[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1290. Mr. PAUL 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___. DUPLICATION DETERMINATIONS BY THE CONGRESSIONAL 
                   BUDGET OFFICE.

       (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered 
     legislation'' means a bill or resolution of a public 
     character reported by any committee of the Senate.
       (b) Duplication Determinations by the Congressional Budget 
     Office.--Any estimate provided by the Congressional Budget 
     Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) for covered legislation shall include an 
     analysis that includes--
       (1) a determination of whether the covered legislation 
     creates any new Federal program, office, or initiative that 
     would duplicate or overlap with any existing Federal entity 
     with similar mission, purpose, goals, or activities; and
       (2) a listing of all such instances of duplication or 
     overlapping created by the covered legislation.
       (c) Point of Order.--
       (1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to 
     consider any covered legislation unless the committee 
     reporting the covered legislation has posted on the public 
     website of the committee the analysis described in subsection 
     (b).
       (2) Waiver and appeal.--Paragraph (1) 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 
     paragraph (1).
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