S.Amdt. 959

SA 959. Mr. GRAHAM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2011 through 2014; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 68, after line 4, insert the following:

SEC. __. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST A BUDGET RESOLUTION CONTAINING DEBT LEVELS EXCEEDING $90,000 PER HOUSEHOLD.

(a) In General.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a concurrent resolution on the budget for the budget year or any amendment, amendment between Houses, motion, or conference report thereon that contains levels of debt held by the public that exceed $90,000 per household in any year covered by the budget resolution.

(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--

(1) Waiver.--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.

(2) Appeal.--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.

(c) Determination of Debt Levels.--For purposes of this section, the debt level per household shall be determined by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Budget on the basis of estimates provided by the Congressional Budget Office.