[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S288]
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  SA 146. 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 IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE 
                   THE EFFECT OF NOT ALLOWING STATE GOVERNMENTS TO 
                   KEEP THEIR CURRENT HEALTH CARE PROTECTIONS 
                   ESTABLISHED BY THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND 
                   AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.

       (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 
     have the effect of not allowing State governments to keep 
     their current health care protections established by the 
     Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
       (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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