[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1949-S1950]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4799. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. Alsobrooks, Mr. Kim, and Mr. 
Lujan) proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 
33, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

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     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION 
                   THAT DOES NOT LOWER OUT-OF-POCKET HEALTH CARE 
                   COSTS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to 
     section 2002, or an amendment to, conference report on, or 
     amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or 
     joint resolution, that does not lower out-of-pocket health 
     care costs.
       (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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