[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 194 (Wednesday, November 29, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7413-S7414]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1611. Ms. COLLINS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by

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her to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2018; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of part III of subtitle A of title I, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 11030. TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN MEDICAL EXPENSE DEDUCTION 
                   FLOOR.

       (a) In General.--Subsection (f) of section 213 is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(f) Special Rules for 2013 Through 2018.--In the case of 
     any taxable year--
       ``(1) beginning after December 31, 2012, and ending before 
     January 1, 2017, in the case of a taxpayer if such taxpayer 
     or such taxpayer's spouse has attained age 65 before the 
     close of such taxable year, and
       ``(2) beginning after December 31, 2016, and ending before 
     January 1, 2019, in the case of any taxpayer,
     subsection (a) shall be applied with respect to a taxpayer by 
     substituting `7.5 percent' for `10 percent'.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 
     2016.
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