[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 26, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 387. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. Carper, Mr. Nelson, Ms. Warren, 
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Brown, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Duckworth, 
and Mr. Markey) 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. STRIKING PROVISIONS THAT WEAKEN THE ACCESSIBILITY 
                   AND AFFORDABILITY OF HEALTH BENEFITS AND 
                   SERVICES.

       Any provision of this Act that would weaken access to 
     essential health benefits, reduce access to affordable 
     preventive services, or undermine the prohibition of annual 
     and lifetime limits and caps on out-of-pocket expenditures 
     for health insurance plans shall be null and void and of no 
     effect.
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