,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,griffith 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 amend the     
,federal medical assistance percentage  
for the ,district of ,columbia for      
fiscal years after #bjbj1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,,fmap for ,district of  
,columbia for fiscal years after #bjbj  
,section #aije of the ,social ,security 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;d7 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b7--  7,a7
 by striking 1 and 7aa7 and inserting 1 
7aa71 and 7ff72 and  7,b7 by inserting  
for each fiscal year before fiscal year 
#bjba after ,district of ,columbia shall
 be #gj percent2 and  7#b7 by adding at 
the end the following new subsection3   
7ff7 ,,fmap for ,district of ,columbia  
for fiscal years after #bjbj  7#a7 ,in  
general ,notwithstanding subsection 7b71

 beginning with fiscal year #bjba1 the  
,federal medical assistance percentage  
for the ,district of ,columbia for a    
fiscal year shall be the higher of the  
,federal medical assistance percentage  
otherwise determined under subsection   
7b7 for the ,district of ,columbia for  
such fiscal year or the alternative     
,federal medical assistance percentage  
specified in paragraph 7#b7 for such    
fiscal year4  7#b7 ,alternative ,,fmap  
,the alternative ,federal medical       
assistance percentage specified in this 
paragraph for-- 7,a7 fiscal year #bjba  
is #fh percent2  7,b7 fiscal year #bjbb 
is #ff percent2  7,c7 fiscal year #bjbc 
is #fd percent2  7,d7 fiscal year #bjbd 
is #fb percent2  7,e7 fiscal year #bjbe 
is #fj percent2  7,f7 fiscal year #bjbf 
is #eh percent2  7,g7 fiscal year #bjbg 
is #ef percent2 and  7,h7 fiscal year   
#bjbh and each succeeding fiscal year is
 #ed percent4  4