[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 195 (Thursday, November 30, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7648]
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  SA 1806. Ms. HARRIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1618 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Hatch (for himself 
and Ms. Murkowski)) to the bill H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation 
pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget 
for fiscal year 2018; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I, add the following:

     SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT 
                   FOR CBO SCORES BEFORE VOTES.

       (a) Revival of Point of Order.--
       (1) In general.--Section 4111 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th 
     Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
     year 2018, is amended--
       (A) by striking ``Sections 3205 and 3206'' and inserting 
     ``Section 3206''; and
       (B) by striking ``are repealed'' and inserting ``is 
     repealed''.
       (2) Applicability.--In the Senate, section 3205 of S. Con. 
     Res. 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 2016, shall be applied and 
     administered as if the repeal of such section 3205 under 
     section 4111 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the 
     concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, had 
     never been enacted.
       (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``score before 
     voting requirement'' means the requirement under section 3205 
     of S. Con. Res 11 (114th), the concurrent resolution on the 
     budget for fiscal year 2016, or any successor thereto, 
     prohibiting voting on passage of a matter that requires an 
     estimate under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
     1974 (2 U.S.C. 653), unless such estimate was made publicly 
     available on the website of the Congressional Budget Office 
     not later than 28 hours before the time the vote commences.
       (c) Point of Order Against Eliminating of Point of Order.--
     When the Senate is considering a bill, resolution, motion, 
     amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference 
     report, if a point of order is made by a Senator against a 
     provision that would repeal or otherwise eliminate the score 
     before voting requirement, and the point of order is 
     sustained by the Chair, that provision shall be stricken from 
     the measure and may not be offered as an amendment from the 
     floor.
       (d) Form of the Point of Order.--A point of order under 
     subsection (c) 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)).
       (e) Conference Reports.--When the Senate is considering a 
     conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in 
     relation to, a bill or joint resolution, upon a point of 
     order being made by any Senator pursuant to subsection (c), 
     and such point of order being sustained, such material 
     contained in such conference report or House amendment shall 
     be stricken, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the 
     question of whether the Senate shall recede from its 
     amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in 
     the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may 
     be, which further amendment shall consist of only that 
     portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the 
     case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate 
     shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order 
     is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment 
     derived from such conference report by operation of this 
     subsection), no further amendment shall be in order.
       (f) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--In the Senate, this 
     section may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chose and sworn. An 
     affirmative vote of three-fifths of 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 
     this section.
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