[20180510]IN10899_特朗普政府撤销请求中提议的芯片撤销.pdf

CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Proposed CHIP Rescissions in the Trump Administrations Rescission Request name redacted Specialist in Health Care Financing May 10, 2018 On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, the Trump Administration submitted to Congress a proposal for 38 rescissions of budget authority, totaling $15.4 billion. In their transmission, the Office of Management and Budget stated that these rescissions were transmitted pursuant to Section 1012 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683). The proposal includes $7.0 billion in rescissions from the State Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is a means-tested program that provides health coverage to targeted low-income children and pregnant women in families that have annual income above Medicaid-eligibility levels but do not have health insurance. CHIP is jointly financed by the federal government and the states. The federal appropriation for CHIP is provided in statute. From this federal appropriation, states receive CHIP allotments, which are the federal funds allocated to each state, the District of Columbia, and the territories for the fed