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Calendar No. 16 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 424 

To protect the seniors of the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2023 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida introduced the following bill; which was read the first 

time 

FEBRUARY 15, 2023 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To protect the seniors of the United States, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Our Seniors 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RESCISSION OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR ENHANCED 

2 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE RESOURCES. 

3 (a) RESCISSION.—Effective on the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, the unobligated balances of the amounts made 

5 available under the following provisions of Public Law 

6 117–169 are rescinded: 

7 (1) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE ENFORCE8 MENT FUNDS.—Section 10301(1)(A)(ii). 

9 (2) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OPERATIONS

10 SUPPORT.—Section 10301(1)(A)(iii). 

11 (b) TRANSFER OF FUNDS TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND

12 MEDICARE TRUST FUNDS.— 

13 (1) FEDERAL OLD AGE AND SURVIVORS INSUR14 ANCE TRUST FUND.— There is hereby appropriated 

15 to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 

16 Trust Fund established under section 201(a) of the 

17 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(a)) an amount 

18 equal to 50 percent of the amount rescinded under 

19 subsection (a). 

20 (2) FEDERAL HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST

21 FUND.—There is hereby appropriated to the Federal 

22 Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established section 

23 1817 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) 

24 under an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount 

25 rescinded under subsection (a). 


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1 SEC. 3. POINT OF ORDER FOR REDUCTIONS IN MEDICARE 

2 AND SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. 

3 Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

4 (2 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(j) MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY POINT OF

7 ORDER.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in 

9 the Senate to consider any bill or resolution (or 

10 amendment, motion, or conference report on that bill 

11 or resolution) that would reduce benefits under the 

12 Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social 

13 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) or benefits 

14 payable under title II of that Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et 

15 seq.). 

16 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be waived 

17 or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative 

18 vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and 

19 sworn.’’. 

20 SEC. 4. MEDICARE POINT OF ORDER. 

21 Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

22 (2 U.S.C. 632), as amended by section 3, is further 

23 amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(k) MEDICARE POINT OF ORDER.— 

25 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall not be in order in 

26 the Senate to consider any bill or resolution (or 


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1 amendment, motion, or conference report on that bill 

2 or resolution) for which the total budgetary effects 

3 of the measure, as determined by the Congressional 

4 Budget Office, use a decrease in outlays, or an in5 crease in revenue, under the health insurance pro6 grams under title XVIII of the Social Security Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) to offset a cost of a provi8 sion of the measure that is not for the purpose of 

9 carrying out those programs. 

10 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—Paragraph (1) may be waived 

11 or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative 

12 vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and 

13 sworn. An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Mem14 bers of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 

15 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the 

16 Chair on a point of order raised under paragraph 

17 (1).’’. 


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Calendar No. 16 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 424 

A BILL 

To protect the seniors of the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

FEBRUARY 15, 2023 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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