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cause total spending to be reduced by an 
amount equal or greater than the amount 
of the breach of the limits set forth in sec-
tion 252A, and shall cause the OASDI 
Trust Funds to achieve solvency, and shall 
cause Medicare, Medicaid, and other direct 
spending programs to achieve sustain-
ability. 
‘‘(B) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.—The 
Committee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall report Spending Review Leg-
islation to the House of Representatives not 
later than the seventh legislative day after the 
date of introduction of the legislation referred 
to in subparagraph (A). If such committee fails 
to report the Spending Review Legislation with-
in that period or the House of Representatives 
has adopted a concurrent resolution providing 
for adjournment sine die at the end of a Con-
gress, such committee shall be automatically 
discharged from further consideration of the 
Spending Review Legislation and it shall be 
placed on the appropriate calendar. 
‘‘(C) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.— 
After Spending Review Legislation is reported 
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by or discharged from the Committee on the 
Budget or the House of Representatives has 
adopted a concurrent resolution providing for 
adjournment sine die at the end of a Congress, 
it shall be in order to move to proceed to con-
sider the Spending Review Legislation in the 
House of Representatives. Such a motion shall 
be in order in the legislative schedule within 
two legislative days after the day on which the 
proponent announces his intention to offer the 
motion. Such a motion shall not be in order 
after the House of Representatives has disposed 
of a motion to proceed with respect to that spe-
cial message. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the motion to its 
adoption without intervening motion. A motion 
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
disposed of shall not be in order. 
‘‘(D) CONSIDERATION.—The Spending Re-
view Legislation shall be considered as read. All 
points of order against Spending Review Legis-
lation and against its consideration are waived. 
The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on an Spending Review Legislation to its 
passage without intervening motion except five 
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hours of debate equally divided and controlled 
by the proponent and an opponent and one mo-
tion to limit debate on the Spending Review 
Legislation. A motion to reconsider the vote on 
passage of the Spending Review Legislation 
shall not be in order. 
‘‘(E) SENATE SPENDING REVIEW LEGISLA-
TION.—Spending Review Legislation received 
from the Senate shall not be referred to com-
mittee. 
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(A) MOTION TO PROCEED TO CONSIDER-
ATION.—A motion to proceed to the consider-
ation of Spending Review Legislation under this 
subsection in the Senate shall not be debatable. 
It shall not be in order to move to reconsider 
the vote by which the motion to proceed is 
agreed to or disagreed to. 
‘‘(B) LIMITS ON DEBATE.—Debate in the 
Senate on Spending Review Legislation under 
this subsection, and all debatable motions and 
appeals in connection therewith (including de-
bate pursuant to subparagraph (D)), shall not 
exceed 10 hours, equally divided and controlled 
in the usual form. 
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‘‘(C) APPEALS.—Debate in the Senate on 
any debatable motion or appeal in connection 
with Spending Review Legislation under this 
subsection shall be limited to not more than 1 
hour, to be equally divided and controlled in the 
usual form. 
‘‘(D) MOTION TO LIMIT DEBATE.—A mo-
tion in the Senate to further limit debate on 
Spending Review Legislation under this sub-
section is not debatable. 
‘‘(E) MOTION TO RECOMMIT.—A motion to 
recommit Spending Review Legislation under 
this subsection is not in order. 
‘‘(F) CONSIDERATION OF THE HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES SPENDING REVIEW LEGISLA-
TION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Senate has 
received the House of Representatives com-
panion resolution to the Spending Review 
Legislation introduced in the Senate prior 
to the vote required under paragraph 
(1)(C), then the Senate may consider, and 
the vote under paragraph (1)(C) may 
occur on, the House of Representatives 
companion resolution. 
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‘‘(ii) PROCEDURE
AFTER
VOTE
ON 
SENATE
SPENDING
REVIEW
LEGISLA-
TION.—If the Senate votes, pursuant to 
paragraph (1)(C), on the Spending Review 
Legislation introduced in the Senate, then 
immediately following that vote, or upon 
receipt of the House of Representatives 
companion resolution, the House of Rep-
resentatives Spending Review Legislation 
shall be deemed to be considered, read the 
third time, and the vote on passage of the 
Senate resolution shall be considered to be 
the vote on the Spending Review Legisla-
tion received from the House of Represent-
atives. 
‘‘(3) JURISDICTION.—The Committees on the 
Budget of the House of Representatives and Senate 
shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any Spending 
Review Legislation and all the provisions therein for 
all purposes of the rules of either House.’’. 
SEC. 824. LONG-TERM RECONCILIATION. 
(a) LONG-TERM RECONCILIATION.—Section 310 of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h) LONG-TERM RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES.— 
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‘‘(1) 
LONG-TERM
RECONCILIATION
DIREC-
TIVES.—In addition to a reconciliation measure as 
set forth in subsection (a), a concurrent resolution 
on the budget for any fiscal year, to the extent nec-
essary to effectuate the spending levels as set forth 
for such categories in section 301(a) (providing for 
long-term spending levels as a percentage of gross 
domestic product) of such resolution, shall— 
‘‘(A) specify the total amount by which 
Medicare, Medicaid, the OASDI Trust Funds, 
and other direct spending outlays are to be re-
duced within the jurisdiction of a committee as 
a percentage of gross domestic product of such 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) direct that committee to determine 
and recommend changes to accomplish a reduc-
tion of such total amount for such categories as 
a percentage of gross domestic product. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS TO LONG- 
TERM RECONCILIATION LEGISLATION.— 
‘‘(A) It shall not be in order in the House 
of Representatives to consider any amendment 
to a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolu-
tion if such amendment decreases outlay reduc-
tions below the level of such outlay reductions 
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provided (for the fiscal years covered) in the 
reconciliation instructions which relate to such 
long-term reconciliation bill. 
‘‘(B) It shall not be in order in the Senate 
to consider any amendment to a reconciliation 
bill or reconciliation resolution if such amend-
ment decreases outlay reductions below the level 
of such outlay reductions provided (for the fis-
cal years covered) in the reconciliation instruc-
tions which relate to such long-term reconcili-
ation bill. 
‘‘(C) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not 
apply if a declaration of war by the Congress is 
in effect. 
‘‘(D) For purposes of this section, the lev-
els of outlays as a percentage of a gross domes-
tic product for a fiscal year shall be determined 
on the basis of estimates made by the Com-
mittee on the Budget of the House of Rep-
resentatives or of the Senate. 
‘‘(E) The Committee on Rules of the 
House of Representatives may make in order 
amendments to achieve outlay reductions speci-
fied by reconciliation directives contained in a 
concurrent resolution on the budget if a com-
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mittee or committees of the House of Rep-
resentatives fail to submit recommended reduc-
tions in outlays as a percentage or gross domes-
tic product to its Committee on the Budget 
pursuant to its instruction. 
‘‘(F) In the Senate, a motion to strike a 
provision shall always be in order. 
‘‘(3) SUBJECT
MATTER.—Subject matter in-
cluded in a long-term reconciliation bill may be any 
of the following: 
‘‘(A) Any part of the Medicare program. 
‘‘(B) Medicaid. 
‘‘(C) The Old-Age, Survivors, and Dis-
ability Insurance Trust Fund. 
‘‘(D) Other direct spending. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—Subsections (c), (d), and 
(g) shall not apply to long-term reconciliation meas-
ures reported under this subsection.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—In section 310(b) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, strike ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’ and insert ‘‘subsections (a) and (h)’’. 
SEC. 825. LONG-TERM SPENDING INCREASE POINT OF 
ORDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 (as amended by section 303) is fur-
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ther amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘LONG-TERM SPENDING INCREASE POINT OF ORDER 
‘‘SEC. 317. (a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
ANALYSIS OF PROPOSALS.—The Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office shall, to the extent practicable, pre-
pare for each bill and joint resolution reported from com-
mittee (except measures within the jurisdiction of the 
Committee on Appropriations), and amendments thereto 
and conference reports thereon, an estimate of whether 
the measure causes, relative to current law, a net increase 
in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of 
the four 10-year periods beginning in fiscal year 2019 
through fiscal year 2058. 
‘‘(b) IN THE SENATE.— 
‘‘(1) POINT
OF
ORDER.—It shall not be in 
order in the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolu-
tion, amendment, motion, or conference report that 
causes a net increase in deficits in excess of 
$5,000,000,000 in any of the four 10-year periods 
beginning in 2019 through 2058. 
‘‘(2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 
‘‘(A) This section may be waived or sus-
pended only by the affirmative vote of three- 
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
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‘‘(B) An affirmative vote of three-fifths of 
the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
the Chair on a point of order raised under this 
section. 
‘‘(c) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— 
‘‘(1) POINT
OF
ORDER.—It shall not be in 
order in the House of Representatives to consider 
any bill, joint resolution, amendment, motion, or 
conference report that causes a net increase in defi-
cits in excess of $5,000,000,000 in any of the four 
10-year periods beginning in 2019 through 2058. 
‘‘(2) SUPERMAJORITY WAIVER AND APPEAL.— 
‘‘(A) This section may be waived or sus-
pended only by the affirmative vote of three- 
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. 
‘‘(B) An affirmative vote of two-thirds of 
the Members, duly chosen and sworn, shall be 
required to sustain an appeal of the ruling of 
the Chair on a point of order raised under this 
section. 
‘‘(d) DETERMINATIONS OF BUDGET LEVELS.—For 
purposes of this section, the levels of net deficit increases 
shall be determined on the basis of estimates provided by 
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the chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on the 
Budget, as applicable.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents set forth in section 1(b) of the Congressional Budget 
and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by in-
serting after the item relating to section 316 the following 
new item: 
‘‘Sec. 317. Long-term spending increase point of order.’’. 
Æ 
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