[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 28. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Brown, Ms. Klobuchar, 
Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Feinstein, Ms. 
Stabenow, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. King) 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 
                   REDUCE HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AND CONSUMER 
                   PROTECTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST A JOB, 
                   WAGES, OR BENEFITS DUE TO OUTSOURCING, TRADE 
                   DEALS, AUTOMATION, OR OTHER TYPES OF ECONOMIC 
                   DISRUPTION.

       (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 
     reduce the health care benefits and consumer protections 
     provided through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act (Public Law 111-148) for individuals (and their families) 
     who lost a job, wages, or benefits due to outsourcing, trade 
     deals, automation, or other types of economic disruption, 
     unless legislation is enacted to provide comparable benefits 
     and protections for such individuals and their families.
       (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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