EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF MEDICARE SEQUESTRATION.

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF MEDICARE SEQUESTRATION. (a) Extension.— (1) In general.—Section 3709(a) of division A of the CARES Act (2 U.S.C. 901a note) is amended by striking “March 31, 2021” and inserting “December 31, 2021”. (2) [2 U.S.C. 901a note] Effective date.—The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if enacted as part of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136). (b) Offset.—Section 251A(6)(C) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)(C)) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by striking “first 6 months” and inserting “first 5 ½ months”; (B) by striking “4.0 percent” and inserting “2.0 percent”; and (C) by striking “and” at the end; (2) in clause (ii)— (A) by striking “second 6 months” and inserting “6-month period beginning on the day after the last day of the period described in clause (i)”; and (B) by striking “0.0 percent.” and inserting “4.0 percent; and”; and (3) by adding at the end the following: “(iii) with respect to the remaining ½ month in which such order is so effective for such fiscal year, the payment reduction shall be 0.0 percent. ” .