MARKUP - The Reconciliation Act of 2010

Motion to Report the Reconciliation Act of 2010

Ms. Schwartz moved that the committee report the Reconciliation Act of 2010 without recommendation. The Budget Committee may only compile this legislation and vote to report it without substantive revision.

1. Prevent Government from Interfering with Doctor-Patient Relationship

Mr. Mack moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request, on behalf of the Committee, the rule to be reported by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives for the consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 provide that the legislative text to be included in that Reconciliation measure that amends H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, prohibit the use of comparative effectiveness research or other measures to restrict medical professionals from providing and/or prescribing the care they believe to be medically necessary.

2. Put the Federal Government on a Sustainable Fiscal Path First

Mr. Campbell moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request, on behalf of the Committee, the rule to be reported by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives for the consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 provide that the legislative text to be included in that Reconciliation measure that amends H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, delay the implementation of both legislative measures until Congress has enacted legislation to put the Federal budget and U.S. economy on a sustainable fiscal path.

3. No Medicare Cuts to Pay for a New Entitlement

Mr. Ryan moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request, on behalf of the Committee, the rule to be reported by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives for the consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 provide that the legislative text to be included in that Reconciliation measure that amends H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, prevent Medicare cuts from being use to offset or fund a new entitlement program, reduce new government spending in such legislation by that amount, and direct all Medicare savings to the Medicare program to make that program fiscally sustainable.

4. Prevent Government from Limiting Choice and Competition

Mrs. Lummis moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request, on behalf of the Committee, the rule to be reported by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives for the consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 provide that the legislative text to be included in that Reconciliation measure that amends H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, prohibit the government from controlling health plan choices and restricting competition among health plans and delete any provision, including section 124 of H.R. 3590, that gives the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and a new Health Benefits Advisory Committee unprecedented power to create and change the requirements for “acceptable coverage.”

5. Prohibit Federal Funding of Abortions

Mr. Jordan moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request, on behalf of the Committee, the rule to be reported by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives for the consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 provide for legislative text that amends H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, by adding the language of the amendment offered by Representative Bart Stupak, offered on November 11, 2009 and numbered as House Amendment 509 to H.R.3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, to prohibit federal funding of abortions.

6. No Raising Taxes During a Recession

Mr. Garrett moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request, on behalf of the Committee, the rule to be reported by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives for the consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 provide that the legislative text to be included in that Reconciliation measure that amends H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, protect American jobs and families by striking tax increases and mandates in both legislative measures that would hinder job creation and reduce workers and families income during a period of high unemployment and economic weakness.

7. Health Care Reform Must Bend the Cost Curve

Mr. Garrett moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request, on behalf of the Committee, the rule to be reported by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives for the consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 provide that the legislative text to be included in that Reconciliation measure that amends H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, make the provisions of both legislative measures contingent upon the Centers on Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the Actuary issuance of a report that such measures will not increase national health care expenditures or increase the federal commitment to health care, and that such measures will succeed in bending the “health care cost curve” downward by lowering the projection of such expenditures.

8. Require Up-to-Date Estimate on Full Cost of Bill

Mr. Simpson moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request on behalf of the Committee that the Committee on Rules not make in order consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 or H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, until a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate of both measures relative to its March 2010 baseline, including estimates of the budget impact of authorization of appropriations in such measures, and the text of such reconciliation legislation are made available to Members and the public at least 72 hours before being considered on the House floor and that there be separate votes on each measure.

9. No Raising Health Insurance Premiums

Mr. McHenry moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request, on behalf of the Committee, the rule to be reported by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives for the consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 provide that the legislative text to be included in that Reconciliation measure that amends H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, ensure that the Federal mandates in both legislative measures do not cause an increase in projected health care insurance premiums.

10. Eliminate New Bureaucracies Devoted to Expanding the Federal Government

Mr. Latta moves that the Committee on the Budget direct its Chairman to request, on behalf of the Committee, the rule to be reported by the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives for the consideration of the Reconciliation Act of 2010 provide that the legislative text to be included in that Reconciliation measure that amends H.R. 3590, the Senate-passed health care bill, eliminate the creation or expansion of government bureaucracies in such measures.