[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 14, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2179]
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  SA 1118. Mr. COTTON proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2, to 
amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare 
sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving 
physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the 
Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       Beginning on page 5, strike line 22 and all that follows 
     through page 127, line 6, and insert the following:
       (2) Update of rates for 2015 and subsequent years.--
     Subsection (d) of section 1848 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1395w-4) is amended by striking paragraph (16) and 
     inserting the following new paragraphs:
       ``(16) Update for january through june of 2015.--Subject to 
     paragraphs (7)(B), (8)(B), (9)(B), (10)(B), (11)(B), (12)(B), 
     (13)(B), (14)(B), and (15)(B), in lieu of the update to the 
     single conversion factor established in paragraph (1)(C) that 
     would otherwise apply for 2015 for the period beginning on 
     January 1, 2015, and ending on June 30, 2015, the update to 
     the single conversion factor shall be 0.0 percent.
       ``(17) Update for july through december of 2015.--The 
     update to the single conversion factor established in 
     paragraph (1)(C) for the period beginning on July 1, 2015, 
     and ending on December 31, 2015, shall be 0.5 percent.
       ``(18) Update for 2016 and subsequent years.--The update to 
     the single conversion factor established in paragraph (1)(C) 
     for 2016 and each subsequent year shall be 0.5 percent.''.
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