S.Amdt. 4749

SA 4749. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5631, making appropriations for the
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the tables; as
follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:
Sec. 8109. No funds appropriated or otherwise made
available to the Department of Defense under title VI under
the heading ``Defense Health Program'' may be obligated or
expended unless, during the period beginning on April 1,
2006, and ending on December 31, 2007, the cost sharing
requirements established under paragraph (6) of section
1074g(a) of title 10, United States Code, for pharmaceutical
agents available through retail pharmacies covered by
paragraph (2)(E)(ii) of such section do not exceed amounts as
follows:
(1) In the case of generic agents, $3.
(2) In the case of formulary agents, $9.
(3) In the case of nonformulary agents, $22.
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