S.Amdt. 332

SA 332. Mr. CORZINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 23, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title II, insert the following:

“SEC. ____ . PROTECTING RESOURCES REQUIRED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY

(a) Point Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report that would increase the deficit in any fiscal year, other than spending measures related to national or homeland security, until the President submits to the Congress a detailed report on:

(1) the costs of the initial phase of the conflict, maintaining troops in the region, and reconstruction and rebuilding of Iraq; and

(2) how all of these costs fit within the budget plan as a whole.

(b) Waiver and Appeal.--This section 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 in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.”