[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S219]
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SA 103. Mr. TESTER (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mrs. Murray)
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:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
AUTHORIZING CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR HEALTH CARE
UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS TO RETAIN SUCH ELIGIBILITY
UNTIL AGE 26.
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 supporting children who are eligible to receive
health care furnished under the laws administered by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, including by allowing such
children to retain such eligibility until age 26, 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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