S.Amdt. 500

SA 500. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Nelson,
Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Markey, Mr. Brown, Mr. Carper, Mr. Blumenthal, and
Ms. Stabenow) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to
the bill H.R. 1628, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II
of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. STRIKING PROVISIONS THAT INCREASE HEALTH
DISPARITIES.

Any provision of this Act that would increase health
disparities among certain populations, including disparities
on the basis of race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status,
gender, religion, disability status, geographic location, and
sexual identity and orientation shall be null and void and of
no effect.
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