[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 9 (Thursday, January 24, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S294-S295]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 3. Mr. LEE proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 15, to

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improve procedures for the consideration of legislation and nominations 
in the Senate; as follows:

       At the end of the resolution, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. REFORM THE FILIBUSTER RULES.

       (a) Motions to Proceed.--Paragraph 2 of rule VIII of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by striking ``to 
     proceed to the consideration of bills and resolutions are 
     debatable.'' and inserting the following: ``to proceed to the 
     consideration of any matter, and any debatable motion or 
     appeal in connection therewith, shall be limited to not more 
     than 4 hours, to be equally divided between, and controlled 
     by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their 
     designees except for--
       ``(a) a motion to proceed to a proposal to change the 
     Standing Rules which shall be debatable; and
       ``(b) a motion to proceed to executive session to consider 
     a specified item of executive business and a motion to 
     proceed to consider any privileged matter which shall not be 
     debatable.''.
       (b) No Filibuster After Complete Substitute Is Agreed to.--
     Paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``If a complete substitute amendment for a measure is 
     agreed to after consideration under cloture, the Senate shall 
     proceed to the disposition of the measure without intervening 
     action or debate except one quorum call if requested.''.
       (c) One Motion Related to Committees on Conference.--Rule 
     XXVIII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``10. (a) A single motion to disagree with a House 
     amendment or amendments or insist on a Senate amendment or 
     amendments, request a conference with the House, or agree to 
     the conference requested by the House on the disagreeing 
     votes of the two Houses, and authorize the Chair to appoint 
     conferees on the part of the Senate shall be in order, shall 
     not be divisible, and shall not be subject to amendment.''.
       (d) Time Pre-cloture.--Paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate is amended--
       (1) in the first undesignated subparagraph--
       (A) by inserting ``for a measure, motion, or other matter 
     that is subject to amendment, at any time after the end of 
     the 12-hour period beginning at the time the Senate proceeds 
     to consideration of the measure, motion, or other matter and, 
     for any other measure, motion, or other matter,'' before ``at 
     any time'';
       (B) by striking ``any measure'' and inserting ``the 
     measure''; and
       (C) by striking ``one hour after the Senate meets on the 
     following calendar day but one'' and inserting ``24 hours 
     after the filing of the motion''; and
       (2) in the third undesignated subparagraph, by striking the 
     second sentence and inserting ``Except by unanimous consent, 
     no amendment shall be proposed after the vote to bring the 
     debate to a close, unless it had been submitted in writing to 
     the Journal Clerk 12 hours following the filing of the 
     cloture motion if an amendment in the first degree, and 
     unless it had been so submitted at least 1 hour prior to the 
     beginning of the cloture vote if an amendment in the second 
     degree.''.
       (e) Ability of Senators to Offer Amendments.--Rule XV of 
     the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``6. (a) If cloture is invoked on a measure or matter that 
     is subject to amendment, each Senator who has not offered an 
     amendment during consideration of the measure or matter may 
     offer 1 amendment to the measure or matter (without regard to 
     whether the amendment is actually pending and notwithstanding 
     the expiration of the time for consideration of the measure 
     or matter under paragraph 2 of rule XXII or any other rule of 
     the Senate) if--
       ``(1) the Senator submitted written notice of the intent of 
     the Senator to offer an amendment in accordance with this 
     paragraph not later than 12 hours after the filing of the 
     motion to invoke cloture on the measure or matter; and
       ``(2) the amendment is timely filed, germane, and otherwise 
     meets the requirements for an amendment under paragraph 2 of 
     rule XXII.
       ``(b) If a Senator fails to submit written notice in 
     accordance with subparagraph (a), the right to offer an 
     amendment under this paragraph is forfeited.
       ``(c) An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators 
     duly chosen and sworn shall be required to sustain an appeal 
     of a ruling by the Chair that an amendment offered under this 
     paragraph is not germane.''.
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  SA 4. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill H.R. 152, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. ____. (a)(1) There is hereby rescinded an amount equal 
     to .49 percent of--
       (A) the budget authority provided (or obligation limitation 
     imposed) for fiscal year 2013 for any discretionary account 
     in any fiscal year 2013 appropriation Act;
       (B) the budget authority provided in any advance 
     appropriation for fiscal year 2013 for any discretionary 
     account in any prior fiscal year appropriation Act; and
       (C) the contract authority provided in fiscal year 2013 for 
     any program that is subject to a limitation contained in any 
     fiscal year 2013 appropriation Act for any discretionary 
     account.
       (2) Any rescission made by paragraph (1) shall be applied 
     proportionately--
       (A) to each discretionary account and each item of budget 
     authority described in such paragraph; and
       (B) within each such account and item, to each program, 
     project, and activity (with programs, projects, and 
     activities as delineated in the appropriation Act or 
     accompanying reports for the relevant fiscal year covering 
     such account or item, or for accounts and items not included 
     in appropriation Acts, as delineated in the most recently 
     submitted President's budget).
       (3) In the case of any fiscal year 2013 appropriation Act 
     enacted after the date of enactment of this section, any 
     rescission required by paragraph (1) shall take effect 
     immediately after the enactment of such Act.
       (4) Within 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
     subsection (or, if later, 30 days after the enactment of any 
     fiscal year 2013 appropriation Act), the Director of the 
     Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and the Senate a report specifying the account and amount of 
     each rescission made pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (b) The discretionary caps provided in section 251(c) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, as modified by section 251A of such Act, are reduced as 
     follows for the respective fiscal year and the respective 
     category:
       (1) for fiscal year 2014--
       (A) $2,704,800,000 in security; and
       (B) $2,497,400,000 in non-security;
       (2) for fiscal year 2015--
       (A) $2,773,400,000 in security; and
       (B) $2,548,000,000 in non-security;
       (3) for fiscal year 2016--
       (A) $2,827,300,000 in security; and
       (B) $2,597,000,000 in non-security;
       (4) fiscal year 2017--
       (A) $2,891,000,000 in security; and
       (B) $2,650,900,000 in non-security;
       (5) for fiscal year 2018--
       (A) $2,954,700,000 in security; and
       (B) $2,709,700,000 in non-security;
       (6) for fiscal year 2019--
       (A) $3,018,400,000 in security; and
       (B) $2,773,400,000 in non-security;
       (7) for fiscal year 2020--
       (A) $3,087,000,000 in security; and
       (B) $2,832,200,000 in non-security; and
       (8) for fiscal year 2021--
       (A) $3,155,600,000 in security; and
       (B) $2,891,000,000 in non-security;

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