S.Amdt. 1121

SA 1121. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Bennet)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1116
proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 71,
establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

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

SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
INCREASE THE DEFICIT WITH TAX CUTS FOR THE
WEALTHY WITHOUT ALSO REPEALING THE DEBT
CEILING.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
increase the Federal deficit by lowering taxes on the
wealthiest taxpayers without also repealing the debt ceiling.
(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).
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