S.Amdt. 147

SA 147. Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Gillibrand, Ms.
Klobuchar, and Mr. Franken) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her 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 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
REDUCE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO STATES THAT CHOOSE
TO IMPLEMENT THE BASIC HEALTH PROGRAM.

(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 Federal assistance to States that choose to implement
the basic health program under section 1331 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18051), in
order to preserve low-cost, efficient health insurance for
low-income Americans while increasing health insurance
enrollment and reducing State budget expenditures.
(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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