S.Amdt. 3291Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)
S.Amdt. 3291
Sponsored by
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)
Submitted August 10, 2021
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August 10, 2021
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SA 3291. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Grassley) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2022 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following: SEC. 4___. 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 joint resolution pursuant to section 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641), or an amendment to, amendment between the Houses in relation to, motion on, or conference report on such a bill or joint 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) 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). ______