To create a point of order against legislation that would cause a net increase in outlays unless the Director of the Congressional Budget Office certifies that inflation is below 3 percent.
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 3815 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 356.
August 11, 2021
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Senate amendment not agreed to: Amendment SA 3815 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 356.
August 11, 2021
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Amendment SA 3815 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 356.
August 11, 2021
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3815 proposed by Senator Lee.(consideration: CR S6236-6237; text: CR S6236)
August 11, 2021
Amendment SA 3815 proposed by Senator Lee. (consideration: CR S6236-6237; text: CR S6236) To create a point of order against legislation that would cause a net increase in outlays unless the Director of the Congressional Budget Office certifies that inflation is below 3 percent.
August 11, 2021
Amendment SA 3815 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 50. Record Vote Number: 356.
August 11, 2021
Senate amendment submitted
August 10, 2021
Votes
1 roll call on this amendment
Text
Submitted
SA 3815. Mr. LEE (for himself and Mr. Toomey) proposed an amendment 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; as follows: At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following: SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD CAUSE A NET INCREASE IN OUTLAYS UNLESS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE CERTIFIES THAT INFLATION IS BELOW 3 PERCENT. (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 cause a net increase in outlays relative to the most recently published Congressional Budget Office baseline unless the Director of the Congressional Budget Office certifies (based on the most recent data available to the Director) that inflation, as measured in either the average of the annualized changes in the 3 most recently published monthly reports on the consumer price index for all-urban consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, or the previous year's unadjusted annual change in that index, is below 3 percent. (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). ______