S.Amdt. 1470

SA 1470. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Carper) 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 title III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO GIVING
STATES THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVES TO
THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE AND USE OTHER MECHANISMS
FOR INCENTIVIZING ENROLLMENT IN HEALTH
INSURANCE COVERAGE.

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,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to giving
States the ability to implement alternatives to the
individual mandate and use other mechanisms for incentivizing
enrollment in health insurance coverage, which may include
the option of automatic enrollment in health insurance
coverage, 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 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2018 through 2027.
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