S.Amdt. 108

SA 108. Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Heinrich) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution
S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CUTTING FEDERAL FUNDING TO
MEDICAID EXPANSION STATES.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
reduce the Federal funding received by States for the
provision of medical assistance under State Medicaid programs
under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et
seq.) to low-income, non-elderly individuals under the
eligibility option established by the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII)).
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 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
subsection (a).
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