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SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS
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SENATE RESOLUTION 287--ESTABLISHING APPROPRIATE THRESHOLDS FOR CERTAIN
BUDGET POINTS OF ORDER IN THE SENATE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Ms. Ernst) submitted the following
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Budget:
S. Res. 287
Resolved,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Make Rules Matter Act''.
SEC. 2. THRESHOLDS FOR BUDGET POINTS OF ORDER.
(a) Threshold for Point of Order Against Emergency
Designations.--
(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term ``emergency
designation point of order'' means a point of order raised
under--
(A) section 314(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
(2 U.S.C. 645(e));
(B) section 4(g)(3) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go-Act of
2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)(3)); or
(C) section 4112(e) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress),
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
(2) Waiver.--In the Senate, an emergency designation point
of order may be waived or suspended only by the affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.
(3) Appeal.--In the Senate, 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
an emergency designation point of order.
(b) Threshold for Large Budget Impact for Certain
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 Points of Order.--
(1) In general.--A point of order described in paragraph
(3) may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen
and sworn.
(2) Appeal.--In the Senate, 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
point of order described in paragraph (3).
(3) Description of large budget impact.--A point of order
described in this paragraph is a point of order under section
302(f)(2) or 311(a)(2)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 633(f)(2), 642(a)(2)(A)) against legislation
that would, within the time periods applicable to the point
of order, as determined by the Chairman of the Committee on
the Budget of the Senate, cause budget authority or outlays
to exceed the applicable allocation, suballocation, level, or
aggregate by more than $5,000,000,000.
(c) De Minimis Budget Impact.--For a violation for which
the absolute value of the violation is not more than
$500,000, a point of order shall not lie--
(1) under the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control
Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 621 et seq.) (except for a point of
order under section 302 or 311 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 633,
642)); or
(2) under any concurrent resolution on the budget.
(d) Threshold for Increasing Short-term Deficits.--
(1) Reduction in net increase in the deficit.--In the
Senate, section 404(a) of S. Con. Res. 13 (111th Congress),
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010,
shall be applied by substituting ``$1,000,000,000'' for
``$10,000,000,000''.
(2) Waiver and appeal for large budget impact in the
senate.--
(A) Waiver.--In the Senate, section 404(a) of S. Con. Res.
13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget
for fiscal year 2010, may be waived or suspended by the
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen
and sworn, if the net increase in the deficit in any fiscal
year exceeds $10,000,000,000.
(B) Appeal.--In the Senate, 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
point of order raised under section 404(a) of S. Con. Res. 13
(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2010, if the net increase in the deficit in any
fiscal year exceeds $10,000,000,000.
(e) Threshold for Increasing Long-term Deficits.--
(1) Reduction in net increase in the deficit.--In the
Senate, subsections (a) and (b)(1) of section 3101 of S. Con.
Res. 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2016, shall each be applied by
substituting ``$1,000,000,000'' for ``$5,000,000,000''.
(2) Waiver and appeal for large budget impact in the
senate.--
(A) Waiver.--In the Senate, section 3101(b)(1) of S. Con.
Res. 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2016, may be waived or suspended by
the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly
chosen and sworn, if the net increase in on-budget deficits
in any 10-fiscal-year period exceeds $10,000,000,000.
(B) Appeal.--In the Senate, 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
point of order raised under section 3101(b)(1) of S. Con.
Res. 11 (114th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2016, if the net increase in on-budget
deficits in any 10-fiscal-year period exceeds
$10,000,000,000.
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