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108 STAT. 5094 CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—MAY 12, 1994 (d) APPEALS,—Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this section shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the bill or joint resolution, as the case may be. An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be required in the Senate to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this section. (e) DETERMINATION OF BUDGET LEVELS.— For purposes of this section, the levels of new budget authority, outlays, and receipts for a fiscal year shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate. (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 12 of House Concurrent Resolution 64 (103d Congress) is repealed. (g) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.— Notwithstanding section 275(b) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (as amended by sections 13112(b) and 13208(b)(3) of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990), the second sentence of section 904(c) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (except insofar as it relates to section 313 of that Act) and the final sentence of section 904(d) of that Act (except insofar as it relates to section 313 of that Act) shall continue to have effect as rules of the Senate through (but no later than) September 30, 1998. (h) SUNSET. — Subsections (a) through (e) of this section shall expire September 30, 1998. SEC. 24. ENFORCING DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS. (a) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING LIMITS.— (1) DEFINITION. —For the purposes of enforcing this section in the Senate, the discretionary spending limits in section 601(a)(2)(F) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (as adjusted) are reduced by the following amounts— (A) with respect to fiscal year 1996, $4,000,000,000 in budget authority and $5,400,000,000 in outlays; (B) with respect to fiscal year 1997, $10,700,000,000 in budget authority and $2,400,000,000 in outlays; and (C) with respect to fiscal year 1998, $4,100,000,000 in budget authority and $500,000,000 in outlays. (2) POINT OF ORDER IN THE SENATE.— (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall not be in order in the Senate ,^ to consider any concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1996, 1997, or 1998 (or amendment or motion on such a resolution) that recommends discretionary spending levels for the first fiscal year covered by that resolution that would exceed the discretionary spending limits as reduced in this section. (B) This subsection shall not apply if a declaration of war by the Congress is in effect or if a joint resolution pursuant to section 258 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 has been enacted. (b) WAIVER. —This section may be waived or suspended in the Senate only by the affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (c) APPEALS. — Appeals in the Senate from the decisions of the Chair relating to any provision of this section shall be limited to 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the appellant and the manager of the concurrent resolution, bill, or