[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1790]
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SA 350. Mr. BLUNT (for himself and Mr. Thune) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con.
Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
CREATE A TAX OR FEE ON CARBON EMISSIONS.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or
conference report that--
(1) would result in revenues that would be greater than the
level of revenues set forth for the first fiscal year or the
total of that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years under
the concurrent resolution on the budget then in effect for
which allocations are provided under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
(2) for any year covered by such resolution, includes a
Federal tax or fee imposed on carbon emissions from any
product or entity that is a direct or indirect source of the
emissions.
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended in
the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths 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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