S.Amdt. 4836

SA 4836. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski)
to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ___.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
Act may be used by the Department of Justice to settle, with
payments out of amounts appropriated under section 1304 of
title 31, United States Code, any lawsuit brought by a health
plan or health insurance issuer related to section 1342 of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C.
18062) or any other provision of such Act (Public Law 111-
148).
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