[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 84 (Friday, May 19, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7020-S7021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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             THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

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              ROCKEFELLER (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1112

  Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Daschle, Mr. Wellstone, Ms. Mikulski, and Mrs. Boxer) proposed an 
amendment to the concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 13) setting forth 
the congressional budget for the U.S. Government for the fiscal years 
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002; as follows:

       On page 74, strike lines 12 through 24 and insert the 
     following: ``budget, the spending aggregates shall be revised 
     and other appropriate budgetary allocations, aggregates, and 
     levels shall be revised to reflect up to 59 percent of the 
     additional deficit reduction achieved as calculated under 
     subsection (c) in budget authority and outlays for 
     legislation that reduces the adverse effects on medicare and 
     medicaid of--
       ``(1) increased premiums;
       ``(2) increased deductibles;
       ``(3) increased copayments;
       ``(4) limits on the freedom to select the doctor of one's 
     choice;
       ``(5) reduced quality of health care services caused by 
     funding reductions for health care providers;
       ``(6) reduced or eliminated benefits caused by restrictions 
     on eligibility or services; or
       ``(7) closure of hospitals or nursing homes, or other harms 
     to health care providers.
       ``(b) Revised Allocations and Aggregates.--Upon the 
     reporting of legislation pursuant to subsection (a), and 
     again upon the submission of a conference report on such 
     legislation (if a conference report is submitted), the Chair 
     of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall submit to 
     the Senate appropriately revised allocations under sections 
     302(a) and 602(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
     budgetary aggregates, and levels under this resolution, 
     revised by an amount that does not exceed 59 
     [[Page S7021]] percent of the additional deficit reduction 
     specified under subsection (d).''.
     

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