S.Amdt. 1288

SA 1288. Mr. PAUL 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 CONSIDERATION OF A
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET THAT DOES
NOT INCLUDE INFORMATION RELATING TO THE
SOLVENCY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget for a
fiscal year, or any amendment thereto, or any conference
report thereon, which does not include the following
information:
(1) The year in which the asset reserves of the Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance

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Trust Fund are projected to become depleted (as estimated by
the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors
Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds).
(2) The year in which the asset reserves of the Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Fund are projected to become
depleted (as estimated by the Board of Trustees of the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Funds).
(3) For each of the years identified under paragraph (1)
and (2), the projected amount (expressed as a percentage) by
which benefits scheduled to be paid under the Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund or the Federal Disability
Insurance Trust Fund, as applicable, shall be reduced as a
result of the trust fund having insufficient assets to meet
its obligations (as estimated by the Board of Trustees of the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal
Disability Insurance Trust Funds).
(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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