Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 124.djvu/40

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124 STAT. 14 PUBLIC LAW 111–139—FEB. 12, 2010 (5) 10-YEAR SCORECARD.—The second scorecard shall dis- play the budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation in each year over the 10-year period beginning in the budget year. (6) COMMUNITY LIVING ASSISTANCE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS ACT.—Neither scorecard maintained by OMB pursuant to this subsection shall include net savings from any provisions of legislation titled ‘‘Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Act’’, which establishes a Federal insurance program for long-term care, if such legislation is enacted into law, or amended, subsequent to the date of enactment of this title. (e) LOOK-BACK TO CAPTURE CURRENT-YEAR EFFECTS.—For pur- poses of this section, OMB shall treat the budgetary effects of PAYGO legislation enacted during a session of Congress that occur during the current year as though they occurred in the budget year. (f) AVERAGING USED TO MEASURE COMPLIANCE OVER 5-YEAR AND 10-YEAR PERIODS.—OMB shall cumulate the budgetary effects of a PAYGO Act over the budget year (which includes any look- back effects under subsection (e)) and— (1) for purposes of the 5-year scorecard referred to in sub- section (d)(4), the four subsequent outyears, divide that cumu- lative total by five, and enter the quotient in the budget- year column and in each subsequent column of the 5-year PAYGO scorecard; and (2) for purposes of the 10-year scorecard referred to in subsection (d)(5), the nine subsequent outyears, divide that cumulative total by ten, and enter the quotient in the budget- year column and in each subsequent column of the 10-year PAYGO scorecard. (g) EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.— (1) DESIGNATION IN STATUTE.—If a provision of direct spending or revenue legislation in a PAYGO Act is enacted as an emergency requirement that the Congress so designates in statute pursuant to this section, the amounts of new budget authority, outlays, and revenue in all fiscal years resulting from that provision shall be treated as an emergency require- ment for the purposes of this Act. (2) DESIGNATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—If a PAYGO Act includes a provision expressly designated as an emergency for the purposes of this title, the Chair shall put the question of consideration with respect thereto. (3) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— (A) IN GENERAL.—When the Senate is considering a PAYGO Act, if a point of order is made by a Senator against an emergency designation in that measure, that provision making such a designation shall be stricken from the measure and may not be offered as an amendment from the floor. (B) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEALS.— (i) WAIVER.—Subparagraph (A) may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (ii) APPEALS.—Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this subsection shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or joint resolution, as the