[History of Bills, Volume 155 (2009)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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H.R. 2700--A bill to amend part D of title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to assist low-income individuals in obtaining
subsidized prescription drug coverage under the Medicare
prescription drug program by expediting the application and
qualification process and by revising the resource standards used
to determine eligibility for such subsidies, and for other
purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition
to the Committee on 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. DOGGETT (for himself, Mr. Altmire, Mr. Arcuri, Ms. Baldwin, Mr.
Becerra, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Berman, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr.
Blumenauer, Ms. Bordallo, Mr. Boucher, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Clay, Mr.
Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Connolly of Virginia, Mr.
Costello, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Mr. Davis of Illinois,
Mr. DeFazio, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Edwards of
Texas, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Filner, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, Mr. Grijalva,
Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Higgins, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Hinojosa, Mr.
Holt, Mr. Inslee, Mr. Israel, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jackson-Lee
of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kildee, Ms.
Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Kucinich, Mr. Langevin, Ms. Lee of
California, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Lipinski, Ms. Zoe
Lofgren of California, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McDermott, Mrs. Maloney, Mr.
Meek of Florida, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Michaud, Mr. Moore of
Kansas, Mr. Nadler of New York, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Neal of
Massachusetts, Ms. Norton, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Payne, Mr. Pascrell, Mr.
Price of North Carolina, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr.
Rush, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr.
Sarbanes, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Shea-Porter, Mr. Sires, Mr. Stark, Ms.
Sutton, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Weiner, Mr. Welch,
Mr. Wexler, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr. Yarmuth), H6263 [4JN]
Cosponsors added, H6904 [16JN], H14982 [15DE]