The Congressional Budget Process -- An Explanation

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APPENDIX G:

BUDGET ACT POINTS OF ORDER IN THE SENATE

Section

  

Description

  

Waiver Requirement
301(g)   More than one set of economics in a budget resolution   Majority
         
301(i)   Prohibits consideration of budget resolutions that reduce the Social Security surplus   60
         
302(c)   Prohibits consideration of Appropriations legislation until committee has filed section 302(b) suballocation report   60
         
302(f)   Prohibits consideration of legislation providing budget authority, outlays, or Social Security outlays in excess of committee's section 302(a) or 302(b) allocation   60
         
303(a)   Prohibits consideration of budget legislation for a fiscal year prior to adoption of budget resolution   Majority
         
304(b)   Applies 301(i) point of order to revised budget resolutions   60
         
305(b)(2)   Prohibits non-germane amendments to budget resolutions and reconciliation bills   60
         
305(c)(4)   Prohibits consideration of nongermane amendments between the Houses to a budget resolution and, by reference in 310(e), to reconciliation legislation.   60
         
305(d)   Prohibits consideration of budget resolutions that are not mathematically consistent   Majority
         
306   Prohibits consideration of legislation in Budget Committee's jurisdiction if not reported from the committee   60
         
310(d)(2)   Prohibits consideration of amendments to reconciliation bills that are not deficit neutral    
         
60310(g)   Prohibits consideration of any amendment to reconciliation legislation that recommends changes in Social Security   60
         
311(a)   Prohibits legislation that would violate budget authority ceiling, outlay ceiling, Social Security outlay ceiling, revenue floor, or Social Security revenue floor   60
         
313   Byrd rule (extraneous matter in reconciliation)   60
         
401(a)   Prohibits consideration of legislation providing new contract authority or borrowing authority not limited to appropriations   Majority
         
401(b)(1)   Prohibits consideration of legislation providing new entitlement authority that becomes effective during the fiscal year that ends in the calendar year in which the bill is reported   Majority
         
402(a)   Prohibits consideration of legislation providing new credit authority not limited to appropriations   Majority
         
425(a)(1)   Prohibits consideration of reported legislation unless it includes a CBO mandate cost estimate   Majority
         
425(a)(2)   Prohibits consideration of legislation imposing an unfunded intergovernmental mandate   Majority
         
601(b)   Prohibits consideration of budget resolutions that exceed statutory caps   60
         
202*   "Pay-as-you-go": prohibits consideration of legislation that would increase deficit for first year, years 1-5, or years 6-10.   60
         
301**   Prohibits consideration of appropriations legislation that exceeds the defense or non-defense caps set in the FY 1997 budget resolution   60
         

*This point of order was established by section 202 of the Concurrent Resolution of the Budget for Fiscal Year 1996 (H.Con.Res. 67).

**This point of order was established by section 301 of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 1997 (H.Con.Res. 178).

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