S.Amdt. 261Senate113th Congress (2013-2015)

To create a point of order against legislation that would create a Federal tax or fee on carbon emissions.

Sponsored by Roy BluntSen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Submitted March 21, 2013

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 261 proposed by Senator Blunt.(consideration: CR S2270-2271; text: CR S2270-2271)

March 22, 2013

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 261 proposed by Senator Blunt.(consideration: CR S2270-2271; text: CR S2270-2271)

March 22, 2013

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to amendment SA 261 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 46. Record Vote Number: 59.

March 22, 2013

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Amendment SA 261 proposed by Senator Blunt. (consideration: CR S2270-2271; text: CR S2270-2271) To create a point of order against legislation that would create a Federal tax or fee on carbon emissions.

March 22, 2013

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Point of order 261 raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 261.

March 22, 2013

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Motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to amendment SA 261 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 46. Record Vote Number: 59.

March 22, 2013

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Amendment SA 261 ruled out of order by the chair.

March 22, 2013

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Senate amendment submitted

March 21, 2013

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SA 261. Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr.
Roberts) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through
2023; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
CREATE A TAX OR FEE ON CARBON EMISSIONS.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or
conference report that--
(1) would result in revenues that would be greater than the
level of revenues set forth for the first fiscal year or the
total of that fiscal year and the ensuing fiscal years under
the concurrent resolution on the budget then in effect for
which allocations are provided under section 302(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974; and
(2) for any year covered by such resolution, includes a
Federal tax or fee imposed on carbon emissions from any
product or entity that is a direct or indirect source of the
emissions.
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--Subsection (a) 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 to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a
point of order raised under subsection (a).
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