This part sets an across-the-board payment cut at 2.0 percent for a fiscal year. It also orders a cut for fiscal year 2033 that runs at 2.0 percent for five months and then at zero for seven.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6227 in the PDF
What the document says
“in subparagraph (D), by striking ``such that,'' and all that follows and inserting ``such that the payment reduction shall be 2.0 percent for such fiscal year.''; and”
Section 6227 amends section 251A(6)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, striking the words after such that and inserting a flat 2.0 percent payment reduction for the fiscal year.
What the document actually says
“in subparagraph (D), by striking ``such that,'' and all that follows and inserting ``such that the payment reduction shall be 2.0 percent for such fiscal year.''; and”
That sentence, in plain words
Cross out the words that came after such that. Write in words setting one rate. The rate is 2.0 percent for that year.
What this is about
Sequestration is an across-the-board cut set off by budget rules. It trims each payment by a share. This part fixes that share.
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“the President shall order a sequestration of payments for the Medicare programs specified in section 256(d), effective upon issuance, such that, notwithstanding the 2 percent limit specified in subparagraph (A) for such payments--”
Section 6227 adds a new subparagraph (F). On the day the President submits the fiscal year 2033 budget under section 1105 of title 31, the President must order a sequestration of Medicare payments, effective on issuance, at 2.0 percent for the first five months the order is in effect that year and at 0 percent for the last seven.
What the document actually says
“the President shall order a sequestration of payments for the Medicare programs specified in section 256(d), effective upon issuance, such that, notwithstanding the 2 percent limit specified in subparagraph (A) for such payments--”
That sentence, in plain words
The President must order the cut on the day the budget goes in. It starts the moment it is issued. The usual 2 percent limit does not bind it.
What this is about
The cut runs at 2.0 percent for the first five months. Then it runs at zero for the last seven. So the whole year is not cut evenly.
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The two things the section does: replace the trailing words of subparagraph (D) with a flat 2.0 percent reduction, and add a new subparagraph (F) ordering a fiscal year 2033 sequestration with two rates.
Nothing else in the section.
The section amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, which is not indexed here, so how sequestration otherwise works is not recorded on this site.
