[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6564-S6565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1293. 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;

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which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

     SEC. 41__. VOTING THRESHOLD FOR POINTS OF ORDER.

       (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered point 
     of order'' means a point of order--
       (1) under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
     621 et seq.), the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), or a concurrent 
     resolution; and
       (2) which, but for subsection (b), may be waived only by 
     the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the 
     Senate, duly chosen and sworn.
       (b) Voting Threshold.--In the Senate--
       (1) a covered point of order may be waived only by the 
     affirmative vote of three-fourths of the Members, duly chosen 
     and sworn; and
       (2) an affirmative vote of three-fourths of the Members, 
     duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal 
     of the ruling of the Chair on a covered point of order.
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