[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 145 (Tuesday, August 10, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6391-S6392]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3651. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (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 SPENDING THAT WILL INCREASE 
                   CONSUMER COST UNTIL INFLATIONARY LEVELS RETURN 
                   TO AVERAGE OF THE LAST 5 YEARS.

       (a) Point of Order.--
       (1) In general.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to 
     consider a provision in a bill,

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     joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the 
     Houses, or conference report that provides new budget 
     authority and that is estimated to result in an increase in 
     the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as 
     published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unless the 
     annualized rate of increase in the Consumer Price Index for 
     All Urban Consumers is not more than the average annualized 
     rate of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
     during the 5-year period ending on the date of adoption of 
     this resolution.
       (2) Point of order sustained.--If a point of order is made 
     by a Senator against a provision described in paragraph (1), 
     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.
       (3) Determination of effect on inflation.--
       (A) In general.--The estimated amount of the increase in 
     the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, if any, for 
     purposes of this section shall be determined based on 
     estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office.
       (B) Provision of estimates.--Upon request by a Member of 
     Congress, the Congressional Budget Office shall prepare an 
     estimate of the effect on the Consumer Price Index for All 
     Urban Consumers of the provisions in a bill, joint 
     resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, 
     or conference report that provide new budget authority.
       (b) Form of the Point of Order.--A point of order under 
     subsection (a)(1) 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)).
       (c) 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 
     (a)(1), 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.
       (d) 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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