[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1194]
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  SA 443. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Smith, 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 end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FEDERAL 
                   FUNDING FOR RURAL HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE 
                   PROVIDERS.

       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 
     preserving access to health care in rural communities, which 
     may include ensuring funding, including funding for Medicare 
     and Medicaid, is not reduced for all rural health providers, 
     including rural hospitals, physicians, long-term care 
     providers, or other health care providers operating in rural 
     areas, or ensuring Federal staffing is sufficient to process 
     reimbursement for procedures and other administrative 
     requirements by the amounts provided in such legislation for 
     those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal 
     years 2025 through 2034.
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