S.Amdt. 1293

SA 1293. 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;

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which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 41__. VOTING THRESHOLD FOR POINTS OF ORDER.

(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered point
of order'' means a point of order--
(1) under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
621 et seq.), the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.), or a concurrent
resolution; and
(2) which, but for subsection (b), may be waived only by
the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the
Senate, duly chosen and sworn.
(b) Voting Threshold.--In the Senate--
(1) a covered point of order may be waived only by the
affirmative vote of three-fourths of the Members, duly chosen
and sworn; and
(2) an affirmative vote of three-fourths of the Members,
duly chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal
of the ruling of the Chair on a covered point of order.
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