[History of Bills, Volume 143 (1997)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 1738--A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 
    provide a special Medicare part B enrollment period and MediGap 
    enrollment period and a waiver of the Medicare part B late 
    enrollment penalty for certain military retirees and dependents 
    who live near military hospitals that are closed or that 
    discontinue inpatient hospital services; to the Committees on 
    Commerce; Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
    determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
    provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
    concerned.


By Mr. MATSUI (for himself, Mr. Stark, Mrs. Thurman, and Mr. Fazio of 
California), H3202 [22MY]