[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 483 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 483

Establishing a point of order against legislation selling Federal land 
                    in order to reduce the deficit.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2014

   Mr. Walsh (for himself, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Udall of Colorado) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                    on Energy and Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Establishing a point of order against legislation selling Federal land 
                    in order to reduce the deficit.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST SELLING FEDERAL LAND IN ORDER TO 
              REDUCE THE DEFICIT.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), it shall not 
be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, 
amendment, motion, amendment between the houses, or conference report 
that sells any Federal land and uses the proceeds of the sale to reduce 
the Federal deficit.
    (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to the sale of 
Federal land as part of a program that acquires land in the same State 
that is of comparable value or contains exceptional resources.
    (c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
            (1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only 
        by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 
        chosen and sworn.
            (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
        Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an 
        appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised 
        under this section.
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