,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hje  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #be1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,price of ,georgia 7for himself and
 ,mr4 ,kind7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and in  
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 for a period to be       
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to repeal certain changes to
 contracts with ,medicare ,quality      
,improvement ,organizations1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,quality       
,improvement ,organization ,program     
,restoration ,act4  #b4 ,repeal of      
changes to contracts with ,medicare     
,q,i,os ,section #bfa of the ,trade     
,adjustment ,assistance ,extension ,act 
of #bjaa 7relating to contracts with    
,quality ,improvement ,organizations7 is

 repealed and the provisions of law     
amended by such section are restored as 
if such section had never been enacted4 
#c4 ,quality improvement funding        
,section #aaei of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;c-#h7 is      
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,expenses   
incurred and inserting 7a7 ,expenses    
incurred2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end
 the following new subsection3  7b7 7#a7
 ,with respect to any #c-year period for
 which #c-year contracts are entered    
into under this part for contract       
periods beginning on or after ,august   
#a1 #bjad1 and ending on or before ,july
 #ca1 #bjba1 the aggregate amount of    
funds payable during any such #c-year   
period for such contracts shall not     
exceed #a1fgd1jjj1jjj4  7#b7 ,for any   
contract period beginning on or after   
,august #a1 #bjad1 at least #hj percent 
of the funds to carry out this part     
shall be expended to directly fund the  
contracts with utilization and quality  
control peer review organizations under 

section #aaec7;b74  7#c7 ,in order to   
reduce spending of the amount in        
paragraph 7#a7 by #ccj1jjj1jjj1 for the 
period beginning on ,october #a1 #bjad1 
and ending on ,september #cj1 #bjba1 the
 aggregate amount of funds payable for  
contracts under this part shall be      
reduced by #ccj1jjj1jjj4  4