S.Amdt. 65

SA 65. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Brown, Mr. Coons,
Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Casey) 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 BLACK LUNG BENEFITS FOR MINERS DISABLED
BY BLACK LUNG DISEASE AND THEIR SURVIVORS.

(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
eliminate or weaken the amendments to the Black Lung Benefits
Act (30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) made by section 1556 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
148), which--
(1) require the presumption of total disability or death
caused by pneumoconiosis for coal miners who worked for at
least 15 years in underground mining and who suffer or
suffered from a totally disabling respiratory impairment; and
(2) provide automatic entitlement for eligible survivors of
miners who were themselves entitled to receive benefits as a
result of a lifetime claim.
(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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