S.Amdt. 324

SA 324. Mr. BARRASSO 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST FAILURE TO DISCLOSE TRUE COSTS.

(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 is not deficit neutral, unless a statement prepared by the Congressional Budget Office of the budgetary effects of the bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report has been made available that includes in the estimate of the budgetary effects of the bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, or conference report costs relating to debt service.

(b) Waiver and Appeal.--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. 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).