Number: RS22746
Title: SCHIP: Differences Between H.R. 3963 and H.R. 976
Authors: Evelyne P. Baumrucker, April Grady, Elicia J. Herz, and Chris L. Peterson, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: The 110th Congress has considered reauthorization legislation that would make important changes to Medicaid and SCHIP, including the Senate-passed Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 (S. 1893/H.R. 976) and the House-passed Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act of 2007 (H.R. 3162). A bicameral agreement on SCHIP reauthorization passed the House on September 25 and the Senate on September 27 as an amendment to H.R. 976. President Bush vetoed H.R. 976 on October 3. The House sustained the President's veto with a vote on October 18. The House passed H.R. 3963, a modified version of the vetoed H.R. 976, on October 25, 2007, with a vote of 265 to 142. The Senate passed H.R. 3963 on November 30, 2007, with a vote of 64 to 30. The President vetoed H.R. 3963 on December 12, 2007. This report summarizes the differences between the two bills across key provisions.
Pages: 6
Date: January 9, 2008