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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14Section 71401 › Proposal

Money used off plan may be withheld, cut or clawed back

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 71401, Sec. 71401. Written by .

Money used off plan may be withheld, cut or clawed back

The document says “canWho acts: Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHow: statuteSec. 71401 in the PDF
What the document says

“the Administrator may withhold payments to, or reduce payments to, or recover previous payments from, the State under this subsection as the”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 71401

The section lets the Administrator, on finding a State is not using its money in a way consistent with its approved application, withhold, reduce or recover payments as the Administrator thinks fit, with anything so held back or recovered returned to the Treasury. There is no administrative or judicial review of allotments, redistributions, payments withheld or reduced, or payments recovered.

What the document actually says

“the Administrator may withhold payments to, or reduce payments to, or recover previous payments from, the State under this subsection as the”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 71401
That sentence, in plain words

The Administrator may hold back money from a state. It may also cut or claw back money.

What this is about

That follows a finding the state went off plan. The money then goes back to the Treasury. No court or agency may review it.

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    Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Public Law 119-21, sec. 71401, 139 Stat. 327 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ21/html/PLAW-119publ21.htm

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    “Money used off plan may be withheld, cut or clawed back,” Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, section 71401, Sec. 71401. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-21/proposal/sec71401-misuse/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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