S.Amdt. 109

SA 109. Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Tester, Ms. Cantwell, Mr.
Franken, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Schatz) 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 ELIMINATING OR REDUCING
FEDERAL PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY AN INDIAN HEALTH
PROGRAM OR BY AN URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION
UNDER MEDICAID FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO INDIANS
AND ALASKAN NATIVES WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
BENEFITS UNDER THAT PROGRAM.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

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amendment between the Houses, or conference report that the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office determines would
eliminate or reduce, relative to the Congressional Budget
Office's March 2016 updated baseline, Federal payments
received by an Indian health program or by an urban Indian
organization under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) for services provided to Indians and
Alaskan Natives who are eligible for benefits under such
title.
(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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