H.R. 3667 — Introduced in House

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3667 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 5, 2013Mr. Harris (for himself, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Rigell, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Fleming, and Mr. Burgess) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 A BILL To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to increase by 10 percentage points the required State match for certain newly eligible individuals under the Medicaid program and to apply savings against sequestration reductions otherwise required, and for other purposes. 1. 10 percentage point increase in State matching for newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries Subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 1905(y)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(y)(1)) are amended by striking 100 percent, 95 percent, 94 percent, 93 percent, and 90 percent and inserting 90 percent, 85 percent, 84 percent, 83 percent, and 80 percent, respectively. 2. Application of savings against sequestration The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is authorized and directed to increase the discretionary spending limit under section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 for the security category by $20,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and then to increase the security and the nonsecurity categories for that fiscal year each by half of the remaining estimated reduction in new budget authority resulting from the enactment of section 1.