[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2031]
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  SA 5379. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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; 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 
                   REDIRECTING AND RESCINDING CERTAIN FUNDS 
                   APPROPRIATED UNDER THE ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL 
                   ACT, SO THAT BLOCKBUSTER ORPHAN DRUGS AREN'T 
                   EXEMPT FROM MEDICARE DRUG PRICE NEGOTIATION.

       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 
     redirecting and rescinding certain funds appropriated under 
     Public Law 119-21 (commonly known as the ``One Big Beautiful 
     Bill Act''), so that Blockbuster orphan drugs aren't exempt 
     from Medicare drug price negotiation, which may include 
     repealing section 71203 of such Act to ensure that Medicare 
     can negotiate drug prices for rare disease drugs when 
     Medicare spending exceeds $400,000,000 annually on that drug, 
     regardless of the drug's orphan status, and paying for such 
     repeal by rescinding funds appropriated under sections 90003 
     and 100052 of such Act, including rescinding funds 
     appropriated for the Department of Homeland Security, 
     Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or Customs and Border 
     Patrol, 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 2026 
     through 2035.
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