[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 86. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Reed, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Carper, 
Mr. Udall, Mr. Casey, Mr. Booker, Mr. Whitehouse, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. 
Durbin, Ms. Baldwin, Ms. Warren, Mr. Cardin, Mr. King, and Mr. 
Blumenthal) 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 
                   UNDERMINE ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE, AFFORDABLE 
                   HEALTH COVERAGE FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN.

       (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 makes 
     changes to the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. et seq.), the Children's Health 
     Insurance Program under title XXI (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), 
     or Federal requirements for private health insurance coverage 
     unless the Congressional Budget Office certifies that such 
     changes would not result in lower coverage rates, reduced 
     benefits, or decreased affordability for children receiving 
     coverage through the Medicaid Program, the Children's Health 
     Insurance Program, or the private insurance markets 
     established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care 
     Act.
       (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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