[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S283]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 118. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Carper, Mr. Booker, Ms. Hassan, and Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. 
Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST WEAKENING OR ELIMINATING THE 
                   SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH INSURANCE CREDIT AND 
                   ENSURING THAT INSURERS DO NOT DISCRIMINATE 
                   AGAINST SMALL GROUPS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that--
       (1) weakens or eliminates the tax credit to help small 
     businesses purchase health insurance under section 45R of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
       (2) inhibits the ability of entrepreneurs to purchase 
     affordable health coverage through the individual 
     marketplace; or
       (3) employs discriminatory rating rules that prohibit small 
     businesses from providing affordable, comprehensive benefits 
     to their employees.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).
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