[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S31-S32]
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   SENATE RESOLUTION 6--TO REFORM THE SENATE CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET 
                                MEASURES

  Mr. LOTT (for Mr. Domenici) submitted the following resolution; which 
was referred to the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on 
Governmental Affairs, jointly, pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977:

                               S. Res. 6

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET MEASURES IN THE SENATE.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 305 (b) and (c) 
     and section 310(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, 
     budget resolutions and reconciliation legislation shall be 
     considered in the Senate under the procedures set forth in 
     this resolution.
       (b) Procedure in Senate for the Consideration of a 
     Concurrent Resolution on the Budget.--
       (1) Legislation available.--It shall not be in order to 
     proceed to the consideration of a concurrent resolution on 
     the budget unless the text of that resolution has been 
     available to Members for at least 1 calendar day (excluding 
     Sundays and legal holidays unless the Senate is in session) 
     prior to the consideration of the measure.
       (2) Time for debate.--
       (A) In general.--Debate in the Senate on any concurrent 
     resolution on the budget, and all amendments thereto and 
     debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall 
     be limited to not more than 30 hours, except that with 
     respect to any conference report on a concurrent resolution 
     on the budget all such debate shall be limited to not more 
     than 10 hours. Of this 30 hours, 10 hours shall be reserved 
     for general debate on the resolution (including debate on 
     economic goals and policies) and 20 hours shall be reserved 
     for debate of amendments, motions, and appeals. The time for 
     general debate shall be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or 
     their designees.
       (B) Disposition of amendments and other matters.--After no 
     more than 30 hours of debate on the concurrent resolution on 
     the budget, the Senate shall, except as provided in 
     subparagraph (C), proceed, without any further action or 
     debate on any question, to vote on the final disposition 
     thereof.
       (C) Action permitted after 30 hours.--After no more than 30 
     hours of debate on the

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     concurrent resolution on the budget, the only further action 
     in order shall be disposition of--
       (i) all amendments then pending before the Senate;
       (ii) all points of order arising under this Act which have 
     been previously raised; and
       (iii) motions to reconsider and 1 quorum call on demand to 
     establish the presence of a quorum (and motions required to 
     establish a quorum) immediately before the final vote begins.

     Disposition shall include raising points of order against 
     pending amendments, motions to table, and motions to waive.
       (3) Amendments.--
       (A) Debate.--Debate in the Senate on any amendment to a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget shall be limited to 1 
     hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the 
     mover and the manager of the concurrent resolution, and 
     debate on any amendment to an amendment, debatable motion, or 
     appeal shall be limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided 
     between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the 
     concurrent resolution, except that in the event the manager 
     of the concurrent resolution is in favor of any such 
     amendment, motion, or appeal, the time in opposition thereto 
     shall be controlled by the Minority Leader or his designee. 
     No amendment that is not germane to the provisions of that 
     concurrent resolution shall be received. An amendment that 
     includes precatory language shall not be considered germane. 
     Such leaders, or either of them, may, from the time for 
     general debate under their control on the adoption of the 
     concurrent resolution, allot additional time to any Senator 
     during the consideration of any amendment, debatable motion, 
     or appeal.
       (B) Filing of amendments.--Except by unanimous consent, no 
     amendment shall be proposed after 15 hours of debate of a 
     concurrent resolution on the budget have elapsed, unless it 
     has been submitted in writing to the Journal Clerk by the 
     15th hour if an amendment in the first degree (or if a 
     complete substitute for the underlying measure), and unless 
     it has been so submitted by the 20th hour if an amendment to 
     an amendment (or an amendment to the language proposed to be 
     stricken).
       (C) Limit on offering amendments.--No Senator shall call up 
     more than a total of 2 amendments until every other Senator 
     shall have had the opportunity to do likewise.
       (D) Limitation on number of second degree amendments.--No 
     more than a total of 2 consecutive amendments to any 
     amendment may be offered by either the majority or minority 
     party.
       (4) Debate.--General debate time may only be yielded back 
     by unanimous consent and a motion to further limit the time 
     for general debate shall be debatable for 30 minutes. A 
     motion to recommit (except a motion to recommit with 
     instructions to report back within a specified number of 
     days, not to exceed 3, not counting any day on which the 
     Senate is not in session) is not in order. Debate on any such 
     motion to recommit shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally 
     divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager 
     of the concurrent resolution.
       (5) Mathematical consistency.--
       (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other rule, and except 
     as provided in subparagraph (B), an amendment or series of 
     amendments to a concurrent resolution on the budget proposed 
     in the Senate shall always be in order only if such amendment 
     or series of amendments proposes to change any figure or 
     figures then contained in such concurrent resolution so as to 
     make such concurrent resolution mathematically consistent or 
     so as to maintain such consistency.
       (B) Effect of adoption of substitute amendments.--Once an 
     amendment to an amendment (which is a complete substitute for 
     the underlying amendment) has been agreed to, no further 
     amendments to the underlying amendment shall be in order.
       (c) Action on Conference Reports in the Senate.--
       (1) Motion to proceed.--A motion to proceed to the 
     consideration of the conference report on any concurrent 
     resolution on the budget (or a reconciliation bill or 
     resolution) may be made even though a previous motion to the 
     same effect has been disagreed to.
       (2) Consideration.--
       (A) In general.--During the consideration in the Senate of 
     the conference report (or a message between Houses) on any 
     concurrent resolution on the budget, and all amendments in 
     disagreement, and all amendments thereto, and debatable 
     motions and appeals in connection therewith, debate shall be 
     limited to 10 hours, to be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the Majority Leader and Minority Leader or 
     their designees. Debate on any debatable motion or appeal 
     related to the conference report (or a message between 
     Houses) shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided 
     between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager of the 
     conference report (or a message between Houses).
       (B) Disposition.--After no more than 10 hours of debate on 
     the conference report (or message between Houses) 
     accompanying a concurrent resolution on the budget, and all 
     amendments in disagreement, and all amendments thereto, the 
     Senate shall, except as provided in subparagraph (C), 
     proceed, without any further action or debate on any 
     question, to vote on the final disposition thereof.
       (C) Action permitted after 10 hours.--After no more than 10 
     hours of debate on the conference report (or message between 
     the Houses) accompanying a concurrent resolution on the 
     budget, and all amendments in disagreement, and all 
     amendments thereto, the only further action in order shall be 
     disposition of: all amendments then pending before the 
     Senate; all points of order arising under this Act which have 
     been previously raised; and motions to reconsider and 1 
     quorum call on demand to establish the presence of a quorum 
     (and motions required to establish a quorum) immediately 
     before the final vote begins. Disposition shall include 
     raising points of order against pending amendments, motions 
     to table, and motions to waive.
       (3) Conference report defeated.--Should the conference 
     report be defeated, debate on any request for a new 
     conference and the appointment of conferees shall be limited 
     to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, 
     the manager of the conference report and the Minority Leader 
     or his designee, and should any motion be made to instruct 
     the conferees before the conferees are named, debate on that 
     motion shall be limited to one-half hour, to be equally 
     divided between, and controlled by, the mover and the manager 
     of the conference report. Debate on any amendment to any such 
     instructions shall be limited to 20 minutes, to be equally 
     divided between and controlled by the mover and the manager 
     of the conference report. In all cases when the manager of 
     the conference report is in favor of any motion, appeal, or 
     amendment, the time in opposition shall be under the control 
     of the minority leader or his designee.
       (4) Amendments in disagreement.--In any case in which there 
     are amendments in disagreement, time on each amendment shall 
     be limited to 30 minutes, to be equally divided between, and 
     controlled by, the manager of the conference report and the 
     Minority Leader or his designee. No amendment that is not 
     germane to the provisions of such amendments shall be 
     received.
       (d) Reconciliation Legislation.--The provisions of this 
     resolution for the consideration in the Senate of concurrent 
     resolutions on the budget and conference reports thereon, 
     except for the provisions of subsection (b)(5)(B), shall also 
     apply to the consideration in the Senate of reconciliation 
     bills considered under section 310 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974 and conference reports thereon.

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