[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 8. Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Carper, Mr. 
Udall, Mr. Booker, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Shaheen, 
Mr. Markey, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Cardin, Mr. 
Casey, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Warren, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Franken, Mrs. 
Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Coons, Mr. Sanders, Ms. 
Hirono, Mr. King, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Merkley) proposed an 
amendment 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; as follows:

       At the end of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. DON'T MAKE AMERICA SICK AGAIN.

       (a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
     consider any legislation that makes America sick again, as 
     described in subsection (b).
       (b) Legislation Making America Sick Again.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a), legislation that makes America sick again 
     refers to any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that the 
     Congressional Budget Office determines would--
       (1) reduce the number of Americans enrolled in public or 
     private health insurance coverage, as determined based on the 
     March 2016 updated baseline budget projections by the 
     Congressional Budget Office;
       (2) increase health insurance premiums or total out-of-
     pocket health care costs for Americans with private health 
     insurance; or
       (3) reduce the scope and scale of benefits covered by 
     private health insurance, as compared to the benefits 
     Americans would have received pursuant to the requirements 
     under title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 130) and the amendments 
     made by that title.
       (c) Waiver and Appeal.--This section may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this 
     section.
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