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HR 8840 116th Congress House Health Budget deficits and national debt Budget process Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health programs administration and funding Infectious and parasitic diseases Medicare

Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act

Introduced: December 2, 2020 Introduced by: Schneider, Bradley Scott Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Dec 2, 2020
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Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act

This bill continues to exempt Medicare from budget sequestration orders until the end of the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

What's happening now December 2, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Chu, Judy
California · Dec 15, 2020
Axne, Cynthia
· Dec 9, 2020
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Dec 9, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 9, 2020
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Dec 8, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Dec 4, 2020
McKinley, David
· Dec 2, 2020
RUSH, BOBBY
· Dec 2, 2020
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Schrier, Kim
Washington · Dec 2, 2020
 D
Suozzi, Thomas R.
New York · Dec 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8840: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8840/
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"H.R. 8840: Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8840/.
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H.R. 8840, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8840/.
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