House to Consider Bill with FMAP Next Week

House and Senate leaders are continuing to negotiate H.R. 4213—recently renamed the Promoting American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act—that is expected to include the FMAP extension. The bill is expected to reach the House floor as early as next week. As previously reported, both the House and the Senate already have passed bills that include the FMAP extension, a provision that the Obama administration's proposed FY 2011 budget said would cost $25.5 billion, but the chambers have yet to clear an identical bill.

A group of more than 219 lawmakers May 7 urged House leaders in a letter to move quickly on the FMAP boost. Of the 219 signatories, three were Republicans.