2 U.S.C. § 643 — Determinations and points of order

(a) Budget Committee determinations. For this subchapter and subchapter II, the House or Senate Committee on the Budget, as applicable, determines the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending, new entitlement authority, and revenues for a fiscal year using its estimates. (b) Discretionary spending point of order in Senate. (1) In general. Unless this subsection provides otherwise, the Senate may not consider a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report that would exceed a discretionary-spending limit in section 251(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 [2 U.S.C. 901(c)]. (2) Exceptions. This subsection does not apply while a congressional declaration of war is in effect or after Congress enacts a joint resolution under section 258 of that Act [2 U.S.C. 907a]. (c) Maximum deficit amount point of order in Senate. The Senate may not consider a fiscal-year budget concurrent resolution, an amendment to it, or its conference report if— (1) total outlays for the first fiscal year stated in the resolution or report exceed Federal revenues for that year by more than the maximum deficit amount, if any, specified for that year in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985; or (2) adopting the amendment would make total outlays for that year exceed Federal revenues by more than that maximum deficit amount. (d) Timing of points of order in Senate. A point of order under this Act may not be raised against a bill, resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report while the Senate is considering a pending amendment or motion whose adoption would fix the violation. (e) Points of order in Senate against amendments between Houses. Every provision of this Act creating a point of order against an amendment also creates one against an amendment between the Houses. If the Senate sustains such an objection against an amendment between the Houses, the result is the same as if the Senate had disagreed to the amendment. (f) Effect of point of order in Senate. If the Senate sustains a point of order under this Act against a bill or resolution, the Presiding Officer must recommit it to the committee with appropriate jurisdiction for further consideration.