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To delay until 2016 provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act scheduled to take effect in 2014 or 2015 and to delay the application of sequestration until 2014.

H.R. 607 · 113th Congress · Feb 8, 2013 · Lineage

A BILL

1. Delay in certain PPACA provisions until 2016

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any provision of (including any amendment made by) the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111–148) or of title I or subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2011 (Public Law 111–152) that is otherwise scheduled to take effect in 2014 or 2015 shall not take effect until January 1, 2016.

2. Elimination of fiscal year 2013 sequestrations

(a)
Elimination of automatic section 251A sequestration for fiscal year 2013— Section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended as follows:
(1)
(A)
In paragraph (3), strike “2013” and insert “2014”.
(B)
In paragraph (3), insert “and” at the end of subparagraph (C), strike “; and” and insert a period at the end of subparagraph (D), and strike subparagraph (E).
(2)
In paragraph (4), strike “On March 1, 2013, for fiscal year 2013, and in” and insert “In”.
(3)
In paragraph (5), strike “2013” and insert “2014”.
(4)
In paragraph (6), strike “2013” and insert “2014”.
(5)
In paragraph (7), strike subparagraph (A), strike “(B) Fiscal years 2014-2021.”, move the remaining text 2 ems to the left, strike “(i)” and insert “(A)”, and strike “(ii)” and insert “(B)”.
(b)
Elimination of sequestration under section 251 for fiscal year 2013— Notwithstanding section 254(f)(5) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the President shall not issue an order under such section to carry out any sequestration that the Director of the Office of Management and Budget estimates is required for fiscal year 2013.