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

  SA 70. Mr. BENNET (for himself, Mr. King, and Mr. Carper) 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 PHYSICIAN AND NURSE 
                   SHORTAGES IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS.

       (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 
     reduces access to primary medical care, dental, and mental 
     health services in areas designated as Health Professional 
     Shortage Areas or Medically Underserved Areas or Populations, 
     including the repeal of provisions in the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act that--
       (1) expand the number of National Health Service Corps 
     providers trained to provide health care services in shortage 
     areas through the National Health Service Corps Loan 
     Repayment Program; or
       (2) encourage provider training specifically in rural 
     areas.
       (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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