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1 change to S.Con.Res. 70 · shown in the resolution's text

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  1. Adds SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PAYMENT OR TIMING SHIFTS TO SATISFY CONDITIONS FOR BUDGET POINTS OF ORDER at the end of title II

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    In S.Con.Res. 70 · Placed on Calendar Senate

    (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change those rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as is the case of any other rule of the Senate.

    Inserted: SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PAYMENT OR TIMING SHIFTS TO SATISFY CONDITIONS FOR BUDGET POINTS OF ORDER.

    Inserted: (a) In General.--In the Senate, for purposes of determining budgetary impacts to evaluate points of order set out under this resolution, any previous budget resolution, and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, provisions contained in any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that result in the shift of equal and offsetting amounts of tax revenue or equal and offsetting amounts of direct spending from 1 fiscal year into another shall not be scored.

    Inserted: (b) Definition.--In this section, provisions described in subsection (a) include shifting corporate estimated tax payments between fiscal years and moving pay dates for Federal Government salaried or Federal Government benefits from 1 fiscal year into another.

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    At the end of title II, insert the following:

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SA 4234. Mr. ALLARD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title II, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PAYMENT OR TIMING SHIFTS TO SATISFY CONDITIONS FOR BUDGET POINTS OF ORDER.

(a) In General.--In the Senate, for purposes of determining budgetary impacts to evaluate points of order set out under this resolution, any previous budget resolution, and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, provisions contained in any bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that result in the shift of equal and offsetting amounts of tax revenue or equal and offsetting amounts of direct spending from 1 fiscal year into another shall not be scored.

(b) Definition.--In this section, provisions described in subsection (a) include shifting corporate estimated tax payments between fiscal years and moving pay dates for Federal Government salaried or Federal Government benefits from 1 fiscal year into another.

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March 12, 2008