[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1932]
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SA 812. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Mikulski, Mr.
Brown, and Mr. Franken) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S
HEALTH CARE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
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 women's healthcare services, which may
include measures to--
(1) expand comprehensive preventive services, including
full access to contraceptive coverage for all women;
(2) invest in access to women's primary care by investing
in nurse practitioners and other health care providers;
(3) improve maternal safety and quality of care;
(4) provide compassionate assistance through emergency
contraception and awareness for survivors of rape; or
(5) ensure that women have access, awareness, and are
provided the full range of preventive services, including
contraception, breast cancer screenings, mammograms, domestic
violence screenings and counseling, and more as provided for
by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
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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