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PUBLIC LAW 101-508 —NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1388-601 ommendation (or, when only one committee is instructed, fails to report a reconciliation bill or resolution) in response to such instructions, the Budget Committee shall include in the reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution reported pursuant to this subparagraph legislative language within the jurisdiction of the noncomplying committee to achieve the amount of deficit reduction directed in such instructions. "(5) POINT OF ORDER. — It shall not be in order in the Senate to consider any reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution reported under paragraph (4) with respect to a fiscal year, any amendment thereto, or any conference report thereon if— "(A) the enactment of such bill or resolution as reported; "(B) the adoption and enactment of such amendment; or "(C) the enactment of such bill or resolution in the form recommended in such conference report, would cause the amount of the deficit for such fiscal year to exceed the maximum deficit amount for such fiscal year, unless the low-growth report submitted under section 254 projects negative real economic growth for such fiscal year, or for each of any two consecutive quarters during such fiscal year. "(6) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS. —In the Senate, an amendment which adds to a resolution reported under paragraph (2) an instruction of the type referred to in such paragraph shall be in order during the consideration of such resolution if such amendment would be in order but for the fact that it would be held to be non-germane on the basis that the instruction constitutes new matter. "(7) DEFINITION.— For purposes of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), the term "day" shall mean any calendar day on which the Senate is in session. ' (b) PROCEDURES.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), in the Senate the provisions of sections 305 and 310 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for the consideration of concurrent resolutions on the budget and conference reports thereon shall also apply to the consideration of resolutions, and reconciliation bills and reconciliation resolutions reported under this paragraph and conference reports thereon. "(2) LIMIT ON DEBATE. — Debate in the Senate on any resolution reported pursuant to subsection (a)(2), and all amendments thereto and debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to 10 hours. "(3) LIMITATION ON AMENDMENTS. — Section 310(d)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act shall apply to reconciliation bills and reconciliation resolutions reported under this subsection. "(4) BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS RECEIVED FROM THE HOUSE. —Any bill or resolution received in the Senate from the House, which is a companion to a reconciliation bill or reconciliation resolution of the Senate for the purposes of this subsection, shall be considered in the Senate pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. "(5) DEFINITION. —For purposes of this subsection, the term 'resolution' means a simple, joint, or concurrent resolution.". 39-194O-91-33:QL3Part 2