[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S285]
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SA 127. Ms. WARREN 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 III, add the following:
SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
SUPPORTING EFFORTS OF THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION WITH RESPECT TO ACCESS TO OVER-
THE-COUNTER HEARING AIDS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH
PERCEIVED MILD TO MODERATE HEARING LOSS.
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 supporting efforts of the Food and Drug
Administration with respect to access to over-the-counter
hearing aids for individuals with perceived mild to moderate
hearing loss 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.
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