[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17127]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE

  A message from the Senate by Mr. Monahan, one of its clerks, 
announced that the Senate has passed with amendments in which the 
concurrence of the House is requested a bill of the House of the 
following title:

       H.R. 1. An act to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription drug 
     coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the 
     Medicare Program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to allow a deduction to individuals for amounts contributed 
     to health savings security accounts and health savings 
     accounts, to provide for the disposition of unused health 
     benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible spending 
     arrangements, and for other purposes.

  The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its 
amendments to the bill (H.R. 1) ``An Act to amend title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act to provide for a voluntary program for prescription 
drug coverage under the Medicare Program, to modernize the Medicare 
Program, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 
deduction to individuals for amounts contributed to health savings 
security accounts and health savings accounts, to provide for the 
disposition of unused health benefits in cafeteria plans and flexible 
spending arrangements, and for other purposes,'' requests a conference 
with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and 
appoints Mr. Grassley, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Nickles, Mr. Frist, Mr. Kyl, Mr. 
Baucus, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Daschle, and Mr. Breaux, to be the 
conferees on the part of the Senate.

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