123STA T . 3 47 4 PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 8—DE C.1 9, 2 0 09 ‘ ‘ (10)UPDATEFOR PORT I O N OF 201 0 .— ‘‘( A ) I N G ENERA L .— Subject t opar a g rap hs ( 7 )( B ) , ( 8 )(B), a nd ( 9 )(B), i n l ieu o f the update to the single con v ersion factor established in paragraph (1)( C ) that w ould otherwise appl y for 2 010 for the period beginning on J anuary 1, 2010, and ending on F ebruary 28, 2010, the update to the single conversion factor shall be 0 percent for 2010. ‘‘(B) N O EFFE C TONCO M P U TATION OF CON V ER S ION FACTOR FOR REMAINING PORTION OF 2010 AND SU B SE Q UENT Y EARS.— T he conversion factor under this subsection shall be co m puted under paragraph (1)(A) for the period begin - ning on M arch 1, 2010, and ending on D ecember 3 1, 2010, and for 2011 and subse q uent years as if subparagraph (A) had never applied. ’ ’. (b) FUNDING FROM MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND.—Section 1898(b)(1) of such Act ( 4 2 U.S.C. 139 5 iii(b)(1)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by stri k ing ‘‘ $ 22,290,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,740,000,000’’
and (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph
‘‘(B) fiscal year 2015, $550,000,000; and’’. SEC. 1012. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of H ealth and Human Services shall not publish updated poverty guidelines for 2010 under section 6 73(2) of the O mnibus Budget R econciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)) before March 1, 2010, and the poverty guidelines published under such section on January 23, 2009, shall remain in effect until updated poverty guidelines are published. SEC. 1013. From the ‘‘National Telecommunications and Information Administration—Digital-to-Analog Converter Bo xP ro- gram’’ in the Department of Commerce, $128,000,000 is hereby rescinded. SEC. 1014. The explanatory statement regarding this Act printed in the House of Representatives section of the Congressional Record on or about December 16, 2010, by the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives shall have the same effect with respect Resci ssi on.Gu i d e l ines. P u b lic at ion. T i m e p e r iod. Time periods.
