[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1955]
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SA 957. Mr. LEE 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. ___. SPENDING-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO ENSURING
THAT EACH STATE HAS NO MORE THAN ONE FEDERAL
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENTAGE (FMAP) RATE FOR
COVERAGE OF ALL OF THE STATE'S MEDICAID
BENEFICIARIES.
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 addressing Federal Medical Assistance Percentage
(FMAP) rate discrepancies within States, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that
such legislation would not raise new revenue and 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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