[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 105. Mr. TESTER 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 
                   EXTEND THE CHOICE PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS WITHOUT ADDRESSING PROBLEMS 
                   WITH THE THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATION OF THE 
                   PROGRAM.

       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 extends the sunset date 
     of the Choice Program under section 101 of the Veterans, 
     Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 (Public Law 
     113-146; 38 U.S.C. 1701 note) unless the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs certifies that problems relating to the 
     third party administration of the program have been addressed 
     or the legislation extending the sunset includes provisions 
     addressing such problems.
                                 ______