,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cggj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #g1     
#bjbb,mr4 ,lee 7for himself and ,mr4    
,scott of ,florida7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,budget  ,a ,,bill  ,to establish a     
point of order against legislation that 
would cause a net increase in outlays   
unless the ,director of the             
,congressional ,budget ,office certifies
 that inflation is below #c percent4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,preventing ,runaway ,inflation 
in ,consumer ,expenditures ,act or the  
,,price ,act4  #b4 ,point of order      
against legislation that would cause a  
net increase in outlays unless the      
,director of the ,congressional ,budget 
,office certifies that inflation is     
below #c percent  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 that  
would cause a net increase in outlays   
relative to the most recently published 
,congressional ,budget ,office baseline 
unless the ,director of the             
,congressional ,budget ,office certifies
 7based on the most recent data         
available to the ,director7 that        
inflation1 as measured in either the    
average of the annualized changes in the
 #c most recently published monthly     
reports on the consumer price index for 
all-urban consumers published by the    
,bureau of ,labor ,statistics of the    
,department of ,labor1 or the previous  
year's unadjusted annual change in that 
index1 is below #c percent4  7b7 ,waiver
 and appeal ,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