S.Amdt. 1888

SA 1888. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST AFFECTING HEALTH INSURANCE
COVERAGE.

(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--
(1) that affects Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health
Insurance Program, provisions of the Affordable Care Act, or
other laws related to health insurance coverage for not fewer
than 1,000,000 people of the United States; and
(2) for which the Congressional Budget Office has not made
available on the website of the Office an estimate required
under subsection (c) on the legislation during the 72-hour
period ending on the vote on final passage of the
legislation.
(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).
(c) Cost Estimates.--
(1) Cbo and jct estimates.--During the 119th Congress, any
estimate provided by the Congressional Budget Office under
section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
653) or by the Joint Committee on Taxation to the
Congressional Budget Office under section 201(f) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 601(f)) for significant legislation considered in
the Senate shall, to the greatest extent practicable, include
an estimate on the impact to health insurance coverage in the
United States for any significant legislation affecting
Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program,
provisions of the Affordable Care Act, or other laws related
to health insurance coverage.
(2) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``significant
legislation'' means a bill, joint resolution, conference
report, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or treaty
considered in the Senate that is estimated to impact health
insurance coverage for not fewer than 1,000,000 people of the
United States.
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