[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1258]
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  SA 913. Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Ms. Warren) 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 THE 
                   PROHIBITION ON HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES PAYING 
                   THEMSELVES DEBT-FUNDED DIVIDENDS FROM HEALTH 
                   SYSTEMS OR DIVIDENDS FROM REAL ESTATE SALES.

       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 
     prohibiting hospital executives from paying themselves debt-
     funded dividends from health systems or dividends from real 
     estate sales 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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