S.Amdt. 1004

SA 1004. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055,
making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2020, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title V of division A, insert
the following:
Sec. __.  None of the funds made available by this division
may be used by the Department of Justice to argue, in the
conduct of any litigation to which the United States, or an
agency or officer thereof is a party, that any provision of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law
111-148; 124 Stat. 119) or of the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152; 124 Stat.
1029), including any amendment made by such Acts, is
unconstitutional or is invalid or unenforceable on any
ground, including that certain provisions of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act are not severable from
section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added
by section 1501 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 242).
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