Text of Senate Amendment 506

Text of Senate Amendment 506

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Pages S1202-S1203] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 506. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States [[Page S1203]] 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 SUSTAINING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN RURAL AREAS. 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 sustaining health care providers in rural areas of the United States, which may include ensuring access to critical medical services, expanding workforce recruitment and retention, strengthening rural hospitals, or improving telehealth infrastructure, 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. ______