[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 169. Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, 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; 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 AVERTING 
                   THE MEDICAID FUNDING CLIFF IN PUERTO RICO AND 
                   ENSURING STABLE MEDICAID FUNDING FOR PUERTO 
                   RICO'S MEDICAID PROGRAM.

       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 averting the impending Medicaid funding cliff in 
     Puerto Rico and ensuring stable Medicaid funding for Puerto 
     Rico's Medicaid program for the foreseeable future 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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