[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1196]
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SA 458. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him 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
PROHIBITING FUNDING FOR PROSECUTIONS OF HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS WHO PROVIDE EMERGENCY ABORTION
CARE CONSISTENT WITH THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL
TREATMENT AND LABOR ACT.
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
improving health programs, which may include prohibiting
funding for the prosecution of health care providers who
provide emergency abortion care consistent with section 1867
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395dd) (commonly known
as the ``Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act''), 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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