Text of Senate Amendment 981

Text of Senate Amendment 981

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1267] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 981. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; 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 CONSIDERATION OF RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION UNTIL THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PROVIDES A COST ESTIMATE USING THE CURRENT LAW BASELINE. (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to section 2002, or a conference report on or amendment between the Houses in relation to such a bill or joint resolution, unless, not later than 72 hours before the vote on passage of the measure, the Congressional Budget Office has made available on the website of the Office a cost estimate of the measure using the current law baseline described in section 257 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 907). (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). ______