Pub. L. 108-173, tit. VIII, subtit. A, sec. 802

PRESIDENTIAL SUBMISSION OF LEGISLATION.

EnactedYear: 2003Length: 213 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 802. PRESIDENTIAL SUBMISSION OF LEGISLATION.(a) In General.—Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(h)(1) If there is a medicare funding warning under section 801(a)(2) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 made in a year, the President shall submit to Congress, within the 15-day period beginning on the date of the budget submission to Congress under subsection (a) for the succeeding year, proposed legislation to respond to such warning.“(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply if, during the year in which the warning is made, legislation is enacted which eliminates excess general revenue medicare funding (as defined in section 801(c) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003) for the 7-fiscal-year reporting period, as certified by the Board of Trustees of each medicare trust fund (as defined in section 801(c)(5) of such Act) not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of such legislation.”.(b) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that legislation submitted pursuant to section 1105(h) of title 31, United States Code, in a year should be designed to eliminate excess general revenue medicare funding (as defined in section 801(c)) for the 7-fiscal-year period that begins in such year.
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