[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 43 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S1129]
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SA 4997. Ms. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 2471, to measure the progress of post-disaster
recovery and efforts to address corruption, governance, rule of law,
and media freedoms in Haiti; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
DIVISION __--PROVIDING REPORTS ON INFLATIONS COSTS AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
ACT
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Providing Reports on
Inflation Costs and Economic Impact Act'' or the ``PRICE
Act''.
SEC. 2. POINT OF ORDER REQUIRING AN INFLATION IMPACT REPORT
WITH ANY LEGISLATION THAT MAKES DISCRETIONARY
APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report making
discretionary appropriations (as defined in section 250(c) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
(2 U.S.C. 900(c))) unless an inflation impact report by the
Congressional Budget Office with respect to the measure is
submitted for publication in the Congressional Record,
including an analysis of the impact the measure would have
on--
(1) the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department
of Labor;
(2) the Employment Cost Index for private industry workers
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and
(3) the purchasing power of consumers, including a
comparison of the impact described in paragraph (1) and the
impact described in paragraph (2).
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeals.--
(1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of
the Chair relating to any provision of this section shall be
limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and
controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or
joint resolution, as the case may be. 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 this section.
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