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A bill to exempt Medicare from any sequestration under Statutory PAYGO that is caused by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
To exempt Medicare from any sequestration under Statutory PAYGO that is caused by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Summary
This bill exempts Medicare programs from automatic spending cuts that would otherwise result from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go budget process. The exemption applies to any sequestration orders issued after the bill's enactment that are attributable to the budgetary effects of that legislation. This protects Medicare from reductions that would be triggered as a consequence of that other law.
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- Sep 9, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. · senate
- Sep 9, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 9, 2025
Mr. Whitehouse introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget
A BILL
To exempt Medicare from any sequestration under Statutory PAYGO that is caused by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF MEDICARE FROM STATUTORY PAYGO SEQUESTRATION CAUSED BY THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT.
The Medicare programs under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) shall be exempt from reduction under any sequestration order issued on or after the date of enactment of this Act under section 5 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 934) that is attributable, in whole or in part, to the budgetary effects of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14”, approved July 4, 2025 (Public Law 119-21; 139 Stat. 72) (commonly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”). <all>
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