[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2078-S2079]
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SA 1090. Mr. WYDEN 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 ENSURE THAT
MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES IN RURAL LOCATIONS HAVE
UNOBSTRUCTED ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY MEDICAL
CARE.
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 ensuring that Medicare beneficiaries in rural
locations have unobstructed access to high quality medical
care 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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