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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3495 

To create a point of order against spending that will increase inflation 

unless inflation is not greater than 4.5 percent, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 12 (legislative day, JANUARY 10), 2022 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. THUNE, Ms. ERNST, Mr. 

RUBIO, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. SCOTT of 

Florida, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. DAINES) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules 

and Administration 

A BILL 

To create a point of order against spending that will increase 

inflation unless inflation is not greater than 4.5 percent, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Inflation Prevention 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST SPENDING THAT WILL 

2 INCREASE INFLATION UNTIL INFLATION IS 

3 NOT GREATER THAN 4.5 PERCENT. 

4 (a) POINT OF ORDER.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the Senate, it shall not be 

6 in order to consider a provision in a bill, joint resolu7 tion, motion, amendment, amendment between the 

8 Houses, or conference report that provides new 

9 budget authority and that is estimated to result in 

10 an increase in the Consumer Price Index for All 

11 Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of 

12 Labor Statistics, unless the annualized rate of in13 crease in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

14 Consumers most recently published by the Bureau of 

15 Labor Statistics is not more than 4.5 percent. 

16 (2) POINT OF ORDER SUSTAINED.—If a point 

17 of order is made by a Senator against a provision 

18 described in paragraph (1), and the point of order 

19 is sustained by the Chair, that provision shall be 

20 stricken from the measure and may not be offered 

21 as an amendment from the floor. 

22 (3) DETERMINATION OF EFFECT ON INFLA23 TION.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The estimated amount 

25 of the increase in the Consumer Price Index for 

26 All Urban Consumers, if any, for purposes of 


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1 this section shall be determined based on esti2 mates prepared by the Congressional Budget 

3 Office. 

4 (B) PROVISION OF ESTIMATES.—Upon re5 quest by a Member of Congress, the Congres6 sional Budget Office shall prepare an estimate 

7 of the effect on the Consumer Price Index for 

8 All Urban Consumers of the provisions in a bill, 

9 joint resolution, motion, amendment, amend10 ment between the Houses, or conference report 

11 that provide new budget authority. 

12 (b) FORM OF THE POINT OF ORDER.—A point of 

13 order under subsection (a)(1) may be raised by a Senator 

14 as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget 

15 Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 644(e)). 

16 (c) CONFERENCE REPORTS.—When the Senate is 

17 considering a conference report on, or an amendment be18 tween the Houses in relation to, a bill or joint resolution, 

19 upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant 

20 to subsection (a)(1), and such point of order being sus21 tained, such material contained in such conference report 

22 or House amendment shall be stricken, and the Senate 

23 shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Sen24 ate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a 

25 further amendment, or concur in the House amendment 


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1 with a further amendment, as the case may be, which fur2 ther amendment shall consist of only that portion of the 

3 conference report or House amendment, as the case may 

4 be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall 

5 be debatable. In any case in which such point of order 

6 is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amend7 ment derived from such conference report by operation of 

8 this subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. 

9 (d) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.—In the 

10 Senate, this section may be waived or suspended only by 

11 an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly 

12 chose and sworn. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 

13 Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn shall be 

14 required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair 

15 on a point of order raised under this section. 

16 SEC. 3. NOTIFICATION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Congressional Budget Office 

18 shall notify Congress if the annualized rate of increase in 

19 the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers is 

20 greater than 4.5 percent. 

21 (b) SUBMISSION.—The Congressional Budget Office 

22 may submit the certification required under subsection (a) 

23 as part of another report required to be submitted to Con24 gress. 

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