,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cfcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #aj1 
#bjbb,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself1 ,mr4     
,braun1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1  
,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 and ,mrs4      
,blackburn7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,rules and         
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to create a
 point of order requiring an inflation  
impact report with any legislation that 
makes discretionary appropriations4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,providing ,reports on ,inflation  
,costs and ,economic ,impact ,act or the
 ,,price ,act4  #b4 ,point of order     
requiring an inflation impact report    
with any legislation that makes         
discretionary appropriations  7a7 ,point
 of order ,it shall not be in order in  
the ,senate to consider a bill1 joint   
resolution1 motion1 amendment1 amendment
 between the ,houses1 or conference     
report making discretionary             

appropriations 7as defined in section   
#bej7;c7 of the ,balanced ,budget and   
,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of    
#aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ijj7;c777 unless an
 inflation impact report by the         
,congressional ,budget ,office with     
respect to the measure is submitted for 
publication in the ,congressional       
,record1 including an analysis of the   
impact the measure would have on-- 7#a7 
the ,consumer ,price ,index for ,all    
,urban ,consumers published by the      
,bureau of ,labor ,statistics of the    
,department of ,labor2  7#b7 the        
,employment ,cost ,index for private    
industry workers published by the       
,bureau of ,labor ,statistics2 and  7#c7
 the purchasing power of consumers1     
including a comparison of the impact    
described in paragraph 7#a7 and the     
impact described in paragraph 7#b74  7b7
 ,supermajority waiver and appeals  7#a7
 ,waiver ,this section may be waived or 
suspended in the ,senate only by the    
affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 

,members1 duly chosen and sworn4  7#b7  
,appeals ,appeals in the ,senate from   
the decisions of the ,chair relating to 
any provision of this section shall be  
limited to #a hour1 to be equally       
divided between1 and controlled by1 the 
appellant and the manager of the bill or
 joint resolution1 as the case may be4  
,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 this   
section4