S.Amdt. 5184

SA 5184. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 33, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2027 through 2035; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4___. DON'T MAKE AMERICA SICK AGAIN.

(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 make America sick again, as described in
subsection (b).
(b) Legislation Described.--For purposes of subsection
(a), a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment
between the Houses, or conference report that would make
America sick again means a bill, joint resolution, motion,
amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report
that the Congressional Budget Office determines would--
(1) reduce the number of Americans enrolled in public or
private health insurance coverage, as determined based on the
latest updated baseline budget projections by the
Congressional Budget Office;
(2) increase health insurance premiums or total out-of-
pocket health care costs for Americans with private health
insurance; or
(3) reduce the scope and scale of benefits covered by
private health insurance, as compared to the benefits
Americans would have received pursuant to the requirements
under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 130) and the amendments
made by that title.
(c) 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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