[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6577]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1319. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Carper, and 
Mr. Coons)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 
71, establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; 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 
                   COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO MEDICARE HOSPITAL 
                   WAGE-RELATED PAYMENTS.

       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, 
     and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or 
     more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between 
     the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to 
     adjusting Medicare payments for hospitals, which may include 
     adjustments to reflect area differences in wage levels, 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 2018 
     through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018 
     through 2027.
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