S.Amdt. 227

SA 227. Mr. BAYH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 18, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2006 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2005 and 2007 through 2010; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 56, after line 13 insert the following:

SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER REQUIRING BUDGETING FOR EMERGENCY SPENDING.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget that does not include--

(1) a major functional category entitled “Emergencies”;

(2) in the major functional category entitled “Emergencies”, budget authority for each year covered by that resolution that is equal to the average annual amounts of budget authority appropriated for declared emergencies in the past 10 completed fiscal years and outlays for each year covered by that resolution equal to the outlays expended for declared emergencies in the past 10 completed fiscal years; and

(3) a provision that the budget authority and outlays included in the major functional category entitled “Emergencies” shall not be included in the amounts allocated to the committees on appropriations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, but shall be included in the appropriate recommended levels and amounts in that resolution.

(b) Supermajority 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.