[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S4424]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4836. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4685 proposed by Mr. Shelby (for himself and Ms. Mikulski) 
to the bill H.R. 2578, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ___.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
     of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act may be used by the Department of Justice to settle, with 
     payments out of amounts appropriated under section 1304 of 
     title 31, United States Code, any lawsuit brought by a health 
     plan or health insurance issuer related to section 1342 of 
     the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 
     18062) or any other provision of such Act (Public Law 111-
     148).
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