[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6392]
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SA 3654. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Menendez) 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
REDESIGNING THE MEDICARE PART D BENEFIT.
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
redesigning the Medicare part D benefit, capping patient out-
of-pocket spending at $3100, allowing patients to pay their
obligation over time, and protecting small manufacturers'
research and development efforts 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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