S. 424 – Protect Our Seniors Act

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The Protect Our Seniors Act redirects unused IRS enforcement and operations support funds to the Social Security and Medicare trust funds and adds Senate procedural rules that make it difficult to cut seniors’ benefits. It rescinds the unobligated balances from certain IRS funding provisions and transfers half of that amount to the Old‑Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and half to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund. It also creates a point‑of‑order that bars any Senate measure that would reduce Medicare or Social Security benefits, and a separate point‑of‑order preventing the use of Medicare savings to offset unrelated costs, both of which can be waived only with a two‑thirds Senate vote.

Key Provisions

Rescinds unobligated balances from IRS enforcement and operations support funds under Public Law 117-169 and transfers 50% of the rescinded amount to the Social Security Old‑Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 50% to the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.
Adds a Senate point‑of‑order prohibiting consideration of any bill that would reduce Medicare or Social Security benefits, unless waived by a two‑thirds vote of the Senate.
Adds a Medicare‑specific point‑of‑order preventing the use of Medicare program savings or revenue to offset costs of unrelated provisions, also requiring a two‑thirds Senate vote to waive.

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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 16.

February 15, 2023

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Introduced in Senate

February 14, 2023

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Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

February 14, 2023

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Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 16.

February 15, 2023

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Sen. Charles E. SchumerD-NY · Feb 14, 2023

Mr. President, I understand that there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of…

Sen. Charles E. SchumerD-NY · Feb 15, 2023

Mr. President, I understand that there is a bill at the desk that is due for a second reading. In order to place the bill on the calendar, under the provisions of rule XIV, I would object to further…

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Placed on Calendar SenateIssued February 15, 2023

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Calendar No. 16

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 424

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

February 14, 2023

Mr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

February 15, 2023

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

A BILL

To protect the seniors of the United States, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Seniors Act.

2.

Rescission of certain funds for enhanced Internal Revenue Service resources

(a)

Rescission

Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the unobligated balances of the amounts made available under the following provisions of Public Law 117–169 are rescinded:

(1)

Internal Revenue Service enforcement funds

Section 10301(1)(A)(ii).

(2)

Internal Revenue Service operations support

Section 10301(1)(A)(iii).

(b)

Transfer of funds to Social Security and Medicare trust funds

(1)

Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund

There is hereby appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(a)) an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount rescinded under subsection (a).

(2)

Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund

There is hereby appropriated to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established section 1817 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) under an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount rescinded under subsection (a).

3.

Point of order for reductions in Medicare and Social Security benefits

Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(j)

Medicare and Social Security point of order

(1)

In general

It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill or resolution (or amendment, motion, or conference report on that bill or resolution) that would reduce benefits under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) or benefits payable under title II of that Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).

(2)

Waiver

Paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

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4.

Medicare point of order

Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632), as amended by section 3, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

(k)

Medicare point of order

(1)

In general

It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill or resolution (or amendment, motion, or conference report on that bill or resolution) for which the total budgetary effects of the measure, as determined by the Congressional Budget Office, use a decrease in outlays, or an increase in revenue, under the health insurance programs under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) to offset a cost of a provision of the measure that is not for the purpose of carrying out those programs.

(2)

Waiver

Paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of two-thirds 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 paragraph (1).

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February 15, 2023

Read the second time and placed on the calendar