[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S70]
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SA 3. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2018 through 2026; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
PREVENTING ANY LOSS OF CERTAIN HEALTH CARE
SUBSIDIES UNTIL A REPLACEMENT LAW THAT PROVIDES
AT LEAST THE SAME HEALTH CARE COVERAGE, HEALTH
CARE AFFORDABILITY, AND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH
CARE BENEFITS IS SIGNED INTO LAW.
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 preventing any loss of subsidies that
were authorized for individuals under the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (including amendments made that Act)
until a law that establishes a replacement plan that provides
the same or a greater level of access to health care
coverage, health care affordability, and comprehensive health
care benefits is signed into law by the President, 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 2017
through 2021 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2017
through 2026.
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