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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1224

     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 
         availability of Medicare cost contracts for 10 years.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 2001

  Mr. Allard introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend the 
         availability of Medicare cost contracts for 10 years.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Cost Contract Extension Act 
of 2001''.

SEC. 2. TEN-YEAR EXTENSION OF MEDICARE COST CONTRACTS.

    Section 1876(h)(5)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395mm(h)(5)(C)), as redesignated by section 634(1) of the Medicare, 
Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 
(114 Stat. 2763A-568), as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of Public 
Law 106-554), is amended by striking ``2004'' and inserting ``2014''.
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