,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #d1 #bjag,mr4 
,faso 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,collins of    
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,ms4 ,tenney1   
,ms4 ,stefanik1 and ,mr4 ,zeldin7       
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 reduce ,federal financial       
participation for certain ,states that  
require political subdivisions to       
contribute towards the non-,federal     
share of ,medicaid4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,property
 ,tax ,reduction ,act of #bjag4  #b4    
,reduction of ,federal financial        
participation 7,,ffp7 for certain       
,states that require political          
subdivisions to contribute toward       
non-,federal share of ,medicaid  7a7 ,in
 general ,section #aijc of the ,social  
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;b7  
is amended by adding at the end the     

following new subsection3  7aa7         
,reduction in ,,ffp for contributions   
required by political subdivisions  7#a7
 ,in general ,notwithstanding the       
previous provisions of this section1 in 
the case of a ,state that had a ,,dsh   
allotment under section #aibc7;f7 for   
fiscal year #bjaf that was more than #f 
times the national average of such      
allotments for all the ,states for such 
fiscal year and that requires political 
subdivisions within the ,state to       
contribute funds towards medical        
assistance or other expenditures under  
the ,state plan under this title 7or    
under a waiver of such plan7 for a      
quarter in a fiscal year 7beginning with
 fiscal year #bjbj71 in determining the 
amount that is payable to the ,state for
 expenditures in such quarter under     
subsection 7a77#a71 the amount of such  
expenditures shall be decreased by the  
amount that political subdivisions in   
the ,state are required to contribute   
under the plan 7or waiver7 without      

reimbursement from the ,state for such  
quarter1 other than contributions       
described in paragraph 7#b74  7#b7      
,excepted contributions ,the            
contributions described in this         
paragraph for a fiscal year are the     
following3 7,a7 ,contributions required 
by a ,state from a political subdivision
 that1 as of the first day of the       
calendar year in which the fiscal year  
involved begins--  7i7 has a population 
of more than #e1jjj1jjj1 as estimated by
 the ,bureau of the ,census2 and  7ii7  
imposes a local income tax upon its     
residents4  7,b7 ,contributions required
 by a ,state from a political           
subdivision for administrative expenses 
if the ,state required such             
contributions from such subdivision     
without reimbursement from the ,state as
 of ,january #a1 #bjag4  4