,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #djbj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #f1     
#bjbb,mr4 ,braun 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,scott of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,cruz7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on the ,budget  ,a ,,bill    
,to require balanced budgets in         
concurrent resolutions on the budget1 to
 establish limits on the waiver of      
budget points of order1 and to prevent  
appropriations in excess of the amount  
authorized to be appropriated4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,fight ,inflation ,through ,balanced
 ,budgets ,act4  #b4 ,point of order    
against budget resolutions that do not  
include a balanced budget  7a7 ,point of
 ,order ,it shall not be in order in the
 ,senate to consider a concurrent       
resolution on the budget that does not  
reduce the deficit to zero on or before 
the end of the #ith fiscal year after   
the budget year4  7b7 ,waiver and appeal

 ,subsection 7a7 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 subsection  
7a74  #c4 ,limits on waiver of budget   
points of order  7a7 ,definition ,in    
this section1 the term budget point of  
order means a point of order under the  
,congressional ,budget and ,impoundment 
,control ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4    
#fba et seq471 the ,balanced ,budget and
 ,emergency ,deficit ,control ,act of   
#aihe 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ijj et seq471 the  
,statutory ,pay-,as-,you-,go ,act of    
#bjaj 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ica et seq471 a    
concurrent resolution on the budget1 or 
this ,act4  7b7 ,prohibition on waiving 
multiple points of order ,in the        
,senate1 it shall not be in order to    
move to waive more than #a budget point 

of order with respect to a bill1 joint  
resolution1 motion1 amendment1 amendment
 between the ,houses1 or conference     
report as part of a single motion1      
including a motion to waive all         
applicable budget points of order4  7c7 
,prohibition on preemptive waivers ,in  
the ,senate1 it shall not be in order to
 move to waive or suspend a budget point
 of order with respect to a bill1 joint 
resolution1 motion1 amendment1 amendment
 between the ,houses1 or conference     
report unless the budget point of order 
has been specifically raised by a       
,senator4  7d7 ,no waiver ,it shall not 
be in order to move to waive or suspend 
this section4  #d4 ,point of order      
against appropriations in excess of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated    
7a7 ,point of order  7#a7 ,in general   
,in the ,senate1 it shall not be in     
order to consider a provision in a bill1
 joint resolution1 motion1 amendment1   
amendment between the ,houses1 or       
conference report that would cause the  

total amount of funds appropriated for a
 program1 project1 or activity to exceed
 the amount authorized to be            
appropriated in statute for the program1
 project1 or activity for the fiscal    
year4 ,for purposes of this paragraph1  
if there is not an authorization of     
appropriations in statute for a program1
 project1 or activity for a fiscal year1
 the amount authorized to be            
appropriated shall be #j4  7#b7 ,point  
of order sustained ,if a point of order 
is made by a ,senator against a         
provision described in paragraph 7#a71  
and the point of order is sustained by  
the ,chair1 that provision shall be     
stricken from the measure and may not be
 offered as an amendment from the floor4
  7b7 ,form of the point of order ,a    
point of order under subsection 7a77#a7 
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  
bill or joint resolution1 upon a point  
of order being made by any ,senator     
pursuant to subsection 7a77#a71 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          
debatable4 ,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 ,supermajority waiver and appeal ,in
 the ,senate1 this section may be waived
 or suspended only by an affirmative    
vote of three-fifths of the ,members1   
duly chose and sworn4 ,an affirmative   
vote of three-fifths of ,members of the 
,senate1 duly chosen and sworn shall be 
required to sustain an appeal of the    
ruling of the ,chair on a point of order
 raised under this section4