[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 167 (Tuesday, October 17, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6487]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1139. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. 
Kaine, Mr. Coons, Mr. King, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Wyden) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. 
Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2019 through 2027; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 41__. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION 
                   LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE THE DEFICIT OR 
                   REDUCE A SURPLUS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any reconciliation bill, resolution, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, motion, or conference report 
     pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 (2 U.S.C. 641) that would cause or increase a deficit or 
     reduce a surplus in either of the following periods:
       (1) The period of the current fiscal year, the budget year, 
     and the ensuing 4 fiscal years following the budget year.
       (2) The period of the current fiscal year, the budget year, 
     and the ensuing 9 fiscal years following the budget year.
       (b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
       (1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the 
     Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members, duly chosen and sworn.
       (2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
     required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
     the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
       (c) Determination of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this 
     section, the levels of deficit increases and reductions in a 
     surplus shall be determined on the basis of estimates 
     provided by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
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