[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1946]
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SA 902. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Heller)
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 end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3__. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
AUTHORIZING CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE
UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RETAIN SUCH ELIGIBILITY
UNTIL AGE 26.
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 authorizing children who are eligible to receive
health care furnished under laws administered by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to retain such eligibility
until age 26, 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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