[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6561]
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SA 1270. Mr. MANCHIN 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 title IV, add the following:
SEC. ___. LIMIT ON SENATE CONSIDERATION OF RECONCILIATION.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to
section 2001, or an amendment to, conference report on, or
amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or
joint resolution, which does not dedicate future savings from
such legislation in a manner which allocates 40 percent of
such savings to the capitalization of a national
infrastructure bank and 60 percent of such savings to
reduction of the deficit.
(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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