[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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