[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 133 (Saturday, August 6, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4348]
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SA 5466. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 5194 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill H.R. 5376, to
provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. ALLOWING COMMITTEES OF JURISDICTION ACCESS TO
INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY PHARMACY BENEFIT
MANAGERS FOR LEGISLATIVE PURPOSES.
(a) In General.--Section 1150A(c) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-23(c)) is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
``(5) To the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee
on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Finance of the Senate, for the purposes of
providing congressional oversight and legislative
recommendations with respect to the Medicare prescription
drug program under part D of title XVIII.''.
(b) Funding.--
(1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is appropriated to the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, $900,000 for fiscal year 2022, to
remain available until expended, to carry out the provisions
of, including the amendments made by, this section.
(2) Offsetting reduction in funding for drug price
negotiation.--Section 11004 is amended by striking
``$3,000,000,000'' and inserting ``$2,999,000,000''.
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