S.Amdt. 3579

SA 3579. Mr. CRAPO 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 BUDGETARY GIMMICKS.

(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``CHIMP'' means
a provision that--
(1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending
or receipts under section 252 of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 902) (as in
effect prior to September 30, 2002) if the provision was
included in legislation other than appropriation Acts; and
(2) results in a net decrease in budget authority in the
budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays
over the period of the total of the current year, the budget
year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently
adopted concurrent resolution on the budget.
(b) Points of Order.--
(1) In the senate.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider a bill or joint resolution making appropriations
for a full fiscal year, or an amendment thereto, amendment
between the Houses in relation thereto, conference report
thereon, or motion thereon, that includes a CHIMP that, if
enacted, would cause the absolute value of the total budget
authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in relation to a full
fiscal year to be more than the amount specified in paragraph
(3).
(2) In the house of representatives.--
(A) In general.--A provision in a bill or joint resolution
making appropriations for a full fiscal year that proposes a
CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of the
total budget authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in relation
to a full fiscal year to be more than the amount specified in
paragraph (3), shall not be in order in the House of
Representatives.
(B) Amendments and conference reports.--It shall not be in
order in the House of Representatives to consider an
amendment to, or a conference report on, a bill or joint
resolution making appropriations for a full fiscal year if
such amendment thereto or conference report thereon proposes
a CHIMP that, if enacted, would cause the absolute value of
the total budget authority of all such CHIMPs enacted in
relation to a full fiscal year to be more than the amount
specified in paragraph (3).
(3) Amount.--The amount specified in this paragraph is--
(A) for fiscal year 2022, $15,000,000,000;
(B) for fiscal year 2023, $15,000,000,000;
(C) for fiscal year 2024, $15,000,000,000; and
(D) for fiscal year 2025, $15,000,000,000.
(c) Determination.--For purposes of this section, budgetary
levels shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided
by the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the
applicable House of Congress.
(d) Supermajority Waiver and Appeal in the Senate.--In the
Senate, subsection (b) may be waived or suspended 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 (b).
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