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  SA 3101. Mr. FRANKEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. 
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the 
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal 
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 692, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

     SEC. 3009. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

       Nothing in the provisions of, or amendments made by, this 
     Act shall be construed as prohibiting the application of 
     value-based purchasing reforms under the Medicare program 
     under title XVIII of the Social Security Act under such 
     provisions or amendments to items and services furnished to 
     individuals eligible for benefits under the Medicare program 
     as a result of any expansion of such eligibility under the 
     provisions of, or amendments made by, this Act.
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