I now move to recommit the bill to the HELP Committee, and I send that motion to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Frist] moves to recommit the bill to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with instructions to report back forthwith with the following: (Purpose: In the nature of a substitute) Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; PURPOSE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2006''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; purposes. TITLE I--SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH PLANS Sec. 101. Rules governing small business health plans. Sec. 102. Cooperation between Federal and State authorities. Sec. 103. Effective date and transitional and other rules. TITLE II--MARKET RELIEF Sec. 201. Market relief. TITLE III--HARMONIZATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE STANDARDS Sec. 301. Health Insurance Standards Harmonization.…
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