S.Amdt. 1234
What it does: Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER TO KEEP HEALTH PLAN AND CHOICE OF DOCTOR AND TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT MANAGED, RATIONED HEALTH CARE wherever appropriate
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)What it changes
1 change to H.R. 1256
Adds SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER TO KEEP HEALTH PLAN AND CHOICE OF DOCTOR AND TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT MANAGED, RATIONED HEALTH CARE wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER TO KEEP HEALTH PLAN AND CHOICE OF DOCTOR AND TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT MANAGED, RATIONED HEALTH CARE.
Inserted: (a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order, to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that--
Inserted: (1) eliminates the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor (as determined by the Congressional Budget Office); or
Inserted: (2) decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance plans, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed, rationed health care (as determined by the Congressional Budget Office).
Inserted: (b) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, dully chosen and sworn.
Inserted: (c) Appeals.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
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SA 1234. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 1256, to protect the public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, to amend title 5, United States Code, to make certain modifications in the Thrift Savings Plan, the Civil Service Retirement System, and the Federal Employees' Retirement System, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER TO KEEP HEALTH PLAN AND CHOICE OF DOCTOR AND TO LIMIT GOVERNMENT MANAGED, RATIONED HEALTH CARE.
(a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order, to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that--
(1) eliminates the ability of Americans to keep their health plan or their choice of doctor (as determined by the Congressional Budget Office); or
(2) decreases the number of Americans enrolled in private health insurance plans, while increasing the number of Americans enrolled in government-managed, rationed health care (as determined by the Congressional Budget Office).
(b) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, dully chosen and sworn.
(c) Appeals.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
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Senate amendment submitted
June 3, 2009