[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 29101]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION TO OFFER MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES ON H.R. 
      1, MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2003

  Ms. BERKLEY. Mr. Speaker, under rule XXII, clause 7(c), I hereby 
announce my intention to offer a motion to instruct on H.R. 1, the 
prescription drug bill.
  The form of the motion is as follows:

       I move 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. 1, be instructed as 
     follows:
       (1) To reject the provisions of subtitle C of title II of 
     the House bill.
       (2) To reject the provisions of section 231 of the Senate 
     amendment.
       (3) Within the scope of conference, to increase payments 
     for physician services by an amount equal to the amount of 
     savings attributable to the rejection of the aforementioned 
     provisions.
       (4) To insist upon section 601 of the House bill.

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