CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—APR. 13, 2000 114 STAT. 3151 (e) SOCIAL SECURITY LOOK-BACK.—I f in fiscal year 2001 the Social Security surplus is used to finance general operations of the Federal Government, an amount equal to the amount used shall be deducted from the available amount of discretionary spending for fiscal year 2002 for purposes of any concurrent resolution on the budget. (f) WAIVER AND APPEAL.— Subsection (c)(1) may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of threefifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths 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. SEC. 202. DEBT REDUCTION LOCK-BOX. (a) POINT OF ORDER. —It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives to consider any reported bill or joint resolution, or any amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that would cause a surplus for fiscal year 2001 to be less than the level (as adjusted) set forth in section 101(4) for that fiscal year. (b) SPECIAL RULE.— The level of the surplus for purposes of subsection (a) shall take into account amounts adjusted under section 314(a)(2)(B) or (C) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. SEC. 203. ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT OF BUDGETARY LIMITS. (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF DIRECTED SCOREKEEPING. —(1) It shall not be in order in the House to consider any reported bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that contains a directed scorekeeping provision. (2) As used in this subsection, the term "directed scorekeeping" means directing the Congressional Budget Office or the Office of Management and Budget how to estimate any provision providing discretionary new budget authority in a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations for a fiscal year for budgetary enforcement purposes. (b) PROHIBITION ON USE OF ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) It shall not be in order in the House to consider any reported bill or joint resolution, or amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that would cause the total level of discretionary advance appropriations provided for fiscal years after 2001 to exceed $23,500,000,000 (which represents the total level of advance appropriations for fiscal year 2001). (2) As used in this subsection, the term "advance appropriation" means any discretionary new budget authority in a bill or joint resolution making general appropriations for fiscal year 2001 that first becomes available for any fiscal year after 2001. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —Th is section shall cease to have any force or effect on January 1, 2001. SEC. 204. MECHANISMS FOR STRENGTHENING BUDGETARY INTEG- RITY. (a) DEFINITION. —For purposes of this section, the term "budget year" means with respect to a session of Congress, the fiscal year of the Government that starts on October 1 of the calendar year in which that session begins. (b) POINT OF ORDER WITH RESPECT TO ADVANCE APPROPRIA- TIONS.—
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