[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 17. Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Coons, Mr. Markey, 
Mr. Van Hollen, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. 
Klobuchar, and Ms. Warren) 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 REDUCING FUNDING FOR DISEASE 
                   PREVENTION EFFORTS.

       (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--
       (1) result in a reduction or elimination of funding under 
     section 4002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-11);
       (2) reduce the Federal resources provided to communities to 
     invest in effective, proven prevention efforts; or
       (3) increase the prevalence of disease amongst children.
       (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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