,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fefc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bf1 #bjah,mr4 
,pallone 7for himself and ,mr4 ,neal7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,commerce1 and in addition to the   
,committee on ,ways and ,means1 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     
amend title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act to prevent growth rate   
cliff for out-of-pocket threshold under 
,medicare part ,d4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,lower   
,out-of-,pocket ,costs for ,seniors     
,act4  #b4 ,preventing growth rate cliff
 for out-of-pocket cost threshold under 
,medicare part ,d ,section              
#ahfj;,d-#b7;b77#d77;,b77i7 of the      
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciew-#ajb7;b77#d77;,b77i77 is         

amended--  7#a7 in subclause 7,,iii71 by
 adding at the end or2  7#b7 in         
subclause 7,,iv7--  7,a7 by striking    
each of years #bjaf through #bjai and   
inserting #bjaf and each subsequent     
year2 and  7,b7 by striking the         
semicolon at the end and inserting a    
period2 and  7#c7 by striking subclauses
 7,v7 and 7,,vi74