[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 13. Mr. NELSON (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Udall, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Casey, Mr. Leahy, Mr. King, 
and Ms. Klobuchar) 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 IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD 
                   REPEAL THE HEALTH REFORMS THAT CLOSED THE 
                   PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE GAP UNDER MEDICARE.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would 
     repeal health reform legislation that closed the coverage gap 
     in the Medicare prescription drug program under part D of 
     title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-101 
     et seq.).
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) 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 
     subsection (a).
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