To increase the voting threshold for budget points of order.

SA 6561. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 6552 proposed by Mr. Leahy to the bill H.R. 2617, to amend
section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, to amend the description
of how performance goals are achieved, and for other purposes; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. VOTING THRESHOLD FOR BUDGET POINTS OF ORDER.

(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``covered point
of order'' means a point of order under the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.), the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
900 et seq.), the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2
U.S.C. 931 et seq.), or a concurrent resolution on the
budget.
(b) Voting Threshold.--In the Senate--
(1) a covered point of order may be waived only by the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen
and sworn; and
(2) an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly
chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the Chair on a covered point of order.
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