D-1(b)(1)(B)(iii) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-101(b)(1)(B)(iii)) 
     is amended by striking ``subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 
     paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)(C)''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the 
     Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 
     Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-173).

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