S.Amdt. 3663Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)
S.Amdt. 3663
Sponsored by
Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-PA)
Submitted August 10, 2021
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August 10, 2021
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SA 3663. Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Mr. Sasse) 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 INCREASING THE U.S. FEDERAL STATUTORY CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE TO A LEVEL ABOVE THE AVERAGE NATIONAL STATUTORY OECD CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE. (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 increases the Federal statutory corporate income tax rate under section 11(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to a percentage rate greater than the average national statutory corporate income tax rate of members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as of the date of the adoption of this resolution by the Senate. (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 [[Page S6394]] of the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection (a). ______