S.Amdt. 138

SA 138. Mr. HELLER 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO IMPROVING
HEALTH CARE QUALITY FOR VETERANS AND THEIR
DEPENDENTS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to improving health care quality for veterans and
their dependents, prohibiting legislation that forces or
mandates veterans or their dependents to be enrolled in
government-managed health care such as the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-138), and ensuring
availability and accessibility of health care through the
Department of Veterans Affairs, by the amounts provided in
such legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2017 through 2026.
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