S.Amdt. 123

SA 123. Mr. MERKLEY 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 REDUCING HEALTH INSURANCE
ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to
section 2001 or 2002, or an amendment to, motion on,
conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in
relation to such a bill or joint resolution, that reduces
health insurance assistance, including by reducing or
eliminating the premium assistance credit under section 36B
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for children diagnosed
with cancer without any equivalent substitute or replacement.
(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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