[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3778 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3778

 To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a point of 
   order to prohibit the extension of the public debt limit unless a 
   concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed to and is in 
                                effect.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2012

 Mr. Lamborn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish a point of 
   order to prohibit the extension of the public debt limit unless a 
   concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed to and is in 
                                effect.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Budget Before Borrowing Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST CONSIDERATION OF DEBT LIMIT EXTENSION.

    Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Point of Order Against Consideration of Debt Limit 
Extension.--(1) It shall not be in order in the House of 
Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill or joint resolution, 
or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, to extend the public 
debt limit unless a concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed 
to and is in effect for the fiscal year during which such measure is 
being considered.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) may be waived or suspended in the House of 
Representatives or the Senate only by the affirmative vote of two-
thirds of its Members, duly chosen and sworn.
    ``(3) An affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, 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 under paragraph (1).''.
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