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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 5171· Senate(119-SAMDT-5171)

S.Amdt. 5171

Rep. Kaine
Age: 68 years
Virginia
Introduced
4/22/2026
Sponsored by
Timothy Kaine
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-SCONRES-33 — A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.
  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

SA 5171, submitted by Mr. Kaine, aims to add a section to title IV of S. Con. Res. 33. The purpose is to create a point of order against increasing the deficit through reconciliation multiple times during a single Congress.

  • The amendment would make it out of order in the Senate to consider a reconciliation bill, amendment, or conference report that increases a deficit or reduces a surplus in any year if the Congressional Budget Office estimated that a previous reconciliation bill enacted during the same Congress also increased a deficit or reduced a surplus.

  • This rule can be waived or suspended, or an appeal of the Chair's ruling can be sustained, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate.

  • The Congressional Budget Office, via the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, would provide the estimates used to determine the net deficit increases and net surplus reduction.