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 104 STAT. 870 PUBLIC LAW 101-403—OCT. 1, 1990 2 USC 902 note. Termination date. Egypt. Termination date. of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. SEC. 113. (a) Any order on sequestration for fiscal year 1991 issued before, on, or after the date of enactment of this joint resolution pursuant to section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is suspended and no action shall be taken to implement any such order. (b) Subsection (a) shall cease to be effective on the date set forth in section 108(c). SEC. 114. The provisions of section 518 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, and any comparable provision contained in or incorporated by reference by a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 1991, shall not operate to prohibit the furnishing of assistance for Egypt pursuant to any program for which funds are appropriated under such Acts: Provided, That the authority contained in this section to furnish assistance notwithstanding section 518 of such Act, and comparable provisions contained in a subsequent Act for fiscal year 1991, shall expire on December 31, 1990. 42 USC 1395 WW note. 42 USC 1395 WW note. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN MEDICARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT PROVISIONS SEC. 115. (a) EXTENSION OF AREA WAGE INDEX. —For purposes of determining the amount of payment made to a hospital under part A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 1990, and on or before October 20, 1990, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in adjusting such amount under section 1886(d)(3)(E) of such Act to reflect the relative hospital wage level in the geographic area of the hospital compared to the national average hospital wage index, shall apply the area wage index applicable to such hospital as of September 30, 1990. 03) EXTENSION OF REGIONAL FLOOR ON STANDARDIZED AMOUNTS.— (1) Section 1886(d)(l)(A)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(l)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking "September 30, 1990," and inserting "October 20, 1990,". (2) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall meike any adjustments resulting from the amendment madie by paragraph (1) in the amount of the payments made to hospitals under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act in a fiscal year for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services in a manner that ensures that the aggregate payments under such section are not greater or less than those that would have been made in the year without such adjustments.

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