[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S214-S215]
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SA 81. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr.
Booker, Mr. King, Mr. Brown, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Franken) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution
S.
[[Page S215]]
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__. DON'T MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE SICK AGAIN.
(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
make young people sick again.
(b) Legislation That Makes Young People Sick Again.--For
the purposes of subsection (a), the term ``would make young
people sick again'' with respect to legislation refers to any
provision of a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report, that
would--
(1) reduce the number of young Americans enrolled in public
or private health insurance coverage, as determined based on
the March 2016 updated baseline budget projections by the
Congressional Budget Office;
(2) weaken dependent coverage of children to continue until
the child turns 26 years of age as afforded to them under
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-
148);
(3) weaken access to care by increasing premiums or total
out of pocket costs for young Americans with private
insurance.
(c) 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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