Text of Senate Amendment 318

Text of Senate Amendment 318

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1176] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 318. Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, 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 appropriate place in title IV, add the following: SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT LIMITS ACCESS TO CARE BY REDUCING PAYMENTS FOR PHYSICIANS, HOSPITALS, OR LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would reduce Medicare or Medicaid payments for physicians, hospitals, or long-term care services in rural areas or otherwise reduce or limit access to the services they provide. (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). ______