,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aiij  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #i1      
#bjba,mr4 ,scott of ,florida 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4  
,barrasso1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 ,mrs4           
,blackburn1 ,mr4 ,tuberville1 ,mr4      
,johnson1 and ,ms4 ,lummis7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish      
processes to control inflationary       
pressures and the ,federal debt1 during 
,federal debt emergencies4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,federal ,debt ,emergency ,control ,act 
of #bjba4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this    
,act-- 7#a7 the terms budget year and   
current year have the meanings given    
those terms in section #bej7;c7 of the  
,balanced ,budget and ,emergency        
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #ijj7;c72  7#b7 the term      
eligible bill means a bill introduced in

 the ,house of ,representatives or      
,senate-- 7,a7 during a ,federal debt   
emergency period2  7,b7 the title of    
which is ,to provide for deficit        
reduction under the ,federal ,debt      
,emergency ,control ,act of #bjba42     
7,c7 that1 if enacted1 would result in a
 reduction of the deficit of not less   
than #e percent during the              
#aj-;fiscal-year period following the   
current fiscal year2 and  7,d7 that does
 not increase the rate of any ,federal  
tax or increase any fee paid to the     
,federal ,government2  7#c7 the term    
,federal debt emergency period means the
 fiscal year following a fiscal during  
which the amount of the debt of the     
,federal ,government held by the public 
exceeded the gross domestic product of  
the ,united ,states for that fiscal     
year2  7#d7 the term outlays has the    
meaning given that term in section #c of
 the ,congressional ,budget and         
,impoundment ,control ,act of #aigd 7#b 
,u4,s4,c4 #fba72 and  7#e7 the term     

stimulus spending means amounts made    
available under-- 7,a7 the ,coronavirus 
,preparedness and ,response             
,supplemental ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjbj 7,public ,law #aaf-abc2 #acd ,stat
 #adf72  7,b7 the ,families ,first      
,coronavirus ,response ,act 7,public    
,law #aaf-abg2 #acd ,stat4 #agh72  7,c7 
the ,,cares ,act 7,public ,law #aaf-acf2
 #acd ,stat4 #bha72  7,d7 the ,paycheck 
,protection ,program and ,health ,care  
,enhancement ,act 7,public ,law         
#aaf-aci2 #acd ,stat4 #fbj72  7,e7      
division ,n 7relating to additional     
coronavirus response and relief7 of the 
,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1     
#bjba 7,public ,law #aaf-bfj72 or  7,f7 
the ,american ,rescue ,plan ,act of     
#bjba 7,public ,law #aag-b74  #c4       
,federal debt emergency control  7a7    
,termination of unspent stimulus        
spending in a ,federal debt emergency   
,effective on the first day of the first
 ,federal debt emergency period1 as     
determined by the ,director of the      

,office of ,management and ,budget1 the 
unobligated balances of all stimulus    
spending are rescinded and shall be     
returned to the general fund of the     
,treasury4  7b7 ,self-,financing of     
legislation increasing spending during a
 ,federal debt emergency  7#a7 ,point of
 order ,during a ,federal debt emergency
 period1 it shall not be in order in the
 ,senate to consider any bill1 joint    
resolution1 motion1 amendment1 amendment
 between the ,houses1 or conference     
report that 7excluding changes in       
,federal tax revenue1 if any7 would--   
7,a7 increase outlays1 relative to the  
most recent baseline under section #beg 
of the ,balanced ,budget and ,emergency 
,deficit ,control ,act of #aihe 7#b     
,u4,s4,c4 #ijg7 over the period of the  
current year1 the budget year1 and the  
ensuing #i fiscal years2 or  7,b7       
increase the deficit over the period of 
the current year1 the budget year1 and  
the ensuing #i fiscal years4  7#b7      
,determination ,the determination of the

 existence of a ,federal debt emergency 
period1 outlays1 and the deficit for    
purposes of paragraph 7#a7 shall be     
based on estimates provided by the      
,congressional ,budget ,office4  7#c7   
,waiver and appeal ,paragraph 7#a7 may  
be waived or suspended in the ,senate   
only by an affirmative vote of two      
thirds of the ,members1 duly chosen and 
sworn4 ,an affirmative vote of two      
thirds 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 paragraph 7#a74  7#d7 ,exercise of
 rulemaking powers ,congress adopts the 
provisions of this subsection-- 7,a7 as 
an exercise of the rulemaking power of  
the ,senate1 and as such they shall be  
considered as part of the rules of the  
,senate1 and such rules shall supersede 
other rules only to the extent that they
 are inconsistent with such other rules2
 and  7,b7 with full recognition of the 
constitutional right of the ,senate to  

change those rules 7insofar as they     
relate to the ,senate7 at any time1 in  
the same manner1 and to the same extent 
as is the case of any other rule of the 
,senate4  #d4 ,expedited consideration  
of deficit reducing bills  7a7          
,consideration in the house of          
representatives  7#a7 ,referral and     
reporting ,any committee of the ,house  
of ,representatives to which an eligible
 bill is referred shall report it to the
 ,house without amendment not later than
 #cj days after the date on which the   
eligible bill is introduced4 ,if a      
committee fails to report an eligible   
bill within that period1 it shall be in 
order to move that the ,house discharge 
the committee from further consideration
 of the bill4 ,such a motion shall not  
be in order after the last committee    
authorized to consider the bill reports 
it to the ,house or after the ,house has
 disposed of a motion to discharge the  
bill4 ,the previous question shall be   
considered as ordered on the motion to  

its adoption without intervening motion 
except #bj minutes of debate equally    
divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent4 ,if such a motion is   
adopted1 the ,house shall proceed       
immediately to consider the eligible    
bill in accordance with paragraphs 7#b7 
and 7#c74 ,a motion to reconsider the   
vote by which the motion is disposed of 
shall not be in order4  7#b7 ,proceeding
 to consideration ,after the last       
committee authorized to consider an     
eligible bill reports it to the ,house  
or has been discharged 7other than by   
motion7 from its consideration1 it shall
 be in order to move to proceed to      
consider the eligible bill in the       
,house4 ,such a motion shall not be in  
order after the ,house has disposed of a
 motion to proceed with respect to the  
eligible bill4 ,the previous question   
shall be considered as ordered on the   
motion to its adoption without          
intervening motion4 ,a motion to        
reconsider the vote by which the motion 

is disposed of shall not be in order4   
7#c7 ,consideration ,an eligible bill   
shall be considered as read4 ,all points
 of order against an eligible bill and  
against its consideration are waived4   
,the previous question shall be         
considered as ordered on an eligible    
bill to its passage without intervening 
motion except #b hours of debate equally
 divided and controlled by the proponent
 and an opponent and one motion to limit
 debate on the eligible bill4 ,a motion 
to reconsider the vote on passage of an 
eligible bill shall not be in order4    
7#d7 ,vote on passage ,the vote on      
passage of an eligible bill shall occur 
not later than #cj days after the date  
on which the eligible bill is           
introduced4  7b7 ,expedited procedure in
 the ,senate  7#a7 ,committee           
consideration ,an eligible bill         
introduced in the ,senate shall be      
jointly referred to the committee or    
committees of jurisdiction1 which       
committees shall report the bill without

 any revision and with a favorable      
recommendation1 an unfavorable          
recommendation1 or without              
recommendation1 not later than #cj days 
after the date on which the eligible    
bill is introduced4 ,if any committee   
fails to report an eligible bill within 
that period1 that committee shall be    
automatically discharged from           
consideration of the eligible bill1 and 
the eligible bill shall be placed on the
 appropriate calendar4  7#b7 ,motion to 
proceed ,notwithstanding ,rule ,,xxii of
 the ,standing ,rules of the ,senate1 it
 is in order1 not later than #b days of 
session after the date on which an      
eligible bill is reported or discharged 
from all committees to which it was     
referred1 for the majority leader of the
 ,senate or the majority leader's       
designee to move to proceed to the      
consideration of the eligible bill4 ,it 
shall also be in order for any ,member  
of the ,senate to move to proceed to the
 consideration of the eligible bill at  

any time after the conclusion of such   
#b-;day period4 ,a motion to proceed is 
in order even though a previous motion  
to the same effect has been disagreed   
to4 ,all points of order against the    
motion to proceed to an eligible bill   
are waived4 ,the motion to proceed is   
not debatable4 ,the motion is not       
subject to a motion to postpone4 ,a     
motion to reconsider the vote by which  
the motion is agreed to or disagreed to 
shall not be in order4 ,if a motion to  
proceed to the consideration of an      
eligible bill is agreed to1 the eligible
 bill shall remain the unfinished       
business until disposed of4  7#c7       
,consideration ,all points of order     
against an eligible bill and against    
consideration of the eligible bill are  
waived4 ,consideration of an eligible   
bill and of all debatable motions and   
appeals in connection therewith shall   
not exceed a total of #cj hours which   
shall be divided equally between the    
majority and minority leaders or their  

designees4 ,a motion further to limit   
debate on an eligible bill is in order1 
shall require an affirmative vote of    
three-fifths of the ,members duly chosen
 and sworn1 and is not debatable4 ,any  
debatable motion or appeal is debatable 
for not to exceed #a hour1 to be divided
 equally between those favoring and     
those opposing the motion or appeal4    
,all time used for consideration of an  
eligible1 including time used for quorum
 calls and voting1 shall be counted     
against the total #cj hours of          
consideration4  7#d7 ,no amendments ,an 
amendment to an eligible bill1 or a     
motion to postpone1 or a motion to      
proceed to the consideration of other   
business1 or a motion to recommit the   
eligible bill1 is not in order4  7#e7   
,vote on passage ,if the ,senate has    
voted to proceed to an eligible bill1   
the vote on passage of the eligible bill
 shall occur immediately following the  
conclusion of the debate on the eligible
 bill1 and a single quorum call at the  

conclusion of the debate if requested4  
,the vote on passage of an eligible bill
 shall occur not later than #cj days    
after the date on which the eligible    
bill is introduced4  7#f7 ,rulings of   
the chair on procedure ,appeals from the
 decisions of the ,chair relating to the
 application of the rules of the        
,senate1 as the case may be1 to the     
procedure relating to an eligible bill  
shall be decided without debate4  7c7   
,amendment ,an eligible bill shall not  
be subject to amendment in either the   
,house of ,representatives or the       
,senate4  7d7 ,consideration by the     
other house  7#a7 ,in general ,if one   
,house receives from the other an       
eligible bill-- 7,a7 the eligible bill  
of the other ,house shall not be        
referred to a committee2 and  7,b7 the  
eligible bill of the other ,house shall 
be entitled to expedited floor          
procedures under this section4  7#b7    
,revenue measure ,this subsection shall 
not apply to the ,house of              

,representatives if an eligible bill    
received from the ,senate is a revenue  
measure4  7e7 ,vetoes ,if the ,president
 vetoes an eligible bill1 debate on a   
veto message in the ,senate under this  
section shall be #a hour equally divided
 between the majority and minority      
leaders or their designees4  7f7 ,loss  
of privilege ,the provisions of this    
section shall only apply to an eligible 
bill during a ,federal debt emergency   
period4  7g7 ,rulemaking ,the provisions
 of this section are enacted by         
,congress-- 7#a7 as an exercise of the  
rulemaking power of the ,house of       
,representatives and the ,senate1       
respectively1 and as such they shall be 
considered as part of the rules of each 
,house1 respectively1 or of that ,house 
to which they specifically apply1 and   
such rules shall supersede other rules  
only to the extent that they are        
inconsistent therewith2 and  7#b7 with  
full recognition of the constitutional  
right of either ,house to change such   

rules 7so far as relating to such       
,house7 at any time1 in the same manner1
 and to the same extent as in the case  
of any other rule of such ,house4