S.Amdt. 1929Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)

S.Amdt. 1929

Submitted April 4, 2025

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Senate amendment submitted

April 4, 2025

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SA 1929. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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:

[[Page S2405]]

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
INCREASE RATES OF UNTREATED DIABETES.

(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 if the
Congressional Budget Office has determined that it would--
(1) reduce the number of individuals accessing covered
insulin products, as outlined in section 1860D-2 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w--102);
(2) cause an increase in the rate of uninsured individuals
living with diabetes; or
(3) reduce Federal funding upon which hospitals, community
health centers, and other health providers rely to treat
diabetes.
(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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