[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3655 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3655

     To establish a point of order against certain climate change 
                              legislation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 27, 2010

  Mr. Johanns introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
     To establish a point of order against certain climate change 
                              legislation.

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

SECTION 1. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION.

    (a) Point of Order.--Subject to subsection (b), it shall not be in 
order in the Senate to consider any conference report or other 
legislation that originates in the House of Representatives as a 
message, bill, amendment, or motion, or any Senate bill or related 
conference report to which the House of Representatives added a 
provision, that addresses climate change through the inclusion of a 
cap-and-trade program if the Senate has not considered and approved a 
bill addressing climate change that included such a cap-and-trade 
program.
    (b) Waiver and Appeal.--
            (1) Waiver.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended in 
        the Senate only by an affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members, 
        duly chosen and sworn.
            (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of \2/3\ of the Members of 
        the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain 
        an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 
        under subsection (a).
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