S.Amdt. 21

SA 21. Mr. PETERS 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 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CAUSE
VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS TO LOSE HEALTH
CARE COVERAGE.

(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
repeal any provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Public Law 111-148) prior to the enactment of a law
to ensure that no veteran or dependent that gained health
care coverage through such Act's Exchanges or Medicaid
expansion will lose coverage.
(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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