[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 25303]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 
 4577, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, 
             AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 7(c) of House rule XXII, 
I hereby notify the House of my intention tomorrow to offer, to demand 
an immediate vote on prescription drug relief for seniors, to offer the 
following motion to instruct House conferees on H.R. 4577, a bill 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2001 for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.
  The form of the motion is as follows:
       Mr. Doggett moves 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. 4577 be 
     instructed, in resolving the differences between the two 
     Houses on the funding level for program management in 
     carrying out titles XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social 
     Security Act, to choose a level that reflects a requirement 
     to prohibit, through the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, any market exclusivity for a prescription drug 
     manufactured by a pharmaceutical manufacturer if the 
     manufacturer does not make available to individuals eligible 
     for benefits under such title XVIII all prescription drugs 
     manufactured by the manufacturer at the best available price 
     (as defined in section 1927(c)(1)(C) of such Act) or at the 
     lowest negotiated price paid to such manufacturer for such 
     prescription drugs by any Federal agency or department.

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