[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1936]
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SA 832. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Boxer, Mr.
Blumenthal, and Ms. Stabenow) 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; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE FOR TRICARE
BENEFICIARIES, INCLUDING EMERGENCY
CONTRACEPTION FOR WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE ARMED
FORCES.
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 TRICARE contraceptive coverage, which
may include legislation that provides no-cost coverage of all
contraceptive methods approved by the Food and Drug
Administration, including long-acting reversible
contraceptives and emergency contraception, provides
contraception education and counseling, and ensures emergency
contraception is offered to all women members of the Armed
Forces who are sexual assault survivors at all military
treatment facilities, 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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