[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 225

   To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any 
   concurrent resolution on the budget that contains reconciliation 
  directives shall include a directive with respect to the statutory 
           limit on the public debt, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 27 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

   Mr. Exon introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred jointly pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, to the 
 Committees on the Budget and Governmental Affairs, with instructions 
that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to 
                        report or be discharged

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that any 
   concurrent resolution on the budget that contains reconciliation 
  directives shall include a directive with respect to the statutory 
           limit on the public debt, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES TO INCLUDE DIRECTIVE WITH RESPECT 
              TO INCREASE IN STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.

    (a) In General.--Section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection:
    ``(h) Reconciliation Directives With Respect to Public Debt 
Limit.--
            ``(1) Any concurrent resolution on the budget for a fiscal 
        year that contains directives of the type described in 
        paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) for such fiscal year 
        shall also include a directive of the type described in 
        paragraph (3) of such subsection for such fiscal year.
            ``(2) Any change in the statutory limit on the public debt 
        that is recommended pursuant to a directive of the type 
        described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) shall be included 
        in the reconciliation legislation reported pursuant to 
        subsection (b) for such fiscal year.''.
    (b) Conforming Change.--Section 310(d)(2) of such Act is amended by 
inserting ``(other than a provision reported pursuant to a directive of 
the type described in subsection (a)(3))'' after ``motion to strike a 
provision''.

SEC. 2. POINT OF ORDER.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
except as provided in subsection (b), it shall not be in order in the 
Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution (or any amendment 
thereto or conference report thereon) that increases the statutory 
limit on the public debt during a fiscal year above the level set forth 
as appropriate for such fiscal year in the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for such fiscal year agreed to under section 301 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to any 
reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution reported pursuant to 
section 310(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 during any 
fiscal year (or any conference report thereon) that contains a 
provision that--
            (1) increases the statutory limit on the public debt 
        pursuant to a directive of the type described in section 
        310(a)(3) of such Act, and
            (2) becomes effective on or after the first day of the 
        following fiscal year.
    (c) Waivers.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended in the 
Senate by a vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
    (d) Appeals.--If the ruling of the presiding officer sustains a 
point of order raised pursuant to paragraph (1), a vote of three-fifths 
of the Members duly chosen and sworn shall be required to sustain an 
appeal of such ruling. Debate on any such appeal shall be limited to 
two hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
majority leader and the minority leader or their designees. An appeal 
of any such point of order is not subject to a motion of table.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall become effective 
on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act are enacted by the 
Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they 
        shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, 
        respectively, or of that House to which they specifically 
        apply, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the 
        extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
            (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
        either House to change such rules (so far as relating to such 
        House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent 
        as in the case of any other rule of such House.

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