[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1945]
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SA 895. Mr. WHITEHOUSE 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. 4_. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST BUDGET RESOLUTIONS THAT
SUPPORT CUTTING OVER $1,000,000,000,000 IN
SPENDING WITHOUT IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC
PROGRAMMATIC EFFECTS.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget that would
reduce new budget authority or outlays during the fiscal
years covered under the resolution by more than
$1,000,000,000,000 (as compared to the fiscal year before the
budget year for the resolution) unless the committee print
accompanying the resolution identifies the specific
programmatic effects proposed to meet the recommended levels
and amounts in the resolution.
(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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