,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #g #aagth ,,congress
  #ast ,session  ,s4 #dfa  ,,in ,,the   
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,february #be1 #bjba,mr4 ,cruz 7for     
himself1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 ,mrs4            
,hyde-,smith1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 ,mr4      
,boozman1 ,mr4 ,hagerty1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1 
,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4
 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,ms4 ,ernst1    
,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 and ,mr4 
,inhofe7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read the first time  ,march   
#a1 #bjba,read the second time and      
placed on the calendar  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
create a point of order against         
legislation modifying the number of     
,justices of the ,supreme ,court of the 
,united ,states4  #a4 ,point of order   
against legislation modifying the number
 of ,justices of the ,supreme ,court of 
the ,united ,states  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 amending 
section #a of title #bh1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 to modify1 or that otherwise    
modifies1 the total number of ,justices 
of the ,supreme ,court of the ,united   
,states4  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          
,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  7c7 ,supermajority waiver 
and appeal ,in the ,senate1 this section
 may be waived or suspended only by an  
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the   
,members1 duly chose and sworn4 ,an     
affirmative vote of two-thirds 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  ,march #a1 #bjba,read the     

second time and placed on the calendar