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Sec. 9 · H.R. 9879

Congressional budget points of order

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The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 is amended by inserting after section 6B, as added by section 7 of this Act, the following new section: 6C. Congressional budget points of order (a) Senate point of order (1) It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, amendment between the Houses, motion, or conference report if the official estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office indicates that the measure would fail to satisfy the Super PAYGO requirement under section 3A of this title. (2) If a Congressional Budget Office estimate is unavailable, the estimate of the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate shall control for purposes of this subsection. (3) This subsection may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (4) 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 regarding this subsection. (5) This subsection is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate. (b) House of representatives point of order (1) It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, conference report, or amendment between the Houses if the official estimate prepared by the Congressional Budget Office indicates that the measure would fail to satisfy the Super PAYGO requirement under section 3A of this title. (2) If a Congressional Budget Office estimate is unavailable, the estimate of the Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives shall control for purposes of this subsection. (3) A waiver of this subsection may be considered only through a separate resolution. (4) No such resolution shall be agreed to except by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members present and voting, a quorum being present. (5) This subsection is enacted as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives with full recognition of the constitutional right of the House to change its rules at any time..

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