118th Congress Health
H.R. 875: Protecting Social Security and Medicare Act
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Summary
This bill authorizes Medicare and Social Security payments to be made in full even if the federal debt limit is reached. Such payments do not count against the debt limit until after the debt limit has been raised by authorizing legislation.
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Roll calls
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Amendments
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Cosponsors
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer R-OR
- Mónica De La Cruz R-TX
- Anthony D'Esposito R-NY
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History
- Introduced in the House by John James.
Show the full action history (3 actions)
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.