[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S211-S212]
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  SA 62. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution 
S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST AN INCREASE IN THE DEFICIT.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to 
     section 2001 or 2002, or an amendment to, motion on, 
     conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in 
     relation to such a bill or joint resolution, that would 
     increase the on-budget deficit or cause an on-budget deficit, 
     as calculated under subsection (b), in any of fiscal years 
     2017 through 2026.

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       (b) Determination of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this 
     section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, and 
     revenues for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis 
     of estimates made by the Chairman of the Committee on the 
     Budget of the Senate and shall be calculated without regard 
     to any adjustment made under section 3001 or 3002.
       (c) Form of the Point of Order.--A point of order under 
     subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in 
     section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 
     U.S.C. 644(e)).
       (d) Supermajority 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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