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 123STA T . 3 5 3 6CON C UR R E NT RESO L UT I ONS — A P R.2 9, 2 0 09 an a g g re ga t ea mou ntnottoe xc ee d$28, 8 5 2, 0 00,000 i nne wb udget aut h orit y in each year 2 )f or the C or p oration for P ub l ic B roadca s ting; and ( 3 ) for the D epartment of V eterans A ffairs for the M edical S er v ices, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical F acili - ties accounts of the Veterans H ealth Administration . (c) S UPERMAJO R ITYW AI V ERA ND APPEA L . — ( 1 ) WAIVER.— I n the Senate, subsection (a) may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. (2) APPEAL.—An affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Mem- bers of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, shall be re q uired to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under subsection (a). (d) FORM O F POINT OF O RDER.—A point of order under subsection (a) may be raised by a Senator as provided in section 313(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1 974 . (e) CONFEREN C E R EPORT S .—When the Senate is considering a conference report on, or an amendment between the Houses in relation to, a bill, upon a point of order being made by any Senator pursuant to this section, and such point of order being sustained, such material contained in such conference report shall be deemed stric k en, and the Senate shall proceed to consider the question of whether the Senate shall recede from its amendment and concur with a further amendment, or concur in the House amendment with a further amendment, as the case may be, which further amendment shall consist of only that portion of the conference report or House amendment, as the case may be, not so stricken. Any such motion in the Senate shall be debatable. In any case in which such point of order is sustained against a conference report (or Senate amendment derived from such conference report by operation of this subsection), no further amendment shall be in order. (f) INAPPLICA B ILITY.—In the Senate, section 313 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress) shall no longer apply. SEC.403 .E M E RG E N C YL EG I SL AT I O N. (a) AUT H ORITY TO DESI G NATE.—In the Senate, with respect to a provision of direct spending or receipts legislation or appropria- tions for discretionary accounts that Congress designates as an emergency requirement in such measure, the amounts of new budget authority, outlays, and receipts in all fiscal years resulting from that provision shall be treated as an emergency requirement for the purpose of this section. (b) EX EMPTION OF EMERGENCY PROVISIONS.—Any new budget authority, outlays, and receipts resulting from any provision des- ignated as an emergency requirement, pursuant to this section, in any bill, j oint resolution, amendment, or conference report shall not count for purposes of sections 302 and 311 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, section 201 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) (relating to pay-as-you-go), section 311 of S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress) (relating to long-term deficits), and sections 401 and 404 of this resolution (relating to discretionary spending and short- term deficits). Designated emergency provisions shall not count for the purpose of revising allocations, aggregates, or other levels pursuant to procedures established under section 301(b)(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 for deficit-neutral reserve funds