[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 144 (Monday, August 9, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6147]
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SA 2761. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2023 through 2031; 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 REQUIRING
THE USE OF EFFECTIVE ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION
SYSTEMS, CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING LAW FOR
FURTHER FEDERAL HEALTH RELATED PROGRAMS, TO
PREVENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM ACCESSING
HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.
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
requiring the use of effective eligibility verification
systems, consistent with existing law for further federal
health related programs, to prevent illegal immigrants from
accessing health care benefits 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 2022 through 2026 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2022 through 2031.
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