S.Amdt. 150

SA 150. Mr. DeMINT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr. Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to
the bill H.R. 1, making supplemental appropriations for job
preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency
and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal
stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 570, after line 8, insert the following:

SEC. --. PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERATION OF REVENUE PROVISIONS
WITHOUT CERTIFICATION OF TAX BURDEN EFFECTS.

(a) In General.--It shall not be in order to consider a
bill, resolution, amendment, or conference report that
proposes any provision amending the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 or affecting the application of such Code unless the
Joint Committee on Taxation provides a written certification
that such provision does not increase the net yearly tax
burden for any family whose taxable income for any taxable
year to which such provision applies is less than $250,000.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--A point of order raised under subsection (a)
may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen
and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of two-thirds 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 subsection (a).
(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
``family'' means a married couple filing jointly or an
individual filing as a head of household.
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