[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S157]
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SA 26. Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) 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 REQUIRING
NOTICE BY THE PRESIDENT REGARDING CUTS IN
BENEFITS, LOWER QUALITY INSURANCE, OR
ELIMINATION OF INSURANCE AS A RESULT OF
REPEALING 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 requiring the President to notify any individual
or family who will receive a cut in benefits, receive lower
quality insurance, or have their insurance eliminated as a
result of any repeal of all or part of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148; 124 Stat. 119),
or an amendment made by that 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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