HR-1999 : Still Just a Bill

Protect Seniors and Cut Waste Act

This bill prohibits the budgetary effects of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 from being counted for the purposes of determining whether a specified sequester occurs under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.

(The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provided funding to address the impact of COVID-19. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)

The bill also modifies several other provisions related to COVID-19 spending. Among other modifications, the bill

  • provides supplemental appropriations for the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to reimburse certain health care providers for health care related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable to the coronavirus;
  • rescinds certain funds that were provided for payments to states, territories, and tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from the COVID-19 public health emergency;
  • prohibits individuals who are incarcerated or unlawfully present in the United States from receiving 2021 recovery rebates; and
  • rescinds funds that were provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2021-03-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2021-03-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2021-03-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2021-03-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2021-03-18IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Reform, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2021-03-18CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2021-03-18IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Jason Smith [R] (MO-8)
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Policy Area :

Health
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  • Accounting and auditing
  • Appropriations
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Congressional oversight
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee leave
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health promotion and preventive care
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Hospital care
  • Humanities programs funding
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Income tax credits
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Medicaid
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Medicare
  • Rural conditions and development
  • State and local finance
  • State and local government operations
  • Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
  • National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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