S.Amdt. 1290

SA 1290. 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___. DUPLICATION DETERMINATIONS BY THE CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET OFFICE.

(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered
legislation'' means a bill or resolution of a public
character reported by any committee of the Senate.
(b) Duplication Determinations by the Congressional Budget
Office.--Any estimate provided by the Congressional Budget
Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) for covered legislation shall include an
analysis that includes--
(1) a determination of whether the covered legislation
creates any new Federal program, office, or initiative that
would duplicate or overlap with any existing Federal entity
with similar mission, purpose, goals, or activities; and
(2) a listing of all such instances of duplication or
overlapping created by the covered legislation.
(c) Point of Order.--
(1) In general.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to
consider any covered legislation unless the committee
reporting the covered legislation has posted on the public
website of the committee the analysis described in subsection
(b).
(2) Waiver and appeal.--Paragraph (1) 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
paragraph (1).
______