[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S160-S161]
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SA 50. Mr. WHITEHOUSE 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:
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SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
PERMANENTLY EXTENDING THE ENHANCED FEDERAL
MATCHING RATE FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION.
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 permanently extending the 100 percent Federal
medical assistance percentage to State Medicaid programs to
maintain coverage expansion 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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