,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,mrs4 ,christensen 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,pierluisi1 and ,ms4 ,bordallo7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend     
title ,,xix of the ,social ,security    
,act to increase the ,federal medical   
assistance percentage for the           
territories4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,medicaid      
,payment ,fairness to the ,territories  
,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,increase in the    
,federal medical assistance percentage  
for the territories ,section            
#aije7;b77#b7 of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7b77#b77 is  
amended by inserting after #ee percent  
the following3 7or1 beginning with      
fiscal year #bjad1 the highest such     
,federal medical assistance percentage  
applicable to any of the #ej ,states for
 the fiscal year involved74