S.Amdt. 28

SA 28. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar,
Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms.
Stabenow, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. King) 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
REDUCE HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND CONSUMER
PROTECTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST A JOB,
WAGES, OR BENEFITS DUE TO OUTSOURCING, TRADE
DEALS, AUTOMATION, OR OTHER TYPES OF ECONOMIC
DISRUPTION.

(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 the health care benefits and consumer protections
provided through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (Public Law 111-148) for individuals (and their families)
who lost a job, wages, or benefits due to outsourcing, trade
deals, automation, or other types of economic disruption,
unless legislation is enacted to provide comparable benefits
and protections for such individuals and their families.
(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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