,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gdh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #ae1         
#bjba,mrs4 ,shaheen 7for herself and    
,ms4 ,collins7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to provide for an extension of the   
temporary suspension of ,medicare       
sequestration during the ,,covid-#ai    
public health emergency4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,medicare ,sequester ,relief ,act4  #b4 
,extension of temporary suspension of   
medicare sequestration  7a7 ,in general 
,section #cgji7;a7 of division ,a of the
 ,,cares ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ija;a      
note71 as amended by section #ajb of    
division ,n of the ,consolidated        
,appropriations ,act1 #bjba 7,public    
,law #aaf-acf71 is amended by striking  
,march #ca1 #bjba and inserting the last
 day of the emergency period described  
in section #aace7;g77#a77;,b7 of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   

#acbj;b-#e7;g77#a77;,b774  7b7          
,extension of direct spending reductions
 through fiscal year #bjca ,section     
#bea;,a7#f7 of the ,balanced ,budget and
 ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of   
#aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ija;a7#f77 is      
amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,b71 in 
the matter preceding clause 7i71 by     
striking through #bjcj and inserting    
through #bjca2 and  7#b7 in subparagraph
 7,c71 in the matter preceding clause   
7i71 by striking fiscal year #bjcj and  
inserting fiscal year #bjca4  7c7       
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if    
enacted as part of the ,,cares ,act     
7,public ,law #aaf-acf74