Congressional Record, Volume 163 Issue 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)

[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S260-S272]
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amendment no. 83

The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 2 minutes of debate prior to the
vote on the Menendez amendment No. 83.
The Senator from New Jersey.
Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, my amendment is to protect the health
insurance of 11 million low-income men, women, and children who are
currently benefiting from the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion.
This amendment establishes a point of order requiring the CBO to
certify that no legislation increases the overall number of uninsured,
decreases enrollment in Medicaid in expansion States, or increases
State spending on Medicaid.
There are currently 32 States that have expanded Medicaid, half of
those States with Republican Governors. These Republican Governors--
from Louisiana to Nevada, to Arkansas, Iowa, and even my own State of
New Jersey, to name a few--understand that not only is Medicaid
expansion a literal lifesaver to millions of children and families, but
it has resulted in substantial economic growth and budget savings, a
reality that directly contradicts the outcries from Republicans who
seek to destroy Medicaid and strip coverage away from 11 million of the
most vulnerable among us.
I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes'' to protect those 11 million
Americans.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Madam President, the Congressional Budget Act requires that
amendments to a budget resolution be germane. Since this amendment does
not meet the standard required by budget law, a point of order lies
against it.
I am compelled, as chairman of the Committee on the Budget, to raise
a point of order against the amendment under section 305(b)(2) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, pursuant to section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive all applicable
sections of that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask
for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The question is on agreeing to the motion to waive.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: The Senator
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 48, nays 50, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 18 Leg.]

YEAS--48

Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Cortez Masto
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Harris
Hassan
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Heller
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Peters
Reed
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NAYS--50

Alexander
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Wicker
Young

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Sessions

The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 48, the nays are
50.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
The point of order is sustained and the amendment falls.
The Senator from Tennessee.

Amendment No. 174

Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, this amendment is an amendment I
believe almost every Senator will want to vote for because this is an
amendment that guarantees that when you walk into the local drugstore,
your medicine is safe because you know that it has been approved by the
Food and Drug Administration.
This amendment clarifies the current law, which says that if you sell
a prescription drug in the United States, it has to be approved by the
Food and Drug Administration. It may be made overseas--and many are,
and they are sold here--but they are approved by the Food and Drug
Administration.
I have the privilege of being the chairman of the HELP Committee, and
I can't tell you the number of impassioned speeches I have heard from
my Democratic friends about the importance of drug safety and the gold
standard for the Food and Drug Administration. So if you are for the
gold standard of the Food and Drug Administration, if you are for
making prescription drugs approved by the FDA, vote yes. If you are
against it, vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator wish to call up his
amendment?
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 174 and
ask unanimous consent that it be reported by number.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the
amendment by number.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Tennessee [Mr. Alexander] proposes an
amendment numbered 174.

The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To strengthen Social Security and Medicare without raiding
them to pay for new government programs, like Obamacare, that have
failed Americans by increasing premiums and reducing affordable health
care options, to reform Medicaid without prioritizing able-bodied
adults over the disabled, and to ensure that any importation does not
increase risk to public health according to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
PERMITTING IMPORTATION OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
ONLY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

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the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
permitting the importation of prescription drugs, which may
include certifying public health and safety, strengthening
Social Security and Medicare, and improving Medicaid, 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.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, people in the United States pay by far
the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs.
I live 50 miles away from Canada, and in many cases they pay 50
percent less for the same exact medicine that we buy in Vermont or in
America, and we all know the reason why. The power and wealth of the
pharmaceutical industry and their 1300 lobbyists and unlimited sums of
money have bought the U.S. Congress. Let's be clear about it.
Today Mr. Trump--a guy I don't quote very often--said that pharma
gets away with murder. That is what Trump said. He is right. Year after
year, the same old, same old takes place. We get amendments like
Senator Alexander's, and the pharmaceutical industry makes more and
more money, and the American people pay higher and higher prices.
The time has come for us to stand up to the drug companies. Let's do
it tonight. Let's defeat the Alexander amendment. Let's support the
Klobuchar-Sanders amendment.
Madam President, I raise a point of order that the pending amendment
is not germane to the underlying resolution and therefore violates
section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, pursuant to section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of
applicable budget resolutions, I move to waive all applicable sections
of that act and applicable budget resolutions for the purposes of the
pending Alexander amendment No. 174, and I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The question is on agreeing to the motion to waive.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Perdue). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 49, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 19 Leg.]

YEAS--49

Alexander
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Wicker
Young

NAYS--49

Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Cortez Masto
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Grassley
Harris
Hassan
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Peters
Reed
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Sessions

The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are
49.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
The point of order is sustained and the amendment falls.
The Senator from Minnesota.

Amendment No. 178

Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 178 and ask
unanimous consent that it be reported by number.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the
amendment by number.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Minnesota [Ms. Klobuchar] proposes an
amendment numbered 178.

The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
lowering prescription drug prices for Americans by importing drugs from
Canada)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO LOWERING
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES FOR AMERICANS BY
IMPORTING DRUGS FROM CANADA

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 lowering prescription drug prices, including
through the importation of safe and affordable prescription
drugs from Canada by American pharmacists, wholesalers, and
individuals with a valid prescription from a provider
licensed to practice in the United States, 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.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.
Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I come to the floor to ask that my
colleagues support this very important amendment with Senator Sanders.
I will match his passion with numbers.
The price of insulin, as our colleagues know, has tripled in the last
decade. The antibiotic doxycycline went from $20 a bottle to nearly
$2,000 a bottle in 6 months. Naloxone, the drug used to help with
overdose, went from $690 to $4,500 to date. We cannot sit here and do
nothing. We have an opportunity, for those who believe in the free
market, to allow in competition--competition from the safe country of
Canada, our neighbors to the north. In Minnesota, we can see Canada
from our porch, and we want to see that competition come in and save
our constituents' lives.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, last year the five major drug companies
made $50 billion in profit, while one out of five Americans cannot
afford the medicine they need. Please don't tell me that we can import
fish from all over the world, but we can't bring medicine in from
Canada.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time for the Senator from Vermont has
expired.
The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, this discussion will be a little different
than any we have had because in a bipartisan way we have been defeating
this for at least 14 years. Byron Dorgan used to head it up on that
side, and I used to oppose it from this side, but it has always been
bipartisan, and that is because we are not sure about the safety of the
prescription drugs that come in online.
People who drive over the border and go to a pharmacist are probably
getting good drugs there, but we are told that for up to 85 percent of
what comes in online, we can't tell what country it came from. So we
can specify Canada, but it may be from another country altogether,
particularly the Middle East. If we want to assure we have the safety
of our drugs, being able to get it online from even Canada doesn't have
the kind of assurance we need. We have always asked that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services specify that the safety is in place. No
one has been willing to do that.
I ask that we vote against this amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.
Mr. SANDERS. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.

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The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 52, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 20 Leg.]

YEAS--46

Baldwin
Blumenthal
Boozman
Brown
Cardin
Collins
Cortez Masto
Cruz
Duckworth
Durbin
Flake
Franken
Gillibrand
Grassley
Harris
Hassan
Heller
Hirono
Kaine
Kennedy
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Lee
Manchin
Markey
McCain
McCaskill
Merkley
Murkowski
Murphy
Nelson
Paul
Peters
Reed
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Thune
Udall
Van Hollen
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NAYS--52

Alexander
Barrasso
Bennet
Blunt
Booker
Burr
Cantwell
Capito
Carper
Casey
Cassidy
Cochran
Coons
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Daines
Donnelly
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Gardner
Graham
Hatch
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Lankford
McConnell
Menendez
Moran
Murray
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Shelby
Sullivan
Tester
Tillis
Toomey
Warner
Wicker
Young

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Sessions

The amendment (No. 178) was rejected.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

Amendment No. 188

Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 188 and ask
unanimous consent that it be reported by number.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the clerk will report the
amendment by number.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Oregon [Mr. Wyden] proposes an amendment
numbered 188.

The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To create a point of order against legislation that does not
lower drug prices)

At the end of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT DOES NOT
LOWER DRUG PRICES.

(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) Total annual drug spending in the United States is
projected to reach more than $500,000,000,000 by 2018.
(2) One out of five Americans age 19 to 64 cannot afford to
fill their prescriptions.
(3) Spending on prescription drugs in the United States
grew by 12 percent in 2014, faster than in any year since
2002.
(4) Medicare part D drug spending was $90,000,000,000 in
2015, and is expected to increase to $216,000,000,000 by
2025.
(5) Medicare part B drug spending also more than doubled
between 2005 and 2015, increasing from $9,000,000,000 in 2005
to $22,000,000,000 in 2015.
(6) In 2014, prescription drug spending in Medicaid
increased by 24 percent.
(7) During the Presidential campaign, the President-elect
said, ``When it comes time to negotiate the cost of drugs,
we're going to negotiate like crazy, folks'' and his campaign
website said that, ``allowing consumers access to imported,
safe and dependable drugs from overseas will bring more
options to consumers.''.
(8) After being elected, the President-elect said, ``I'm
going to bring down drug prices. I don't like what's happened
with drug prices.''.
(9) On January 11, 2017, the President-elect said, ``We
have to create new bidding procedures for the drug industry,
because they are getting away with murder.''.
(b) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to
section 2001 or 2002, or an amendment to, motion on,
conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in
relation to such a bill or joint resolution that does not, as
promised by the President-elect, lower drug prices, as
certified by the Congressional Budget Office.
(c) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (b) 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 (b).

Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President and colleagues, this amendment is supported
by a number of Senators because, as the Senate majority plows ahead
with a scheme that I call repeal and run, it is putting tens of
millions of Americans in danger of losing their health insurance, and
Americans are waiting for Congress to step up and adopt smart policies
that will drive down the cost of prescription medicine.
We understand this is an era of miracle cures and treatments. There
are drugs on the market today that were science fiction not very long
ago. With drug prices rising, the question is whether Americans are
going to be able to afford them. This is a growing source of
inequality, and it cannot go unchecked.
Here is my bottom line.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
Mr. WYDEN. In a country as rich and strong as ours, cures have to be
available for everyone, not just the wealthy.
I urge support for this amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, the Congressional Budget Act does require
that the amendments to the budget resolution be germane. Since this
amendment does not meet the standard required by budget law, a point of
order would lie. So I raise a point of order against this amendment
under section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive section 305(b)(2) of
that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas
and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 47, nays 51, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 21 Leg.]

YEAS--47

Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Cortez Masto
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Harris
Hassan
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Peters
Reed
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NAYS--51

Alexander
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Wicker
Young

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Sessions
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are
51.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
The point of order is sustained and the amendment falls.
The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote
in relation to the following amendments in the order listed, with all
other provisions of the previous order remaining in effect; further
that there be no second-degree amendments in order to the amendments
listed: Fischer 184, Gillibrand 82, Hatch 180, Brown 86; I further ask
that the pending amendments, aside from these listed, be withdrawn;
that no further amendments be in order, and that following disposition
of the Brown amendment, the Senate vote on adoption of the resolution,
as amended, if amended.

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the listed
amendments be called up and reported by number.
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, will my friend from Wyoming yield for a
question?
Mr. ENZI. Sure.
Mr. SCHUMER. Since the amendment by Senator Coons from Delaware is
not going to be offered, I believe that the Hatch amendment was a side-
by-side to Coons and we don't need that. Is that true?
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my previous
unanimous consent request be vitiated.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote
in relation to the following amendments in the order listed with all
other provisions of the previous order remaining in effect; further,
that there be no second-degree amendments in order to the amendments
listed: That would be Fischer 184 and Gillibrand 82.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The Senator from Nebraska.

Amendment No. 184

Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 184.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
The bill clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Nebraska [Mrs. Fischer] proposes an
amendment numbered 184.

The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
strengthening Social Security or health care for women, which may
include strengthening community health centers, and repealing and
replacing Obamacare)

At the appropriate place, add the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO SOCIAL
SECURITY OR WOMEN'S HEALTH.

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 strengthening Social Security or health
care for women, which may include strengthening community
health centers, and repealing and replacing the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, 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.

Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, this amendment would strengthen
community health centers across this country. In Nebraska we have 7
federally qualified health centers and 40 clinic sites that have served
over 75,000 people. These centers provide quality personalized health
care that women need and deserve.
Last year I had the opportunity to visit one of these in Omaha, the
Charles Drew Medical Clinic. I saw firsthand the comprehensive,
compassionate care that they provide to Nebraskans. Many times, women
are the ones who make health care decisions for their families, but
with higher costs and fewer choices, ObamaCare has hurt, not helped,
women in this country.
They have seen their premiums go up, they have had a hard time
finding the doctors that they trust, and they have had to sign up for
plans that they don't like. With this amendment, we can alleviate this
frustration. We can help ensure that they receive quality care in their
communities surrounded by a support system. It would strengthen women's
health. It would help take care of our families, our neighbors, and our
friends.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New York.
Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I rise to oppose the amendment of the
Senator from Nebraska. While we all support community health centers,
and they are very useful in the State of New York as well, this is just
another attempt to end the protections the Affordable Care Act provides
for women.
Nothing in this amendment will say that you cannot charge women more
for health care just because they are women. Nothing in this amendment
will say that you cannot charge women for health care or drop their
coverage when they become pregnant. Nothing in this amendment provides
for any restrictions on discrimination.
It does not provide the mammograms, the preventive care services, the
contraception care, and other affordable cancer screenings that women
need. This amendment does not protect women's health care. They will
still be discriminated against, charged more, and drop coverage as soon
as they become pregnant. It is not acceptable.
I raise a point of order that the pending amendment is not germane to
the underlying resolution and therefore violates section 305(b)(2) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of
applicable budget resolutions, I move to waive all applicable sections
of that act and applicable budget resolutions for purposes of my
amendment, and I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to reinstate my
previous unanimous consent which would be: Fischer 184, then Gillibrand
82, Hatch 180, Brown 86; further, that the pending amendments, aside
from these listed, be withdrawn, that no further amendments be in
order, and that following disposition of the Brown amendment, the
Senate vote on adoption of the resolution, as amended, if amended.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. ENZI. I ask unanimous consent that the list of amendments be
called up and reported by number.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Amendment No. 180

The clerk will report the amendment by number.
The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

The Senator from Wyoming [Mr. Enzi], for Mr. Hatch,
proposes an amendment numbered 180.

The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to
strengthening Social Security and repealing and replacing Obamacare,
which has increased health care costs, raised taxes on middle-class
families, reduced access to high quality care, created disincentives
for work, and caused tens of thousands of Americans to lose coverage
they had and liked, and replacing it with reforms that strengthen
Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program without
prioritizing able-bodied adults over the disabled or children and lead
to patient-centered, step-by-step health reforms that provide access to
quality, affordable private health care coverage for all Americans and
their families by increasing competition, State flexibility, and
individual choice, and safeguarding consumer protections that Americans
support)

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
STRENGTHENING SOCIAL SECURITY AND REPEALING AND
REPLACING OBAMACARE.

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 strengthening Social Security and repealing and
replacing Obamacare, which may include reforms that
strengthen Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance
Program without prioritizing able-bodied adults over the
disabled or children and lead to step-by-step reforms
providing access to quality, affordable coverage for all
Americans, and safeguarding consumer protections, without
raising new revenue, 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.

Vote on Amendment No. 184

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to
waive.
The yeas and nays have been ordered.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 22 Leg.]

YEAS--52

Alexander
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
Manchin
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Wicker
Young

NAYS--46

Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Cortez Masto
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Harris
Hassan
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Peters
Reed
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Sessions
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are
46.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
The point of order is sustained and the amendment falls.
The Senator from New York.

Amendment No. 82

Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, I rise to speak in favor of amendment
No. 82. This amendment protects women's health care.
Under the Affordable Care Act, we made many changes that made a huge
difference in the lives of everyday American families. It said to women
in America: You can't be charged more just because you are a woman. It
said: You can't be dropped from coverage when you become pregnant.
Imagine becoming pregnant and having your insurer drop your coverage
because you no longer are economic or you cost too much money. Imagine
being a cancer survivor and then having your coverage dropped because
you survived cancer and you cost too much money.
In the Affordable Care Act, we made sure contraception, preventive
care service, health care screenings, and mammograms were affordable
and accessible. If we take that away, these families are left without
the basic care they need to survive.
So if you love women and you love your mothers and daughters and
wives, please do not unwind the Affordable Care Act. We need women's
health protected, and that is what this amendment does.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, the Congressional Budget Act requires that
amendments to a budget resolution be germane. Since this amendment does
not meet the standard required by budget law, a point of order would
lie.
So I raise a point of order against this amendment under section
305(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive section 305(b)(2) of
that act for the purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the
yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The question is on agreeing to the motion to waive.
The clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 49, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 23 Leg.]

YEAS--49

Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Collins
Coons
Cortez Masto
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Harris
Hassan
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Heller
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Peters
Reed
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NAYS--49

Alexander
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Cochran
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Paul
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Wicker
Young

NOT VOTING--2

Amendment No. 180

Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, as I stated, ObamaCare came along when
States were already facing difficult fiscal choices, and, sadly, made
things worse. ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion exacerbated the pressure
on States without even addressing the numerous quality issues in the
program. Republicans are still committed to working with interested
parties, including our State governments, to reform Medicaid and ensure
its long-term sustainability. That is the purpose of my amendment here
tonight.
My amendment would create a deficit-neutral reserve fund to allow for
reforms to Medicaid as well as the Children's Health Insurance Program
and to ensure the programs have the right priorities.
I urge my colleagues to vote for my amendment and against the Brown
amendment, which is simply designed to prevent the repeal of ObamaCare
and enshrine its flawed approach to Medicaid in a budget point of
order.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.
Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the Hatch
amendment.
Because of the Affordable Care Act, more than 2 million children have
health insurance today that did not have it prior to the Affordable
Care Act.
In my State, Governor Kasich, a Republican, who is a friend of mine
and of many of us in this Chamber, has said that he has admonished his
Republican colleagues to not repeal the Affordable Care Act without an
immediate replacement. Governor Kasich expanded Medicaid. As a result,
700,000 Ohioans were provided insurance because he expanded Medicaid.
He asked the question: What happens to these 700,000 people in my
State--just in Medicaid expansion alone--what happens to them if the
Hatch amendment passes or if the Affordable Care Act is repealed?
I ask my colleagues to vote no on the amendment.
Mr. President, I raise a point of order that the pending amendment is
not germane to the underlying resolution. It violates section 305(b)(2)
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I move to waive the applicable provisions
of the Budget Act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for
the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The question is on agreeing to the motion to waive.
The clerk will call the roll.
The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).

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Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Gardner). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 51, nays 47, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 24 Leg.]

YEAS--51

NAYS--47

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Sessions
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are
47.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
The point of order is sustained and the amendment falls.
The Senator from Ohio.

Amendment No. 86

Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I call for amendment No. 86.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is pending.
Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, thanks to Medicaid and the Children's
Health Insurance Program, CHIP--two programs made stronger by the
Affordable Care Act--95 percent of children in America now have
affordable, comprehensive health insurance that covers annual
physicals, dental care, and hospital stays. Why would we want to move
backward instead of building on that 95 percent?
Amendment No. 86 creates a budget point of order against any
legislation that would decrease coverage, reduce benefits, or raise
costs when it comes to children's health insurance. Rather than ripping
away coverage from children, we should be building on that 95 percent
number; we should build on that progress; we should work to get 100
percent of our Nation's children covered.
I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, the Congressional Budget Act requires that
amendments to a budget resolution be germane. Since this amendment does
not meet the standard required by budget law, I raise a point of order
against this amendment under section 305(b)(2) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.
Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, pursuant to section 904 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive section 305(b)(2) of
that act for purposes of the pending amendment, and I ask for the yeas
and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The question is on agreeing to the motion to waive.
The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator
from Alabama (Mr. Sessions).
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 49, nays 49, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 25 Leg.]

YEAS--49

NAYS--49

NOT VOTING--2

Feinstein
Sessions
The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are
49.
Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted
in the affirmative, the motion is rejected.
The point of order is sustained and the amendment falls.
The Senator from Wyoming.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent there be 2 minutes
of debate, equally divided in the usual form, prior to the vote on
adoption of S. Con. Res. 3.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, the repeal resolution we have been debating
in the Senate this week will complete the first step toward reducing
the Federal Government's role that has prevented Americans from
pursuing affordable and accessible health care that meets their needs
without emptying their wallets. After we complete our repeal work, the
Senate can then vigorously pursue putting the Nation on a more
responsible and sustainable fiscal path and address government's out-
of-control spending and mammoth national debt when we begin our work on
the fiscal year 2018 budget.
This resolution will set the stage for true legislative relief from
ObamaCare that Americans have long demanded while ensuring a stable
transition in which those with insurance will not lose access to health
care coverage. This will allow us to move step-by-step on a new set of
reforms, listening carefully to the advice of millions of Americans
affected or as Senator Alexander of Tennessee--the chairman of the
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee--put it, the ObamaCare
bridge is collapsing, and we are sending in a rescue team. We will then
build new bridges to better health care, and finally, when these new
bridges are finished, we will close the old bridge.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, the adoption of this budget resolution
will allow Republicans to come back to the floor of the Senate with a
budget reconciliation package which will repeal the ACA with a simple
majority. If they do that, up to 30 million Americans will lose their
health care, with many thousands dying as a result. Because if you have
no health insurance and you can't go to a doctor or a hospital, you
die.
Medicare will be converted into a voucher program. Medicaid will be
decimated. Rural hospitals will be closed, and they have no alternative
proposition. They want to kill ACA, but they have no idea about how
they are going to bring forth a substitute proposal. This is not what
the American people want. This is irresponsible. This is dangerous.
This should be defeated.
Mr. McCONNELL. I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The question is on adoption of S. Con. Res. 3.
The clerk will call the roll.

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The bill clerk called the roll.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs.
Feinstein) is necessarily absent.
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, on behalf of the tens of millions of
Americans who will have their costs go up--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not in order during a rollcall vote.
Mr. SCHUMER.--whether they are in the exchange or not, if ACA is
repealed, I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader is not in order.
Debate is not in order during a vote.
The Senator from Illinois.
Mr. DURBIN. How am I recorded?
On behalf of the downstate hospitals of Illinois, I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not in order during a vote.
Mrs. MURRAY. For those who have a preexisting condition, I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not in order during a vote.
Ms. STABENOW. On behalf of the people of Michigan--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not in order during a vote.
Ms. STABENOW.--I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
Mr. SANDERS. How am I recorded?
On behalf of elderly people who cannot afford higher prescription
drugs, I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not in order during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. LEAHY. I join my colleague from Vermont, and I vote no.
Mr. NELSON. I vote no.
Mrs. McCASKILL. Because there is no replace, I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, on behalf of the people of Maryland, I
vote no.
Mr. BROWN. How am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. BROWN. On behalf of 700,000 Ohioans losing their insurance, I
vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
Ms. CANTWELL. How am I recorded?
This is not business as usual.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. CANTWELL. You are stealing health care from Americans. I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
Mr. KAINE. Madam Clerk, when I was sick, you visited me. I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mrs. SHAHEEN. On behalf of hundreds of thousands of New Hampshire--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
Debate is not allowed during a vote.
Mrs. SHAHEEN.--patients who need health care, I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
Mr. HEINRICH. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. HEINRICH. On behalf of all the children of New Mexico--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. HEINRICH.--who gained coverage from Medicaid expansion, I vote
no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
Mr. DONNELLY. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. DONNELLY. On behalf of the people of Indiana, I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Because there is no plan in the alternative, I vote
no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. BALDWIN. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Ms. BALDWIN. I vote no because--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. BALDWIN.--the people of Wisconsin did not send me here to take
away their health care.
Mr. MERKLEY. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. MERKLEY. Because repeal and run will hurt hundreds of thousands
of Oregonians--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. MERKLEY.--I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate will be in order.
Mr. COONS. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. COONS. On behalf of the many Delawareans who will be without
health care through repeal without replace--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. COONS.--I vote no.
Mr. TESTER. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. TESTER. On behalf of the 69 hospitals in Montana--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. TESTER.--I vote no.
Ms. DUCKWORTH. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Ms. DUCKWORTH. On behalf of the 1.2 million Illinoisans--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. DUCKWORTH.--who will lose health insurance with this repeal of
the ACA and for all those with preexisting conditions, I stand on
prosthetic legs to vote no.
Mr. CASEY. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. CASEY. I vote no--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. CASEY.--on behalf of the children of Pennsylvania.
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO. On behalf of the thousands of Nevadans--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. CORTEZ MASTO.--who will lose health care, I vote no.
Mr. SCHATZ. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. SCHATZ. I vote no on behalf of the people who need mental health
care.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mrs. GILLIBRAND. I vote no--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mrs. GILLIBRAND.--on behalf of all the women who need health care.
Mr. MURPHY. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. MURPHY. This is cruel and inhumane.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. MURPHY. I vote no.
Ms. HASSAN. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.

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Ms. HASSAN. On behalf of the thousands of New Hampshire residents--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. HASSAN.--who will lose treatment, I vote no.
Ms. HIRONO. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Ms. HIRONO. On behalf of the 200,000 seniors in Hawaii on Medicare--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. HIRONO.--I vote no.
Mr. WARNER. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. WARNER. On behalf of the children of the Commonwealth of Virginia
I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Clerk, on behalf of all the people mentioned
here tonight--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. BLUMENTHAL.--and all who will be mentioned, and on behalf of the
people of Connecticut, I vote no.
Mr. WYDEN. Madam Clerk, because health care--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. WYDEN.--should not just be for the healthy and wealthy, I vote
no.
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. On behalf of 14-year-old Charlie, in Woonsocket, RI,
who suffers from neurofibromatosis and can stay on his parents' policy
until he is 26--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. WHITEHOUSE.--and cannot be denied health care for his preexisting
condition, I vote no.
Mr. REED. Madam Clerk, for the people of Rhode Island I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will come to order.
Mr. FRANKEN. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. FRANKEN. I vote no--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
The clerk will continue to call the roll.
Mr. FRANKEN.--on behalf of the more than 2.3 million Minnesotans who
can no longer be discriminated against because of the ACA.
Ms. WARREN. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Ms. WARREN. Madam Clerk, on behalf of the Republicans and Democrats--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senator is out of order.
The Senator may vote.
Ms. WARREN.--who worked for a decade in Massachusetts to bring health
care to 97 percent of our people, I vote no.
Mr. KING. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. KING. My conscience compels me to vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. HARRIS. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Ms. HARRIS. On behalf of the 5 million Californians--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
The Senator may vote.
Ms. HARRIS.--who will be stripped of their right to have health care,
my vote is no.
The clerk will continue to call the roll.
Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, on behalf of the great people of West
Virginia, I vote no.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not in order during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, on behalf of the people of Michigan--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will come to order.
Mr. PETERS.--the over 800,000 who will be having their insurance
repealed--I vote no.
Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. UDALL. I vote no--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. UDALL.--because this will hurt the citizens of New Mexico and the
Republicans have no plan--no plan.
Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Because it is wrong to repeal and run--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
The Senator will suspend.
Mr. VAN HOLLEN.--I vote no.
Mr. MARKEY. Madam Clerk, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. MARKEY. Madam Clerk, I wish to be recorded no for the millions--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will come to order.
Mr. MARKEY.--who will lose opioid coverage for their addiction.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will suspend debate.
Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. BENNET. Thank you, Mr. President. I vote no on behalf of the
children--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. BENNET.--of Colorado.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado will suspend.
Ms. HEITKAMP. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Ms. HEITKAMP. On behalf of the thousands of people--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will suspend.
Debate it not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Ms. HEITKAMP.--who receive health care in my State in rural hospitals
who do not know how they are going to get health care if this passes
without a replacement, I vote no.
Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. CARPER. On behalf of the people--
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
Mr. CARPER.--in the State of Delaware, I vote no.
Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. MENENDEZ. I am not recorded. No to no protections.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote.
The Senate will be in order.
The Senator from New Jersey.
Mr. BOOKER. Mr. President, how am I recorded?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is not recorded.
Mr. BOOKER. I vote no for New Jersey.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows:

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[Rollcall Vote No. 26 Leg.]

YEAS--51

Alexander
Barrasso
Blunt
Boozman
Burr
Capito
Cassidy
Cochran
Collins
Corker
Cornyn
Cotton
Crapo
Cruz
Daines
Enzi
Ernst
Fischer
Flake
Gardner
Graham
Grassley
Hatch
Heller
Hoeven
Inhofe
Isakson
Johnson
Kennedy
Lankford
Lee
McCain
McConnell
Moran
Murkowski
Perdue
Portman
Risch
Roberts
Rounds
Rubio
Sasse
Scott
Sessions
Shelby
Sullivan
Thune
Tillis
Toomey
Wicker
Young

NAYS--48

Baldwin
Bennet
Blumenthal
Booker
Brown
Cantwell
Cardin
Carper
Casey
Coons
Cortez Masto
Donnelly
Duckworth
Durbin
Franken
Gillibrand
Harris
Hassan
Heinrich
Heitkamp
Hirono
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Leahy
Manchin
Markey
McCaskill
Menendez
Merkley
Murphy
Murray
Nelson
Paul
Peters
Reed
Sanders
Schatz
Schumer
Shaheen
Stabenow
Tester
Udall
Van Hollen
Warner
Warren
Whitehouse
Wyden

NOT VOTING--1

Feinstein

The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 3) was agreed to, as follows:

S. Con. Res. 3

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives
concurring),

SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2017.

(a) Declaration.--Congress declares that this resolution is
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017
and that this resolution sets forth the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this
concurrent resolution is as follows:

Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2017.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses

Sec. 1101. Recommended levels and amounts.
Sec. 1102. Major functional categories.

Subtitle B--Levels and Amounts in the Senate

Sec. 1201. Social Security in the Senate.
Sec. 1202. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses in the
Senate.

TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

Sec. 2001. Reconciliation in the Senate.
Sec. 2002. Reconciliation in the House of Representatives.

TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

Sec. 3001. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for health care legislation.
Sec. 3002. Reserve fund for health care legislation.

TITLE IV--OTHER MATTERS

Sec. 4001. Enforcement filing.
Sec. 4002. Budgetary treatment of administrative expenses.
Sec. 4003. Application and effect of changes in allocations and
aggregates.
Sec. 4004. Exercise of rulemaking powers.

TITLE I--RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS

Subtitle A--Budgetary Levels in Both Houses

SEC. 1101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS.

The following budgetary levels are appropriate for each of
fiscal years 2017 through 2026:
(1) Federal revenues.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution:
(A) The recommended levels of Federal revenues are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2017: $2,682,088,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $2,787,834,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $2,884,637,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,012,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,131,369,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $3,262,718,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $3,402,888,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $3,556,097,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $3,727,756,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $3,903,628,000,000.
(B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal
revenues should be changed are as follows:
Fiscal year 2017: $0.
Fiscal year 2018: $0.
Fiscal year 2019: $0.
Fiscal year 2020: $0.
Fiscal year 2021: $0.
Fiscal year 2022: $0.
Fiscal year 2023: $0.
Fiscal year 2024: $0.
Fiscal year 2025: $0.
Fiscal year 2026: $0.
(2) New budget authority.--For purposes of the enforcement
of this resolution, the appropriate levels of total new
budget authority are as follows:
Fiscal year 2017: $3,308,000,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,350,010,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,590,479,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,779,449,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,947,834,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,187,893,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,336,952,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,473,818,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $4,726,484,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $4,961,154,000,000.
(3) Budget outlays.--For purposes of the enforcement of
this resolution, the appropriate levels of total budget
outlays are as follows:
Fiscal year 2017: $3,264,662,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $3,329,394,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $3,558,237,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $3,741,304,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $3,916,533,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $4,159,803,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $4,295,742,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $4,419,330,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $4,673,813,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $4,912,205,000,000.
(4) Deficits.--For purposes of the enforcement of this
resolution, the amounts of the deficits are as follows:
Fiscal year 2017: $582,574,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $541,560,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $673,600,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $728,659,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $785,164,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $897,085,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $892,854,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $863,233,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $946,057,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $1,008,577,000,000.
(5) Public debt.--Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632(a)(5)), the
appropriate levels of the public debt are as follows:
Fiscal year 2017: $20,034,788,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $20,784,183,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $21,625,729,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $22,504,763,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $23,440,271,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $24,509,421,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $25,605,527,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $26,701,273,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $27,869,175,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $29,126,158,000,000.
(6) Debt held by the public.--The appropriate levels of
debt held by the public are as follows:
Fiscal year 2017: $14,593,316,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $15,198,740,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $15,955,144,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $16,791,740,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $17,713,599,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $18,787,230,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $19,901,290,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $21,033,163,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $22,301,661,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $23,691,844,000,000.

SEC. 1102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES.

Congress determines and declares that the appropriate
levels of new budget authority and outlays for fiscal years
2017 through 2026 for each major functional category are:
(1) National Defense (050):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $623,910,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $603,716,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $618,347,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $601,646,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $632,742,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $617,943,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $648,198,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $632,435,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $663,703,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $646,853,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $679,968,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $666,926,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $696,578,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $678,139,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $713,664,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $689,531,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $731,228,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $711,423,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $750,069,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $729,616,000,000.
(2) International Affairs (150):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $61,996,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,907,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $60,099,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,541,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $61,097,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $55,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $60,686,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,690,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $61,085,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,756,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $62,576,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $60,205,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $64,141,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,513,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $65,588,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $62,705,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $67,094,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,915,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $68,692,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $65,305,000,000.
(3) General Science, Space, and Technology (250):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $31,562,000,000.

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(B) Outlays, $30,988,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $32,787,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,225,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $33,476,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,978,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $34,202,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $33,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $34,961,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $34,313,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $35,720,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,038,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $36,516,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $35,812,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $37,318,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $36,580,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $38,151,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,393,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $39,021,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $38,238,000,000.
(4) Energy (270):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $4,773,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,455,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $4,509,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,495,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $4,567,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,058,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $4,975,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,456,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $5,109,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,523,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $5,019,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $4,332,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $4,083,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $3,337,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $3,590,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,796,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $3,608,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,755,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $5,955,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,124,000,000.
(5) Natural Resources and Environment (300):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $41,264,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $42,254,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $43,738,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $44,916,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $44,486,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $45,425,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $46,201,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,647,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $47,126,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $47,457,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $48,203,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $48,388,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $49,403,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $49,536,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $50,497,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,055,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $51,761,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,164,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $53,017,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $51,915,000,000.
(6) Agriculture (350):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $25,214,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,728,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $26,148,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,821,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $23,483,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,927,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $22,438,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,751,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $22,834,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,179,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $22,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,984,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $23,037,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,437,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $23,018,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,409,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $23,343,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,714,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $23,812,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $23,192,000,000.
(7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $14,696,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $666,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $16,846,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,378,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $18,171,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,439,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $15,799,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $2,666,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $14,821,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $915,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $15,408,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $674,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $15,739,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$840,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $16,143,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$1,688,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $17,889,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,003,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $17,772,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$2,238,000,000.
(8) Transportation (400):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $92,782,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $91,684,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $94,400,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $93,214,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $96,522,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $95,683,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $91,199,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $97,992,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $92,154,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $99,772,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $93,111,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $101,692,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $94,118,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $103,431,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $95,143,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $105,313,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $96,209,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $107,374,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $97,323,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $109,188,000,000.
(9) Community and Regional Development (450):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $19,723,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $22,477,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $19,228,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,277,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $19,457,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,862,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $19,941,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,011,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $20,384,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $21,048,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $20,825,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,831,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $21,288,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,535,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $21,756,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,787,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $22,245,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $19,285,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $22,751,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $20,037,000,000.
(10) Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
(500):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $104,433,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $104,210,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $108,980,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $112,802,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $112,424,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $110,765,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $114,905,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $113,377,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $116,921,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $115,591,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $119,027,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $117,545,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $121,298,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $119,761,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $123,621,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $122,001,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $126,016,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $124,359,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $128,391,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $126,748,000,000.
(11) Health (550):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $562,137,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $560,191,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $583,006,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $593,197,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $615,940,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $618,089,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $655,892,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $645,814,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $677,902,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $676,781,000,000.

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Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $711,176,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $709,301,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $744,335,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $742,568,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $780,899,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $778,293,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $818,388,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $815,246,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $857,176,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $853,880,000,000.
(12) Medicare (570):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $600,857,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $600,836,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $600,832,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $600,762,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $667,638,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $667,571,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $716,676,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $716,575,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $767,911,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $767,814,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $862,042,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $861,941,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $886,515,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $886,407,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $903,861,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $903,750,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $1,007,624,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,007,510,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $1,085,293,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $1,085,173,000,000.
(13) Income Security (600):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $518,181,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $511,658,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $524,233,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $511,612,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $542,725,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $534,067,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $558,241,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $549,382,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $571,963,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $563,481,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $590,120,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $587,572,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $599,505,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $592,338,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $609,225,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $597,287,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $630,433,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $619,437,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $646,660,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $641,957,000,000.
(14) Social Security (650):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $37,199,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $37,227,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $40,124,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $40,141,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $43,373,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $43,373,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $46,627,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $46,627,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $50,035,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $50,035,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $53,677,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $53,677,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $57,540,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $57,540,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $61,645,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $61,645,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $66,076,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,076,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $70,376,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $70,376,000,000.
(15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $177,448,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $182,448,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $178,478,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $179,109,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $193,088,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $192,198,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $199,907,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $198,833,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $206,700,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $205,667,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $223,542,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $222,308,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $221,861,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $220,563,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $219,382,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $218,147,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $237,641,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $236,254,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $245,565,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $244,228,000,000.
(16) Administration of Justice (750):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $64,519,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $58,662,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $62,423,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $63,800,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $62,600,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $66,596,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $64,168,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,555,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $65,134,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,538,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $66,776,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $67,691,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $68,489,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $68,466,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $70,227,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $69,976,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $72,023,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $71,615,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $79,932,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $80,205,000,000.
(17) General Government (800):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $25,545,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $24,318,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $27,095,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $25,884,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $27,620,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $26,584,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $28,312,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $27,576,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $29,046,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $28,366,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $29,787,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,149,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $30,519,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $29,886,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $31,101,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $30,494,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $31,942,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $31,248,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $32,789,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $32,071,000,000.
(18) Net Interest (900):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $393,295,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $393,295,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $453,250,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $453,250,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $526,618,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $526,618,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $590,571,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $590,571,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $645,719,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $645,719,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $698,101,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $698,101,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $755,288,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $755,288,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $806,202,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $806,202,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $854,104,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $854,104,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $903,443,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $903,443,000,000.
(19) Allowances (920):
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$3,849,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,627,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$56,166,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$39,329,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$55,423,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$47,614,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -$58,021,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$52,831,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -$61,491,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$57,092,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -$63,493,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$60,260,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -$65,783,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$62,457,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, -$67,817,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$64,708,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, -$70,127,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$66,892,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, -$69,097,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$68,467,000,000.
(20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950):

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Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, -$87,685,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$87,685,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, -$88,347,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$88,347,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, -$80,125,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$80,125,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, -$81,468,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$81,468,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, -$84,183,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$84,183,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, -$86,292,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$86,292,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, -$87,518,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$87,518,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, -$91,245,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$91,245,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, -$99,164,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$99,164,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, -$97,786,000,000.
(B) Outlays, -$97,786,000,000.

Subtitle B--Levels and Amounts in the Senate

SEC. 1201. SOCIAL SECURITY IN THE SENATE.

(a) Social Security Revenues.--For purposes of Senate
enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 642), the amounts of
revenues of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2017: $826,048,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $857,618,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $886,810,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $918,110,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $950,341,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $984,537,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $1,020,652,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $1,058,799,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $1,097,690,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $1,138,243,000,000.
(b) Social Security Outlays.--For purposes of Senate
enforcement under sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633 and 642), the amounts of
outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund are as
follows:
Fiscal year 2017: $805,366,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018: $857,840,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019: $916,764,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020: $980,634,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021: $1,049,127,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022: $1,123,266,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023: $1,200,734,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024: $1,281,840,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025: $1,369,403,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026: $1,463,057,000,000.
(c) Social Security Administrative Expenses.--In the
Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and budget
outlays of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for
administrative expenses are as follows:
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $5,663,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,673,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $6,021,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $5,987,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $6,205,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,170,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $6,393,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,357,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $6,589,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,552,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $6,787,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,750,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $6,992,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $6,953,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $7,206,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,166,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $7,428,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,387,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $7,659,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $7,615,000,000.

SEC. 1202. POSTAL SERVICE DISCRETIONARY ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES IN THE SENATE.

In the Senate, the amounts of new budget authority and
budget outlays of the Postal Service for discretionary
administrative expenses are as follows:
Fiscal year 2017:
(A) New budget authority, $274,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $273,000,000.
Fiscal year 2018:
(A) New budget authority, $283,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $283,000,000.
Fiscal year 2019:
(A) New budget authority, $294,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $294,000,000.
Fiscal year 2020:
(A) New budget authority, $304,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $304,000,000.
Fiscal year 2021:
(A) New budget authority, $315,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $315,000,000.
Fiscal year 2022:
(A) New budget authority, $326,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $325,000,000.
Fiscal year 2023:
(A) New budget authority, $337,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $337,000,000.
Fiscal year 2024:
(A) New budget authority, $350,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $349,000,000.
Fiscal year 2025:
(A) New budget authority, $361,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $360,000,000.
Fiscal year 2026:
(A) New budget authority, $374,000,000.
(B) Outlays, $373,000,000.

TITLE II--RECONCILIATION

SEC. 2001. RECONCILIATION IN THE SENATE.

(a) Committee on Finance.--The Committee on Finance of the
Senate shall report changes in laws within its jurisdiction
to reduce the deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the
period of fiscal years 2017 through 2026.
(b) Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.--
The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of
the Senate shall report changes in laws within its
jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not less than
$1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2017 through
2026.
(c) Submissions.--In the Senate, not later than January 27,
2017, the Committees named in subsections (a) and (b) shall
submit their recommendations to the Committee on the Budget
of the Senate. Upon receiving all such recommendations, the
Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall report to the
Senate a reconciliation bill carrying out all such
recommendations without any substantive revision.

SEC. 2002. RECONCILIATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

(a) Committee on Energy and Commerce.--The Committee on
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives shall
submit changes in laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the
deficit by not less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of
fiscal years 2017 through 2026.
(b) Committee on Ways and Means.--The Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives shall submit changes in
laws within its jurisdiction to reduce the deficit by not
less than $1,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2017
through 2026.
(c) Submissions.--In the House of Representatives, not
later than January 27, 2017, the committees named in
subsections (a) and (b) shall submit their recommendations to
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives
to carry out this section.

TITLE III--RESERVE FUNDS

SEC. 3001. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH CARE
LEGISLATION.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
and the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House
of Representatives may revise the allocations of a committee
or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in
this resolution, and, in the Senate, make adjustments to the
pay-as-you-go ledger, for--
(1) in the Senate, one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, amendments between the Houses, conference
reports, or motions related to health care by the amounts
provided in such legislation for that purpose, provided that
such legislation would not increase the deficit over the
period of the total of fiscal years 2017 through 2026; and
(2) in the House of Representatives, one or more bills,
joint resolutions, amendments, or conference reports related
to health care by the amounts provided in such legislation
for that purpose, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal
years 2017 through 2026.

SEC. 3002. RESERVE FUND FOR HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION.

(a) In General.--The Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the House of Representatives may revise the
allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and
other appropriate levels in this resolution, and, in the
Senate, make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for--
(1) in the Senate, one or more bills, joint resolutions,
amendments, amendments between the Houses, conference
reports, or motions related to health care by the amounts
necessary to accommodate the budgetary effects of the
legislation, provided that the cost of such legislation, when
combined with the cost of any other measure with respect to
which the Chairman has exercised the authority under this
paragraph, does not exceed the difference obtained by
subtracting--
(A) $2,000,000,000; from
(B) the sum of deficit reduction over the period of the
total of fiscal years 2017 through 2026 achieved under any
measure or measures with respect to which the Chairman has
exercised the authority under section 3001(1); and
(2) in the House of Representatives, one or more bills,
joint resolutions, amendments, or conference reports related
to health care by the amounts necessary to accommodate the
budgetary effects of the legislation, provided that the cost
of such legislation, when combined with the cost of any other
measure with respect to which the Chairman has exercised the
authority under this paragraph, does not exceed the
difference obtained by subtracting--
(A) $2,000,000,000; from
(B) the sum of deficit reduction over the period of the
total of fiscal years 2017 through 2026 achieved under any
measure or measures with respect to which the Chairman has
exercised the authority under section 3001(2).

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(b) Exceptions From Certain Provisions.--Section 404(a) of
S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2010, and section 3101 of S.
Con. Res. 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolution on
the budget for fiscal year 2016, shall not apply to
legislation for which the Chairman of the Committee on the
Budget of the applicable House has exercised the authority
under subsection (a).

TITLE IV--OTHER MATTERS

SEC. 4001. ENFORCEMENT FILING.

(a) In the Senate.--If this concurrent resolution on the
budget is agreed to by the Senate and House of
Representatives without the appointment of a committee of
conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, the
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may
submit a statement for publication in the Congressional
Record containing--
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee
allocations for fiscal year 2017 consistent with the levels
in title I for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); and
(2) for all committees other than the Committee on
Appropriations, committee allocations for fiscal years 2017,
2017 through 2021, and 2017 through 2026 consistent with the
levels in title I for the purpose of enforcing section 302 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633).
(b) In the House of Representatives.--In the House of
Representatives, if a concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2017 is adopted without the appointment of a
committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses with respect to this concurrent resolution on the
budget, for the purpose of enforcing the Congressional Budget
Act and applicable rules and requirements set forth in the
concurrent resolution on the budget, the allocations provided
for in this subsection shall apply in the House of
Representatives in the same manner as if such allocations
were in a joint explanatory statement accompanying a
conference report on the budget for fiscal year 2017. The
Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of
Representatives shall submit a statement for publication in
the Congressional Record containing--
(1) for the Committee on Appropriations, committee
allocations for fiscal year 2017 consistent with title I for
the purpose of enforcing section 302 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633); and
(2) for all committees other than the Committee on
Appropriations, committee allocations consistent with title I
for fiscal year 2017 and for the period of fiscal years 2017
through 2026 for the purpose of enforcing 302 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633).

SEC. 4002. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 302(a)(1) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(a)(1)),
section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C.
632 note), and section 2009a of title 39, United States Code,
the report accompanying this concurrent resolution on the
budget, the joint explanatory statement accompanying the
conference report on any concurrent resolution on the budget,
or a statement filed under section 4001 shall include in an
allocation under section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 to the Committee on Appropriations of the
applicable House of Congress amounts for the discretionary
administrative expenses of the Social Security Administration
and the United States Postal Service.
(b) Special Rule.--In the Senate and the House of
Representatives, for purposes of enforcing section 302(f) of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)),
estimates of the level of total new budget authority and
total outlays provided by a measure shall include any
discretionary amounts described in subsection (a).

SEC. 4003. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS
AND AGGREGATES.

(a) Application.--Any adjustments of allocations and
aggregates made pursuant to this concurrent resolution
shall--
(1) apply while that measure is under consideration;
(2) take effect upon the enactment of that measure; and
(3) be published in the Congressional Record as soon as
practicable.
(b) Effect of Changed Allocations and Aggregates.--Revised
allocations and aggregates resulting from these adjustments
shall be considered for the purposes of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) as the allocations
and aggregates contained in this concurrent resolution.
(c) Budget Committee Determinations.--For purposes of this
concurrent resolution, the levels of new budget authority,
outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority,
revenues, deficits, and surpluses for a fiscal year or period
of fiscal years shall be determined on the basis of estimates
made by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
applicable House of Congress.
(d) Aggregates, Allocations and Application.--In the House
of Representatives, for purposes of this concurrent
resolution and budget enforcement, the consideration of any
bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference
report thereon, for which the Chairman of the Committee on
the Budget of the House of Representatives makes adjustments
or revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and other
budgetary levels of this concurrent resolution shall not be
subject to the points of order set forth in clause 10 of rule
XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives or section
3101 of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th Congress).

SEC. 4004. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

Congress adopts the provisions of this title--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such
they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House
or of that House to which they specifically apply, and such
rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that
they are inconsistent with such other rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either the Senate or the House of Representatives to change
those rules (insofar as they relate to that House) at any
time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as is the
case of any other rule of the Senate or House of
Representatives.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

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