[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6672]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1470. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Carper) 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 GIVING 
                   STATES THE ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVES TO 
                   THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE AND USE OTHER MECHANISMS 
                   FOR INCENTIVIZING ENROLLMENT IN HEALTH 
                   INSURANCE COVERAGE.

       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 giving 
     States the ability to implement alternatives to the 
     individual mandate and use other mechanisms for incentivizing 
     enrollment in health insurance coverage, which may include 
     the option of automatic enrollment in health insurance 
     coverage, 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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