S.Amdt. 1249Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)2nd degree

To modify section 4111 to reinstate and strengthen a prohibition on voting on legislation without a Congressional Budget Office score.

Sponsored by Tim KaineSen. Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Submitted October 18, 2017

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1249 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Kaine to Amendment SA 1116.(consideration: CR S6615-6616, S6622-6623; text: CR S6616)

October 19, 2017

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1249 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Kaine to Amendment SA 1116.(consideration: CR S6615-6616, S6622-6623; text: CR S6616)

October 19, 2017

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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 1249 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 235.

October 19, 2017

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Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 1249 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 235.

October 19, 2017

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Amendment SA 1249 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Kaine to Amendment SA 1116. (consideration: CR S6615-6616, S6622-6623; text: CR S6616) To modify section 4111 to reinstate and strengthen a prohibition on voting on legislation without a Congressional Budget Office score.

October 19, 2017

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Amendment SA 1249 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 51. Record Vote Number: 235.

October 19, 2017

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Senate amendment submitted

October 18, 2017

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Submitted

SA 1249. Mr. KAINE (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. King, Mr. Wyden,
Mrs. Murray, Ms. Harris, Mr. Cardin, 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:

On page 83, strike lines 12 through 15, and insert the
following:

SEC. 4111. REPEAL OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS.

Section 3206 of S. Con. Res. 11 (114th Congress), the
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, is
repealed.

SEC. 4112. PROHIBITION ON AGREEING TO CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO
LEGISLATION WITHOUT A SCORE IN THE SENATE.

(a) In General.--In the Senate, it shall not be in order to
vote on the adoption of a covered amendment to a bill or
resolution that requires an estimate under section 402 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653), unless an
estimate described in such section 402 for the covered
amendment was made publicly available on the website of the
Congressional Budget Office not later than 28 hours before
the time the vote commences.
(b) Covered Amendment Defined.--In this section, the term
``covered amendment'' means an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
(c) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal.--
(1) Waiver.--In the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended 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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