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Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)

S.Amdt. 981

S.Amdt. 981 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors

Changes S.Con.Res. 7 — An original concurrent resolution 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.

Offered

Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

This amendment would add a point of order, which is a procedural rule used to object to a bill, to the congressional budget resolution.

The amendment would prevent the Senate from considering a bill or joint resolution, or an amendment between the Houses, until the Congressional Budget Office provides a cost estimate using the current law baseline. This estimate must be made available on the Office's website no later than 72 hours before the vote on passage of the measure.

  • The amendment requires a cost estimate based on the current law baseline.
  • The cost estimate must be posted on the website of the Congressional Budget Office.
  • The estimate must be available at least 72 hours before the vote on passage.
  • This rule can only be waived or suspended by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senate members.
  • An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senate members is required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair regarding this point of order.