[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S6337]
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SA 3291. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Grassley) 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 in title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION
THAT WOULD INCREASE THE DEFICIT OR REDUCE A
SURPLUS.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any reconciliation bill or joint resolution
pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 641), or an amendment to, amendment between
the Houses in relation to, motion on, or conference report on
such a bill or joint resolution, that would cause or increase
a deficit or reduce a surplus in either of the following
periods:
(1) The period of the current fiscal year, the budget year,
and the ensuing 4 fiscal years following the budget year.
(2) The period of the current fiscal year, the budget year,
and the ensuing 9 fiscal years following the budget year.
(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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