[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S212-S213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 67. Mr. CARDIN 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 
                   ELIMINATE OR REDUCE ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE 
                   SERVICES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OFFERED WITHOUT 
                   COPAYMENT OR COST-SHARING UNDER THE PATIENT 
                   PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

       (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 
     eliminate or reduce access to preventive services that are 
     currently offered without copayment or cost-sharing under the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
     148), including blood pressure screening, colorectal 
     screening, breast cancer screening, cervical cancer 
     screening, and domestic and interpersonal violence screening 
     and counseling.
       (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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