[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1811]
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SA 471. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Whitehouse, Ms.
Stabenow, and Mr. Brown) 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; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that
would--
(1) result in a reduction of benefits scheduled under title
II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.);
(2) increase either the early or full retirement age for
benefits described in paragraph (1); or
(3) privatize Social Security.
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--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. 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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