[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1267]
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  SA 981. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2026 through 2034; 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 CONSIDERATION OF 
                   RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION UNTIL THE 
                   CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PROVIDES A COST 
                   ESTIMATE USING THE CURRENT LAW BASELINE.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to 
     section 2002, or a conference report on or amendment between 
     the Houses in relation to such a bill or joint resolution, 
     unless, not later than 72 hours before the vote on passage of 
     the measure, the Congressional Budget Office has made 
     available on the website of the Office a cost estimate of the 
     measure using the current law baseline described in section 
     257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
     of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907).
       (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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