[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 7184-7185]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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SENATE RESOLUTION 474--PROHIBITING CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATIONS THAT 
                           ARE NOT AUTHORIZED

  Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Lee, Mr. Rubio, and Mr. 
Cruz) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules and Administration:

                              S. Res. 474

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This resolution may be cited as the ``Steermark 
     Accountability Resolution''.

     SEC. 2. UNAUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report containing 
     a provision making an appropriation--
       (1) that is not made to carry out the provisions of some 
     existing law, or treaty stipulation, or act or resolution 
     previously passed by the Senate during that session; or
       (2) that is made to carry out a program, project, or 
     activity for which an authorization of appropriations is not 
     in effect.
       (b) Form of the Point of Order.--In the Senate, 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 (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 joint resolution, upon a point of order being 
     made by any Senator pursuant to subsection (a), 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 decided 
     under the same debate limitation, if any, as the conference 
     report or amendment between the Houses. 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) Waiver and Appeal.--
       (1) In general.--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).
       (2) Debate.--A motion to waive or suspend subsection (a) or 
     to appeal the ruling of the Chair under subsection (a) shall 
     be decided under the same debate limitation, if any, as the 
     bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between 
     the Houses, or conference report containing the applicable 
     provision.
       (e) Identification by Committee.--

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       (1) Statement for the record.--If a committee reports a 
     bill or joint resolution containing an appropriation 
     described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), the 
     Chairman of the committee shall submit for printing in the 
     Congressional Record a statement identifying each such 
     appropriation through lists, charts, or other similar means.
       (2) Publication.--As soon as practicable after submitting a 
     statement under paragraph (1), the Chairman of a committee 
     shall make available on a publicly accessible congressional 
     website the information described in paragraph (1). To the 
     extent technically feasible, information made available on a 
     publicly accessible congressional website under this 
     subsection shall be provided in a searchable format.

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