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The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 is amended by inserting after section 6 the following new section: 6A. Restrictions on exclusion of budgetary effects from scorecards (a) In general It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, conference report, amendment between the Houses, or other legislative vehicle that directs the exclusion of budgetary effects from a PAYGO scorecard or Super PAYGO scorecard except in accordance with this section. (b) Separate legislation required Any legislation proposing the exclusion of budgetary effects from a PAYGO scorecard or Super PAYGO scorecard shall be considered only as a separate bill or joint resolution that contains no other matter. (c) Senate waiver Subsection (a), and any appeal of the ruling of the Chair under subsection (a), may be waived or sustained in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (d) House requirement It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to waive subsection (a) except by a separate roll call vote on a question that identifies the specific budgetary effects proposed to be excluded and the estimated fiscal impact of such exclusion. (e) Prohibition on inclusion in other legislation It shall not be in order to include a provision described in subsection (a) in a conference report, amendment between the Houses, omnibus measure, continuing resolution, budget reconciliation measure, authorization bill, appropriations Act, or any other legislative vehicle that contains other matter. (f) Surgical application If a point of order under this section is sustained, only the offending provision shall be stricken, and the remaining matter shall remain pending. (g) Prohibition on super paygo evasion It shall not be in order to consider any measure that eliminates, reduces, resets, delays, shifts, or otherwise removes a debit from a PAYGO scorecard or Super PAYGO scorecard, or prevents, delays, cancels, or limits a sequestration order required under section 5. 6B. Separate consideration of PAYGO waivers (a) In general It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, conference report, amendment between the Houses, or other measure proposing to waive, suspend, modify, or otherwise render inapplicable any provision of this title except through separate legislation that contains no other matter. (b) Prohibition on inclusion in other legislation No waiver, suspension, modification, or other provision rendering inapplicable any provision of this title may be included in any appropriations bill, continuing resolution, authorization bill, budget reconciliation measure, omnibus legislation, conference report, amendment between the Houses, or other legislative vehicle that contains other matter. (c) Required disclosure Any legislation described in subsection (a) shall clearly identify— (1) each provision proposed to be waived, suspended, modified, or rendered inapplicable; (2) the estimated fiscal impact of such waiver, suspension, modification, or other action; and (3) the estimated effect on a Super PAYGO scorecard. (d) Senate waiver Subsections (a) and (b), and any appeal of the ruling of the Chair under such subsections, may be waived or sustained in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (e) House waiver It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to waive subsections (a) or (b) except by a separate roll call vote on a question that identifies the specific provision being waived and the estimated fiscal impact of such waiver..