[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S284-S285]
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SA 126. Mr. COONS (for himself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. King, Mr.
Van Hollen, Ms. Warren, and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; as follows:
At the end of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
PERMIT LIFETIME LIMITS ON HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
(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 would
permit lifetime limits on health care coverage.
(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
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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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