S.Amdt. 1340

SA 1340. Ms. STABENOW 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
RESULT IN A NET REDUCTION IN DIRECT SPENDING
FOR FARM BILL PROGRAMS.

(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
result in a net reduction in direct spending over the period
of fiscal years 2019 through 2028 for Farm Bill programs
under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate according to data of
the most recent spring Budget and Economic Outlook Update
published by the Congressional Budget Office.
(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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