[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S219-S220]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 109. Mr. UDALL (for himself, Mr. Tester, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
Franken, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Schatz) 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 ELIMINATING OR REDUCING 
                   FEDERAL PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY AN INDIAN HEALTH 
                   PROGRAM OR BY AN URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION 
                   UNDER MEDICAID FOR SERVICES PROVIDED TO INDIANS 
                   AND ALASKAN NATIVES WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR 
                   BENEFITS UNDER THAT PROGRAM.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,

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     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that the 
     Director of the Congressional Budget Office determines would 
     eliminate or reduce, relative to the Congressional Budget 
     Office's March 2016 updated baseline, Federal payments 
     received by an Indian health program or by an urban Indian 
     organization under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) for services provided to Indians and 
     Alaskan Natives who are eligible for benefits under such 
     title.
       (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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