US Congress Senate Bill 2491 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on June 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2014-06-19 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Medicare Protection Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the eligibility age under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act should not be increased, and (2) the Medicare program should not be privatized or turned into a voucher system. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, with respect to extraneous matter in reconciliation legislation, to require a provision to be considered extraneous if it eliminates or reduces guaranteed benefits for individuals entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under Medicare or restricts the eligibility for such program. (Thus subjects such a provision to a point of order and stricken from the bill.)

Medicare Protection Act

Sen. Mark Pryor [D-AR]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kay Hagan [D-NC]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
Sen. Tim Johnson [D-SD]	Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. John Walsh [D-MT]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-19	Senate	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 437.
2014-06-18	Senate	Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

SB2087 (Same As) 2014-03-11 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1504)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2491/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2491/BILLS-113s2491pcs.pdf