,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #haeh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #d1       
#bjbj,mrs4 ,rodgers of ,washington 7for 
herself and ,mr4 ,loebsack7 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 waive budget          
neutrality for oxygen under the         
,medicare program1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,waiving budget          
neutrality for oxygen under the         
,medicare program  7a7 ,in general      
,section #ahcd7;a77#i77;,d77ii7 of the  
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciem7a77#i77;,d77ii77 is amended by   
adding at the end the following new     

sentence3 ,the requirement of the       
preceding sentence shall not apply      
beginning with the second calendar      
quarter beginning on or after the date  
of the enactment of this sentence44  7b7
 ,technical correction  7#a7 ,in general
 ,section #deeb7;b7 of the ,balanced    
,budget ,act of #aiig 7,public ,law     
#aje-cc7 is amended by striking section 
#ahdh7;a77#i7 and inserting section     
#ahcd7;a77#i74  7#b7 ,effective date    
,the amendment made by paragraph 7#a7   
shall take effect as if included in the 
enactment of the ,balanced ,budget ,act 
of #aiig 7,public ,law #aje-cc74  7c7   
,implementation ,notwithstanding any    
other provision of law1 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services may     
implement the amendments made by this   
section by program instruction or       
otherwise4