[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 493 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 493

    To limit consideration of amendments under a budget resolution.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 1 (legislative day, March 13), 2008

 Mr. Specter submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                      the Committee on the Budget

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    To limit consideration of amendments under a budget resolution.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS UNDER A BUDGET 
              RESOLUTION.

    For purposes of consideration of any Budget Resolution reported 
under section 305(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974--
            (1) time on a budget resolution may only be yielded back by 
        consent;
            (2) no first degree amendment may be proposed after the 
        10th hour of debate on a budget resolution unless it has been 
        submitted to the Journal Clerk prior to the expiration of the 
        10th hour;
            (3) no second degree amendment may be proposed after the 
        20th hour of debate on a budget resolution unless it has been 
        submitted to the Journal Clerk prior to the expiration of the 
        20th hour;
            (4) after not more than 40 hours of debate on a budget 
        resolution, the resolution shall be set aside for 1 calendar 
        day, so that all filed amendments are printed and made 
        available in the Congressional Record before debate on the 
        resolution continues; and
            (5) provisions contained in a budget resolution, or 
        amendments thereto, shall not include programmatic detail not 
        within the jurisdiction of the Senate Committee on the Budget.

SEC. 2. WAIVER AND APPEAL.

    Section 1 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 in the Senate to sustain an appeal 
of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under section 1.
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