[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S70]
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SA 5. 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 PREVENTING TAX CUTS
IN THE CASE OF THE LOSS OF HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
DUE TO A REPEAL OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
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 tax cuts for corporations or for
individuals with incomes equal to or greater than $250,000 if
there is any loss of health care coverage for Americans as a
result of the repeal of all or part of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act, 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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