[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1176]
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  SA 318. Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Warnock) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent 
resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the congressional budget for 
the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; 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 LEGISLATION THAT LIMITS 
                   ACCESS TO CARE BY REDUCING PAYMENTS FOR 
                   PHYSICIANS, HOSPITALS, OR LONG-TERM CARE 
                   SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS.

       (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 
     reduce Medicare or Medicaid payments for physicians, 
     hospitals, or long-term care services in rural areas or 
     otherwise reduce or limit access to the services they 
     provide.
       (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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