S.Amdt. 5Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)
S.Amdt. 5
Sponsored by
Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
Submitted January 4, 2017
Legislative Activity
Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action
Floor
Latest Action
Senate amendment submitted
January 4, 2017
Text
Submitted
SA 5. Mr. COONS 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 III, add the following: SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND PREVENTING TAX CUTS IN THE CASE OF THE LOSS OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE DUE TO A REPEAL OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to preventing tax cuts for corporations or for individuals with incomes equal to or greater than $250,000 if there is any loss of health care coverage for Americans as a result of the repeal of all or part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 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 2017 through 2021 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2017 through 2026. ______