S.Amdt. 4804

SA 4804. Mr. LAUTENBERG (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Stabenow, Mr.
Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mr. Menendez) 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 table; 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 October 1,
2006, and ending on September 30, 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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