[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1819]
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SA 529. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO INCREASING
SCREENING, TESTING, AND DIAGNOSIS FOR VIRAL
HEPATITIS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to improving screening, testing, and diagnosis for
Viral Hepatitis, which may include legislation to increase
the number of individuals tested for Viral Hepatitis with a
priority for early diagnosis of chronic cases of hepatitis
type B (HBV) and Hepatitis type C (HCV) in veterans or other
high-risk populations, by the amounts provided in such
legislation for those purposes, provided that such
legislation would not increase the deficit over either the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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