[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 28697]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2787. Mr. SPECTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2786 submitted by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, 
Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 
3590, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-
time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and 
certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 1738, between lines 3 and 4, insert the following:
       (3) Health care fraud penalties.--Section 1347 of title 18, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Whoever'' and inserting the following:
       ``(a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any person, in 
     connection with the delivery of or payment for health care 
     benefits, items, or services, to'';
       (B) by striking ``executes, or attempts'' and inserting 
     ``execute, or attempt'';
       (C) in subsection (a)(2), as so designated, by striking 
     ``program,'' and inserting ``program.''; and
       (D) in the matter following subsection (a)(2), as so 
     designated, by striking ``in connection with the delivery'' 
     and all that follows and inserting the following:
       ``(b) Penalties.--
       ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), whoever 
     violates subsection (a)--
       ``(A) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not 
     more than 10 years, or both;
       ``(B) if the violation results in serious bodily injury (as 
     defined in section 1365 of this title), shall be fined under 
     this title, imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both; 
     and
       ``(C) if the violation results in death, shall be fined 
     under this title, imprisoned for any term of years or for 
     life, or both.
       ``(2) Mandatory minimum sentencing.--In imposing a sentence 
     under paragraph (1), if the violation of subsection (a) 
     involves a loss of not less than $100,000, the defendant 
     shall be imprisoned for not less than 6 months.''.

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