[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6332]
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  SA 3262. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:

     SEC. ___. LIMIT ON INCREASING THE PUBLIC DEBT.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any budget resolution, bill, joint resolution, 
     amendment, or conference report that would increase in the 
     public debt, for the period of the current fiscal year 
     through the next 10 fiscal years, equal to or greater than 
     the debt accumulated from 1789 to January 20, 2021.
       (b) Form of Point of Order.--A point of order under 
     subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in 
     section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
       (c) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended only 
     by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 
     chosen and sworn.
       (d) Appeals.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
     Members, 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.
       (e) Determinations of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this 
     section, the levels of net direct spending shall be 
     determined on the basis of estimates provided by the 
     Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
       (f) Sunset.--This section shall expire on September 30, 
     2022.
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