[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6669]
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  SA 1452. Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Warren) 
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 subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 41__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CUTTING LONG-TERM SERVICES 
                   AND SUPPORTS FOR SENIORS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would 
     cut long term services and supports for seniors, including 
     nursing home care and home and community-based care, under 
     the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) by reducing Federal funding of 
     State Medicaid programs, including by instituting a block 
     grant model for Federal funding of State Medicaid programs or 
     imposing per capita caps on Federal funding of State Medicaid 
     programs.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).
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