Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 3.djvu/596

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107 STAT. 2534 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—APR. 1, 1993 y pursuant to section 258 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 has been enacted. (c) ENFORCING PAY-AS-YOU-GO.— At any time after the enactment of the reconciliation bill pursuant to section 7 of this resolution, it shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report, that would increase the deficit in this resolution for any fiscal year through fiscal year 1998 or would increase the deficit for any other fiscal year through fiscal year 2003, as measured by the sum of— (1) all applicable estimates of direct spending and receipts legislation applicable to that fiscal year, other than any amounts resulting from— (A) full funding of, and continuation of, the deposit insurance guarantee commitment in effect on the date of enactment of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990; and (B) emergency provisions as designated under section 252(e) of that Act; and (2) the estimated amount of savings in direct spending programs applicable to that fiscal year resulting from the prior yeaPs sequestration under that Act, if any (except for any amounts sequestered as a result of a net deficit increase in the fiscal year immediately preceding the prior fiscal year). (d) WAIVER. —This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (e) APPEALS. —Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this section shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the concurrent resolution, bill, or joint resolution, as the case may be. An affirmative vote of threefifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section. (f) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.— For purposes of this section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, and receipts for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. (g) EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS.— The Senate adopts the provisions of this section— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of the Senate, and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change those rules (so far as they relate to the Senate) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate. SEC. 13. SENSE OF THE SENATE PROVISIONS. The following subsections are set forth as the sense of the Senate: (a) ASSUMPTIONS. —The levels and amounts set forth in this resolution are based on the following assumptions: (1) REVENUES. —<A) There shall not oe an increase in inland barge fuel taxes beyond those increases already scheduled in current law.