S.Amdt. 1270Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 1270
Sponsored by
Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-WV)
Submitted October 18, 2017
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October 18, 2017
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SA 1270. Mr. MANCHIN 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 title IV, add the following: SEC. ___. LIMIT ON SENATE CONSIDERATION OF RECONCILIATION. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to section 2001, or an amendment to, conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or joint resolution, which does not dedicate future savings from such legislation in a manner which allocates 40 percent of such savings to the capitalization of a national infrastructure bank and 60 percent of such savings to reduction of the deficit. (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). ______