[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S1305]
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SA 4649. Ms. ALSOBROOKS submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory
Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. REDIRECTING FUNDING FOR U.S. IMMIGRATION AND
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT TO THE MEDICARE PART A
TRUST FUND.
(a) Recision of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Appropriations.--Sections 90003 and 100052 of Public Law 119-
21 (139 Stat. 358, 387) (commonly known as the ``One Big
Beautiful Bill Act'') are repealed and the unobligated
balances of amounts made available under those sections (as
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this
Act) are rescinded.
(b) Appropriations to Medicare Trust Fund.--In addition to
amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated to
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1817
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) for fiscal year
2026, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $75,000,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
SEC. ___. REPEAL OF RECONCILIATION HEALTH PROVISIONS.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b),
subtitle B of title VII of An Act to provide for
reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14
(Public Law 119-21) is repealed and any law or regulation
referred to in such subtitle shall be applied as if such
subtitle and the amendments made by such subtitle had not
been enacted.
(b) Exceptions.--
(1) In general.--subsection (a) shall not apply to the
provisions of and amendments made by sections 71202, 71306,
and 71401 of such Act.
(2) Availability of funds under the rural health
transformation program.--Section 2105(h) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397ee(h)), as added by Public Law
119-21, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)--
(i) in the subparagraph heading by striking ``Unexpended or
unobligated'' and inserting ``Availability of'';
(ii) by striking clauses (i) through (iii) and inserting
the following:
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), funds allocated
to a State from amounts appropriated under subparagraph (A)
shall remain available until expended.''; and
(iii) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (ii); and
(B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``paragraph
(1)(B)(iv)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)(B)(ii)''.
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