[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S285]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 131. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Van 
Hollen, Ms. Warren, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Reed) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. 
Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; which was ordered 
to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT REDUCES THE 
                   LIFE OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM FOR CURRENT AND 
                   FUTURE BENEFICIARIES.

       (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 
     reduces the life of the Medicare program for current and 
     future beneficiaries by including a provision that reduces 
     revenue to the Medicare Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
     Fund.
       (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).

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT CUTS 
                   FUNDING TO STATES AVAILABLE UNDER CURRENT LAW 
                   TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE, AFFORDABLE HEALTH 
                   CARE TO LOW-INCOME AMERICANS.

       (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 cuts 
     funding to States available under current law to provide 
     comprehensive, affordable health care to low-income 
     Americans, including those struggling with opioid addiction 
     and mental health conditions and those in need of nursing 
     home care, by repealing the Medicaid expansion or otherwise 
     reducing Federal financial assistance to States available 
     under the Medicaid program.
       (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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