[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S158-S159]
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  SA 37. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Stabenow, and

[[Page S159]]

Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 
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 LIMIT 
                   CONTRACEPTION COVERAGE UNDER THE TRICARE 
                   PROGRAM.

       (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 
     limit contraception coverage under the TRICARE program under 
     chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, including long-
     acting reversible contraceptives and emergency contraception, 
     contraception education and counseling, and providing 
     emergency contraception for all sexual assault survivor 
     servicewomen at all military treatment facilities.
       (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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