DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT

Amendments

Enact (S. 1932): conference report, H69 [1FE]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1583 [1MR], S1636, S1658 [2MR], S1798 [6MR], S1815, S1844, S1845, S1846 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of H. Res. 653, concur in Senate amendment to S. 1932, provisions (see H. Res. 687), H351 [16FE]

Enact (S. 1932): affirm that enrollment presented to the President reflects intent of Congress (see S. Con. Res. 80), S864 [8FE]

———concur in Senate amendment (see H. Res. 653), H23 [31JA]

———request the President to transmit documents relating to differences between the House-passed version and the version signed by the President, H1390 [30MR]

LIHEAP: funding (see S. 2273), S1071 [10FE] (see S. 2320), S1414 [16FE] (see H.R. 4785, 4793), H388 [16FE]

Medicaid: delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 3590), S6634 [28JN]

———repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (see S. 2305), S1413 [16FE] (see H.R. 5023), H1195 [28MR]

Medicare: eliminate adjustments in payments for imaging services (see H.R. 5238), H1916 [27AP]

———restore certain treatment of ownership of oxygen equipment (see H.R. 5513), H3307 (see H.R. 5513), H3360 [25MY]

Cloture motions

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1666 [3MR], S1815 [7MR]

———funding (S. 2320), motion to proceed, S1522 [28FE]

Cost Estimates

LIHEAP funding (S. 2320): CBO, H1049 [15MR]

Letters

Dept. of HHS appeal of Cookeville v. Thompson decision on Medicare disproportionate share hosital payments: Tennessee congressional delegation, E391 [16MR]

Investigation of the role of Alexander Strategy Group in the development of Deficit Reduction Act provisions dealing with pharmaceutical companies: Representative Waxman, Committee on Government Reform (House), H41 [1FE]

LIHEAP funding: Donald B. Marron, CBO, H1048 [15MR]

———Michael O. Leavitt, Sec. of HHS, H1048 [15MR]

Provisions: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H39 [1FE]

Repeal Medicaid requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance: Beth Giesting, Hawaii Primary Care Association, S1425 [16FE]

———Jeffrey B. Caballero, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, S1426 [16FE]

———John McComas, AlohaCare (organization), S1426 [16FE]

———Larisa Casillas, Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network, S1426 [16FE]

———Lynn Kersey, Maternal and Child Health Access (organization), S1425 [16FE]

Repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance under the Medicaid program: Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, S1887 [8MR]

———Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, S1886 [8MR]

———Jeanette Zanipatin, California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative (organization), S1885 [8MR]

———Joseph Villela, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, S1885 [8MR]

———Laurence M. Lavin, National Health Law Program (organization), S1886 [8MR]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund (organization), S1886 [8MR]

———Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA (organization), S1886 [8MR]

Motions

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of H. Res. 653, concur in Senate amendment to S. 1932, provisions (H. Res. 687), H352 [16FE]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1632 [2MR]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: child support enforcement programs funding, H37-H40 [1FE]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigate inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of H. Res. 653, concur in Senate amendment to S. 1932, provisions (H. Res. 687), H351 [16FE]

Dept. of Education: Academic Competitiveness Grant Program funding, H59 [1FE]

Education: student loan programs, H55, H59 [1FE]

Enact (S. 1932), H214 [8FE], H307 [15FE], H759 [8MR]

———concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H37-H60 [1FE], E55 [1FE], E78, E80 [7FE], E146 [14FE]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system, H55, H59 [1FE]

Hurricanes: establish offsets for funding for relief for States impacted by hurricanes, H50 [1FE]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), H1047-H1051 [15MR]

Medicaid: funding, H55 [1FE]

———permit States to provide early and periodic screening diagnostic and treatment services to children through benchmark benefits coverage, H54 [1FE]

———reform, H45, H48, H49 [1FE]

———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals, H60 [1FE]

Medicare: funding, H48 [1FE]

———phaseout overpayments to Medicare Advantage plans, H50 [1FE]

Public welfare programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, H54 [1FE]

Remarks in Senate

Committee on Finance (Senate): provide reconcilation instructions to reduce mandatory spending, S2242 [16MR]

Enact (S. 1932), S438 [1FE], S466 [2FE], S723 [6FE]

———affirm that enrollment presented to the President reflects intent of Congress (S. Con. Res. 80), S870 [8FE]

LIHEAP: funding, S2088 [14MR], S2254 [16MR]

———funding (S. 2273), S1075 [10FE], S1133 [13FE]

———funding (S. 2320), S1448 [16FE], S1474 [17FE], S1632-S1638 [2MR], S1665 [3MR], S1778-S1780 [6MR], S1808-S1815, S1824-S1828 [7MR], S1887 [8MR]

———funding (S. 2320), motion to proceed, S1522 [28FE]

———funding (S. 2320), unanimous-consent agreement, S1632 [2MR], S1804 [6MR]

———improve distribution of funding to States, S1824-S1826 [7MR]

Medicaid: delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (S. 3590), S6726 [28JN], S6736, S7176 [29JN]

———delay effective date of requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (S. 3590), unanimous-consent request, S6737 [29JN]

———funding, S723 [6FE]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage, S723 [6FE]

———repeal requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance (S. 2305), S1424-S1427 [16FE], S1885 [8MR], S4446 [11MY]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, S723 [6FE]

Reports

Lobbying Disclosure Act Requirements: Alexander Strategy Group, H41-H44 [1FE]

Reports filed

Concur in Senate Amendment to S. 1932, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 653) (H. Rept. 109-366), H23 [31JA]

Document Transmittal Relating to Differences Between the House-Passed Version and Version Signed by President of S. 1932, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 752) (H. Rept. 109-457), H2337 [9MY]

Rulings of the Chair

Enact (S. 1932): concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H37 [1FE]

LIHEAP: funding (S. 2320), S1826 [7MR]

Statements

Permit States To Provide Medicaid Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment Services to Children Through Benchmark Benefits Coverage: Mark B. McClellan, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H54 [1FE]

Tables

Earmarks for States of cosponsors of LIHEAP funding legislation, S1814 [7MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 653, concur in Senate amendment to S. 1932, provisions, H37 [1FE]

H. Res. 687, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) investigation of inaccuracies in the process and enrollment of H. Res. 653, concurring in Senate amendment to S. 1932, provisions, H351 [16FE]

S. 1932, provisions, H69-H114 [1FE]

S. 2305, repeal Medicaid requirement to provide citizenship or nationality documentation to receive medical assistance, S1425 [16FE]

S. 2320, LIHEAP funding, S1828 [7MR], H1047 [15MR]

S. Con. Res. 80, affirm that enrollment presented to the President of S. 1932, provisions, reflects intent of Congress, S869, S870 [8FE]