[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 27. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Carper, 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 IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST SHIFTING THE COSTS OF 
                   TREATING THE NEWLY UNINSURED TO WORKING 
                   AMERICANS WITH EMPLOYER-SPONSORED COVERAGE.

       (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 
     result in increases in premiums, deductibles, copayments, or 
     other out-of-pocket costs for working Americans with 
     employer-based health insurance coverage compared to the 
     premium and out-of-pocket costs working Americans and their 
     employers would have paid, as projected in the most recent 
     Congressional Budget Office baseline during the period of 
     fiscal years 2017 through 2026, as determined by the 
     Congressional Budget Office.
       (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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