S.Amdt. 1124

SA 1124. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Booker)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1116
proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 71,
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 41__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST REDUCING ACCESS TO OR
AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR
MINORITY AND DISENFRANCHISED POPULATIONS OF THE
UNITED 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 access to or affordability of health care services for
minority and disenfranchised populations of the United
States, including American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Asian
Americans, African Americans, Latino Americans, and Native
Hawaiians or other Pacific Islanders, by cutting Medicaid and
Medicare to offset tax breaks for the wealthy.
(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).
(1) reduce access to or affordability of healthcare
services for minority and disenfranchised populations of the
United States
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