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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. Con. Res. 25 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the ap... · Sec. 4105

Sec. 4105. Point of order against reconciliation amendments with unknown budgetary effects

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In the Senate, it shall not be in order to consider an amendment to or motion on a bill or joint resolution considered pursuant to section 2001 if the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget submits a written statement for the Congressional Record indicating that the Chairman, after consultation with the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Budget, is unable to determine the effect the amendment or motion would have on budget authority, outlays, direct spending, entitlement authority, revenues, deficits, or surpluses. In the Senate, subsection
(a)may be waived or suspended 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).
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