S.Amdt. 4314

1. Adds SEC. __. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION THAT FAILS TO CONTROL GOVERNMENT SPENDING 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. __. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION THAT FAILS TO CONTROL GOVERNMENT SPENDING.

   Inserted: (a) Point of Order.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to consider any reconciliation bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or any conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a reconciliation bill pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, that produces an increase in gross outlays for any account if taking into consideration the effect of the bill, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total amount of mandatory outlays in each year over the period of the reconciliation bill will exceed the 30-year average, as a percentage of the United States Gross Domestic Product in any year over the period of the reconciliation bill,

   Inserted: (b) Waiver.--Subsection (a) may be waived or suspended 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).

   Inserted: (c) Determination.--For purposes of this section, the level of mandatory outlays and United States Gross Domestic Product shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by the Senate Committee on the Budget.

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   At the end of title II, insert the following:

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