[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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