[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1928]
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SA 787. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Isakson, and Mr. Casey) 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 TO ESTABLISH THE
PRIORITIZATION OF CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GRADUATE
MEDICAL EDUCATION (CHGME) AS A PROVEN MEANS TO
IMPLEMENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A ROBUST PEDIATRIC
MEDICAL WORKFORCE.
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 ensuring that pediatric medical residency
training programs produce a strong physician workforce
equipped to meet the needs of pediatric patients and
hospitals, in rural and urban America, and in general
pediatrics and specialty areas, 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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