[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 175 (Thursday, December 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2904. Mr. ROBERTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2874 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill H.R. 3762, 
to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPEAL OF PATIENT-CENTERED OUTCOMES RESEARCH.

       (a) Repeal of Medicare Trust Funds Funding.--Section 
     1183(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320e-
     2(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``2016, 2017, 2018, and 
     2019'' and inserting ``and 2016''.
       (b) Prevention of Limitation of Treatment Options.--Section 
     1182 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320e-1) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (c)(2); and
       (2) by striking subsection (d)(2).
       (c) Repeal of Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Trust 
     Fund.--
       (1) Appropriation.--Section 9511(b)(1)(E) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``2016, 2017, 
     2018, and 2019'' and inserting ``and 2016''.
       (2) Termination.--Section 9511(f) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``September 30, 2019'' 
     and inserting ``December 31, 2015''.
       (d) Repeal of Fees on Insured and Self-Insured Health 
     Plans.--
       (1) Insured.--Section 4375(e) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 is amended by striking ``2019'' and inserting 
     ``2015''.
       (2) Self-insured.--Section 4376(e) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``2019'' and inserting 
     ``2015''.
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