[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S291]
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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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