[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1928]
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SA 790. Mr. MANCHIN 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 end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
ALLOCATE ANY SAVINGS ACHIEVED THROUGH SPENDING
CUTS OR NEW REVENUE THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN
THE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR ANY
PURPOSE OTHER THAN DEFICIT REDUCTION OR
INVESTMENT IN THE NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
(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
allocate any savings achieve through spending cuts or new
revenue that are not included in this resolution for any
purpose other than deficit reduction or investment in the
Nation's infrastructure.
(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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