,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #aa1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada 7for herself1
 ,mr4 ,delgado1 and ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new
 ,york7 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 provide for certain   
rules regarding the treatment of        
eligible retirement plans in determining
 the eligibility of individuals for     
premium and cost-sharing subsidies under
 part ,d of the ,medicare program1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,enhancing ,retirement ,security for    
,medicare ,beneficiaries ,act of #bjai4 

#b4 ,providing for certain rules        
regarding the treatment of eligible     
retirement plans in determining the     
eligibility of individuals for premium  
and cost-sharing subsidies under part ,d
 of the ,medicare program  7a7 ,in      
general ,section #ahfj;,d-#ad7;a77#c7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #aciew-#aad7;a77#c77 is       
amended--  7#a7 in subparagraph         
7,a77iii71 by striking subparagraph 7,d7
 and inserting subparagraph 7,d77i72    
7#b7 in subparagraph 7,c77i71 by        
striking except that support and        
maintenance furnished in kind shall not 
be counted as income2 and and inserting 
except that-- 7,i7 support and          
maintenance furnished in kind shall not 
be counted as income2 and  7,,ii7 any   
distribution or withdrawal from an      
eligible retirement plan 7as defined in 
subparagraph 7,b7 of section            
#djb7;c77#h7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code of #aihf1 but excluding any       
defined benefit plan described in clause

 7iv7 or 7v7 of such subparagraph and   
any qualified trust 7as defined in      
subparagraph 7,a7 of such section7 which
 is part of such a defined benefit plan7
 shall be counted as income2 and  2     
7#c7 in subparagraph 7,d7-- 7,a7 by     
redesignating clauses 7i7 and 7ii7 as   
subclauses 7,i7 and 7,,ii71             
respectively1 and moving the margin of  
each such subclause1 as so redesignated1
 #b ems to the right2  7,b7 by striking 
,the resources requirement and inserting
 the following3  7i7 ,in general ,the   
resources requirement  2  7,c7 by       
striking subject to the life insurance  
policy exclusion and inserting 1 subject
 to the exclusions2  7,d7 by aligning   
the margin of the flush sentence at the 
end with the margin of clause 7i71 as   
added by subparagraph 7,b72 and  7,e7 by
 adding at the end the following3  7ii7 
,application of resource standard with  
respect to certain beneficiaries ,in    
applying the resources requirement of   
this subparagraph under section         

#aije7p77#a77;,c71 such requirement     
shall be applied without regard to the  
exclusions provided under subparagraph  
7,g74  2  7#d7 in subparagraph 7,e71 by 
striking subject to the life insurance  
policy exclusion and inserting 1 subject
 to the exclusions2 and  7#e7 in        
subparagraph 7,g7--  7,a7 in the        
subparagraph heading1 by striking ,life 
insurance policy exclusion and inserting
 ,resource exclusions2 and  7,b7 by     
striking for purposes of subparagraphs  
7,d7 and 7,e7 no part of the value of   
any life insurance policy shall be taken
 into account4 and inserting  for       
purposes of subparagraphs 7,d77i7 and   
7,e71 the following exclusions shall    
apply3 7i7 ,life insurance policy ,no   
part of the value of any life insurance 
policy shall be taken into account4     
7ii7 ,eligible retirement plan ,no      
balance in any eligible retirement plan 
7as described in subparagraph           
7,c77i77,,ii77 shall be taken into      
acount4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the    

amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
apply with respect to plan years        
beginning on or after ,january #a1      
#bjbb4