[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6390]
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SA 3641. Mr. KING 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 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO
TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SAVINGS ACHIEVED FOR
PREVENTION ACTIVITIES WHEN WEIGHING NEW
REGULATIONS AND POLICIES UNDER THE MEDICARE
PROGRAM.
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 Secretary of Health and Human Services to take
into account the savings achieved for prevention activities
when weighing new regulations and policies under the Medicare
program, 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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