S.Amdt. 821

SA 821. Mr. ENZI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II, and insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ACCESS TO QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH INSURANCE.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget may revise the allocations, aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, motions, or conference reports that--

(1) ensures that every American is insured by providing genuine access to quality, affordable health care that promotes choice and competition to drive down costs, without increasing health care spending;

(2) strengthens health care quality by promoting wellness and empowering consumers with accurate and comprehensive information on quality and cost;

(3) protects Americans' economic security from catastrophic events by expanding insurance options and improving health insurance portability;

(4) promotes the advanced research and development of new treatments and cures to enhance health care quality; and

(5) accomplishes paragraphs (1) through (5) through regular order, without the use of reconciliation; provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2009 through 2019.