HR-6144 : Still Just a Bill

Removing Waste and Protecting Medicare Act

This bill makes several budgetary changes, including (1) prohibiting sequestration orders in 2022, (2) rescinding certain COVID-19 state and local relief funds, and (3) extending certain adjustments under Medicare with respect to sequestration and payments under the physician fee schedule. It also modifies requirements relating to federal programs and benefits, such as permanently requiring taxpayers to include Social Security numbers on their tax returns in order to qualify for the child tax credit.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2022-11-01CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.House committee actions
2022-01-04CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.House committee actions
2021-12-08CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2021-12-07IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Oversight and Reform, 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
2021-12-07IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Oversight and Reform, 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
2021-12-07IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Oversight and Reform, 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
2021-12-07IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Oversight and Reform, 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
2021-12-07IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Oversight and Reform, 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
2021-12-07IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Agriculture, and Oversight and Reform, 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
2021-12-07IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Economics and Public Finance
See Subjects
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Appropriations
  • Budget deficits and national debt
  • Budget process
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Congressional oversight
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Income tax credits
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Medicare
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Radiation
  • State and local finance
  • State and local government operations
  • Tax treatment of families
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Health and Human Services

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