[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1912]
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SA 682. Mr. PORTMAN 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 NOT
ACHIEVE A UNIFIED BUDGET SURPLUS AFTER 2024.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget for the
budget year, motion amendment, amendment between the Houses,
or conference report that would not achieve a unified budget
surplus in every fiscal year after fiscal year 2024.
(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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