United States · Bill · SJRES
S.J.Res. 16 (115th)
A joint resolution approving the discontinuation of the process for consideration and automatic implementation of the annual proposal of the Independent Medicare Advisory Board under section 1899A of the Social Security Act.
Introduced
1 February 2017
Last action
—
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
6 December 2025
Summary
This joint resolution initiates the process to terminate the Independent Medicare Advisory Board, which issues annual recommendations for reducing growth in Medicare expenditures. Under current law, the enactment of a such a joint resolution is required in order to terminate the board.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 1 February 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 1 February 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 1 February 2017
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/16
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/sjres/16