August Pfluger: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to finalize, implement, enforce, or otherwise give effect to-- (1) the policies included in the informational bulletin issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services entitled ``Health Care-Related Taxes and Hold Harmless Arrangements Involving the Redistribution of Medicaid Payments'' (February 17, 2023); or (2) any limit on expenditures with respect to State- directed payments as proposed in the preamble to the proposed rule, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services entitled ``Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality'' (88 Fed. Reg. 28092 (May 3, 2023)) insofar as such rule makes changes to paragraphs (G) and (H) of section 438.6(c)(2)(ii) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 864, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Pfluger) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas.”