S.Amdt. 18

SA 18. Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr.
Kaine, Mr. Coons, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. King, and Mr.
Wyden) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and
setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018
through 2026; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4__. SENATE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST RECONCILIATION
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD INCREASE THE DEFICIT OR
REDUCE A SURPLUS.

(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any reconciliation bill or reconciliation
resolution, or an amendment to, motion on, conference report
on, or amendment between the Houses in relation to a
reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution that would
cause or increase a deficit or reduce a surplus in either of
the following periods:
(1) The period of the current fiscal year, the budget year,
and the ensuing 4 fiscal years following the budget year.
(2) The period of the current fiscal year, the budget year,
and the ensuing 9 fiscal years following the budget year.
(b) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--
(1) Waiver.--This section may be waived or suspended in the
Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the
Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be
required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of
the Chair on a point of order raised under this section.
(c) Determination of Budget Levels.--For purposes of this
section, the levels of deficit increases and reductions in a
surplus shall be determined on the basis of estimates
provided by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate.
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