Text of Senate Amendment 443

Text of Senate Amendment 443

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1194] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 443. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Warnock) 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 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 FEDERAL FUNDING FOR RURAL HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. 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 preserving access to health care in rural communities, which may include ensuring funding, including funding for Medicare and Medicaid, is not reduced for all rural health providers, including rural hospitals, physicians, long-term care providers, or other health care providers operating in rural areas, or ensuring Federal staffing is sufficient to process reimbursement for procedures and other administrative requirements 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. ______