S.Amdt. 27

SA 27. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Carper, and Mr. Van Hollen)
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 SHIFTING THE COSTS OF
TREATING THE NEWLY UNINSURED TO WORKING
AMERICANS WITH EMPLOYER-SPONSORED 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
result in increases in premiums, deductibles, copayments, or
other out-of-pocket costs for working Americans with
employer-based health insurance coverage compared to the
premium and out-of-pocket costs working Americans and their
employers would have paid, as projected in the most recent
Congressional Budget Office baseline during the period of
fiscal years 2017 through 2026, as determined by the
Congressional Budget Office.
(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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