[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2061]
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  SA 981. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Cardin, and Mr. Wicker) 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 WAIVE COINSURANCE 
                   UNDER MEDICARE FOR COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING 
                   TESTS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERAPEUTIC 
                   INTERVENTION IS REQUIRED DURING THE SCREENING.

       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 waiving coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal 
     cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic 
     intervention is required during the screening, to help 
     increase early detection of colorectal cancer and prevent for 
     the detection and removal of polyps that could become 
     cancerous, 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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