[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 125 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 266. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 1628, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to 
title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2017; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 40, strike lines 1 through 19 and insert the 
     following:
       ``(E) 90 percent for calendar quarters in 2020;
       ``(F) 88 percent for calendar quarters in 2021;
       ``(G) 86 percent for calendar quarters in 2022;
       ``(H) 84 percent for calendar quarters in 2023;
       ``(I) 82 percent for calendar quarters in 2024;
       ``(J) 80 percent for calendar quarters in 2025;
       ``(K) 78 percent for calendar quarters in 2026;
       ``(L) 76 percent for calendar quarters in 2027;
       ``(M) 74 percent for calendar quarters in 2028; and
       ``(N) 72 percent for calendar quarters in 2029.''; and
       (iv) by adding after and below subparagraph (H) (as added 
     by clause (iii)), the following flush sentence:

     ``The Federal medical assistance percentage determined for a 
     State and year under subsection (b) shall apply to 
     expenditures for medical assistance to newly eligible 
     individuals (as so described) and expansion enrollees (as so 
     defined), in the case of a State that has elected to cover 
     newly eligible individuals before March 1, 2017, for calendar 
     quarters after 2029, and, in the case of any other State, for 
     calendar quarters (or portions of calendar quarters) after 
     February 28, 2017.''; and
                                 ______