,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dgd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #be1 
#bjaf ,mr4 ,flake 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,sessions1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 and  
,mr4 ,cruz7 submitted the following     
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
  ,,resolution  ,prohibiting            
consideration of appropriations that are
 not authorized4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 resolution may be cited as the         
,steermark ,accountability ,resolution4 
#b4 ,unauthorized appropriations  7a7   
,point of ,order ,it shall not be in    
order in the ,senate to consider any    
bill1 joint resolution1 motion1         
amendment1 amendment between the        
,houses1 or conference report containing
 a provision making an appropriation--  
7#a7 that is not made to carry out the  
provisions of some existing law1 or     
treaty stipulation1 or act or resolution
 previously passed by the ,senate during
 that session2 or  7#b7 that is made to 

carry out a program1 project1 or        
activity for which an authorization of  
appropriations is not in effect4  7b7   
,form of the point of order ,in the     
,senate1 a point of order under         
subsection 7a7 may be raised by a       
,senator as provided in section #cac7;e7
 of the ,congressional ,budget ,act of  
#aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fdd7;e774  7c7     
,conference reports ,when the ,senate is
 considering a conference report on1 or 
an amendment between the ,houses in     
relation to1 a joint resolution1 upon a 
point of order being made by any        
,senator pursuant to subsection 7a71 and
 such point of order being sustained1   
such material contained in such         
conference report or ,house amendment   
shall be stricken1 and the ,senate shall
 proceed to consider the question of    
whether the ,senate shall recede from   
its amendment and concur with a further 
amendment1 or concur in the ,house      
amendment with a further amendment1 as  
the case may be1 which further amendment

 shall consist of only that portion of  
the conference report or ,house         
amendment1 as the case may be1 not so   
stricken4 ,any such motion in the       
,senate shall be decided under the same 
debate limitation1 if any1 as the       
conference report or amendment between  
the ,houses4 ,in any case in which such 
point of order is sustained against a   
conference report 7or ,senate amendment 
derived from such conference report by  
operation of this subsection71 no       
further amendment shall be in order4    
7d7 ,waiver and appeal  7#a7 ,in general
 ,subsection 7a7 may be waived or       
suspended in the ,senate only by an     
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
,members1 duly chosen and sworn4 ,an    
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
,members of the ,senate1 duly chosen and
 sworn1 shall be required to sustain an 
appeal of the ruling of the ,chair on a 
point of order raised under subsection  
7a74  7#b7 ,debate ,a motion to waive or
 suspend subsection 7a7 or to appeal the

 ruling of the ,chair under subsection  
7a7 shall be decided under the same     
debate limitation1 if any1 as the bill1 
joint resolution1 motion1 amendment1    
amendment between the ,houses1 or       
conference report containing the        
applicable provision4  7e7              
,identification by committee  7#a7      
,statement for the record ,if a         
committee reports a bill or joint       
resolution containing an appropriation  
described in paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 of  
subsection 7a71 the ,chairman of the    
committee shall submit for printing in  
the ,congressional ,record a statement  
identifying each such appropriation     
through lists1 charts1 or other similar 
means4  7#b7 ,publication ,as soon as   
practicable after submitting a statement
 under paragraph 7#a71 the ,chairman of 
a committee shall make available on a   
publicly accessible congressional       
website the information described in    
paragraph 7#a74 ,to the extent          
technically feasible1 information made  

available on a publicly accessible      
congressional website under this        
subsection shall be provided in a       
searchable format4