S.Amdt. 1226

SA 1226. 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. 41__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD MAKE
ANY CHANGES TO THE TAX CODE IF THE PRESIDENT
HAS NOT RELEASED TAX RETURNS FOR THE PRECEDING
5 YEARS.

(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
make any changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, unless
the President has released tax returns for at least the
preceding 5 taxable years to demonstrate the effects of any
such legislation on lowering the tax burden of taxpayers like
the President.
(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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