Congress 107 - HR 1207 - To remove the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund from the budget of the United States Government and to remove Social Security and Medicare from budget pronouncements.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

Topics

Budget deficits Budget surpluses Congress Congressional budget Congressional publications Congressional publicity Deficit reduction Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Federal receipts and expenditures Government Operations and Politics Government publications Government publicity Government spending reductions Government trust funds Health Medicare Off-budget expenditures Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social security finance Social Welfare

Full Text

View Full Bill Text

Votes

Summary

Prohibits receipts and disbursements of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund from being counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, deficit, or surplus for purposes of the national budget, the congressional budget, or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

Requires official statements issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, or any Federal agency of Federal surplus or deficit totals to exclude the outlays and receipts of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and the Hospital Insurance Program (Medicare).

Actions

Apr 4, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 26, 2001

Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Mar 26, 2001

Introduced in House

Amendments

Related Bills