Further Changes To S. Con. Res. 13 Pursuant
Floor Speech
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, section 301(a) of S. Con. Res. 13, the 2010 budget resolution, permits the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee to adjust the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels and limits in the resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go scorecard, for legislation that is deficit-neutral over 11 years, reduces excess cost growth in health care spending, is fiscally responsible over the long term, and fulfills at least one of eight other conditions listed in the reserve fund.
I have already made two adjustments pursuant to section 301(a). The first adjustment was on November 21, for S.A. 2786, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3590. The second adjustment was on December 1, for S.A. 2791, an amendment to S.A. 2786 to clarify provisions relating to first dollar coverage for preventive services for women.
The Senate today adopted S.A. 3276, an amendment to S.A. 2786 to improve the bill. I find that in conjunction with S.A. 2786, as modified, that this amendment also satisfies the conditions of the deficit-neutral reserve fund to transform and modernize American's health care system. Therefore, pursuant to section 301(a), I am further revising the aggregates in the 2010 budget resolution, as well as the allocation to the Senate Finance Committee. Along with those adjustments, I have also adjusted the aggregates and committee allocation to reflect changes to the original score of S.A. 2786 as a result of a provision included in H.R. 3326, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010. That provision uses savings also counted in the score of S.A. 2786. In total, as a result of Congress clearing H.R. 3326 on December 19, the amount of savings in S.A. 2786 is $1 billion lower over the 2010-2014 period.
I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the following revisions to S. Con. Res. 13.
There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record
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