S.Amdt. 4354

SA 4354. Mr. GREGG 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:

On page 50 after line 9 insert the following:

SEC. __. BUDGET SCOPE OF CONFERENCE POINT OF ORDER.

(a) Point of Order.--It is not in order for the Senate to consider a bill reported pursuant to reconciliation directives in the most recently agreed to budget resolution (or a conference report on that measure) if the Senate did not originally commit reconciliation directives to the conferees on the budget resolution.

(b) Waiver.--Any Senator may move to waive the point of order by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

(c) Appeals.--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 the point of order raised under this section.