S.Amdt. 227

1. Adds SEC. ___. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS at the end of title V

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   In S. 493 · Reported to Senate

   "(mm) Competitive Selection Procedures for SBIR and STTR Programs.--All funds awarded, appropriated, or otherwise made available in accordance with subsection (f) or (n) must be awarded pursuant to competitive and merit-based selection procedures.".

   Inserted: SEC. ___. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS.

   Inserted: Section 4(g)(3) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-139) is amended to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(3) Procedure in the senate and vote requirement.--

   Inserted: "(A) In general.--When the Senate is considering a PAYGO Act, any provision making an emergency designation shall be stricken from the measure and may not be offered as an amendment from the floor unless a waiver is offered and agreed to.

   Inserted: "(B) Supermajority waiver and appeals.--

   Inserted: "(i) Waiver.--Subparagraph (A) may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

   Inserted: "(ii) Appeals.--Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An affirmative vote of two-thirds 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 this subsection.

   Inserted: "(C) Waiver petition.--Prior to making a motion to waive under this paragraph, a Senator shall file a petition--

   Inserted: "(i) signed by 16 members requesting the waiver;

   Inserted: "(ii) with a Member of both the majority and minority signing; and

   Inserted: "(iii) stating that the spending is an emergency as described in subparagraph (D).

   Inserted: "(D) Emergency spending.--

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   Inserted: "(i) In general.--For purposes of this subparagraph, spending is emergency spending if the spending is--

   Inserted: "(I) necessary, essential, or vital (not merely useful or beneficial);

   Inserted: "(II) sudden, quickly coming into being, and not building up over time;

   Inserted: "(III) an urgent, pressing, and compelling need requiring immediate action;

   Inserted: "(IV) subject to clause (ii), unforeseen, unpredictable, and unanticipated; and

   Inserted: "(V) not permanent, temporary in nature.

   Inserted: "(ii) Unforseen.--An emergency that is part of an aggregate level of anticipated emergencies, particularly when normally estimated in advance, is not unforeseen.".

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   At the end of title V, insert the following:

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