<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id5d578b73-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s939"><num value="939">§ 939.</num><heading> Limitation on changes to the Social Security Act</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id5d578b74-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s939/a"><num value="a" class="bold">(a)</num><heading class="bold"> Limitation on changes to the Social Security Act</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall not be in order in the Senate or the House of Representatives to consider any bill or resolution pursuant to any expedited procedure to consider the recommendations of a Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action or other commission that contains recommendations with respect to the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program established under title II of the Social Security Act [<ref href="/us/usc/t42/s401">42 U.S.C. 401</ref> et seq.], or the taxes received under subchapter A of chapter 9; the taxes imposed by subchapter E of chapter 1; and the taxes collected under section 86 of part II of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code.</p>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id5d578b75-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s939/b"><num value="b" class="bold">(b)</num><heading class="bold"> Waiver</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">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.</p>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id5d578b76-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s939/c"><num value="c" class="bold">(c)</num><heading class="bold"> Appeals</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">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.</p>
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<sourceCredit id="id5d578b77-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d">(<ref href="/us/pl/111/139/tI">Pub. L. 111–139, title I</ref>, § 13, <date date="2010-02-12">Feb. 12, 2010</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/124/29">124 Stat. 29</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">The Social Security Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is <ref href="/us/act/1935-08-14/ch531">act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531</ref>, <ref href="/us/stat/49/620">49 Stat. 620</ref>. Title II of the Act is classified generally to subchapter II (§ 401 et seq.) of chapter 7 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s1305">section 1305 of Title 42</ref> and Tables.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Subchapter A of chapter 9 and subchapter E of chapter 1, referred to in subsec. (a), probably mean subchapter A of chapter 9 and subchapter E of chapter 1, respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939, which were comprised of sections 1400 to 1432 and 480 to 482, respectively, and were repealed (subject to certain exceptions) by section 7851(a)(1)(A), (3) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section 86 of part II of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code, referred to in subsec. (a), probably means section 86 of part II of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t26/s86">section 86 of Title 26</ref>, Internal Revenue Code.</p>
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