[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6342]
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SA 3326. Mr. THUNE 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 appropriate place in title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST EXPANDING THE PREMIUM TAX
CREDIT PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORT ON THE
EFFECT OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT'S
EXPANSION OF PREMIUM SUBSIDIES ON THE
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP INSURANCE MARKETS.
(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
expand the premium tax credit prior to the completion of the
mandated biennial report of the Comptroller General under
section 1322 of Public Law 111-148, which would evaluate the
effect of the American Rescue Plan Act's expansion of premium
subsidies on the individual and group insurance markets.
(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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