,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the 
,,united ,,states  ,january #h1         
#bjbe,mr4 ,scott of ,florida introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,rules and ,administration  ,a ,,bill   
,to protect the seniors of the ,united  
,states1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protect ,our ,seniors ,act4  #b4   
,point of order for reductions in       
,medicare and ,social ,security benefits
 ,section #cja of the ,congressional    
,budget ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4     
#fcb7 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  7j7 ,medicare and       
,social ,security point of order  7#a7  
,in general ,it shall not be in order in
 the ,senate to consider any bill or    
resolution 7or amendment1 motion1 or    
conference report on that bill or       
resolution7 that would reduce benefits  
under the ,medicare program under title 
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act   

7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq47 or        
benefits payable under title ,,ii of    
that ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja et seq474 
7#b7 ,waiver ,paragraph 7#a7 may be     
waived or suspended in the ,senate only 
by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of
 the ,members1 duly chosen and sworn4  4
  #c4 ,medicare point of order ,section 
#cja of the ,congressional ,budget ,act 
of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb71 as amended
 by section #c1 is further amended by   
adding at the end the following3  7k7   
,medicare point of order  7#a7 ,in      
general ,it shall not be in order in the
 ,senate to consider any bill or        
resolution 7or amendment1 motion1 or    
conference report on that bill or       
resolution7 for which the total         
budgetary effects of the measure1 as    
determined by the ,congressional ,budget
 ,office1 use a decrease in outlays1 or 
an increase in revenue1 under the health
 insurance programs under title ,,xviii 
of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq47 to offset a    

cost of a provision of the measure that 
is not for the purpose of carrying out  
those programs4  7#b7 ,waiver ,paragraph
 7#a7 may be waived or suspended in the 
,senate only by the 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  4