S.Amdt. 1331

SA 1331. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Menendez) 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 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD RAISE
TAXES ON HOMEOWNERS BY REPEALING OR LIMITING
THE REAL ESTATE PROPERTY TAX DEDUCTION.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
raise taxes on homeowners by repealing or limiting the real
estate property tax deduction.
(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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