[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 24, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1798]
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SA 385. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2017 through 2025; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST FUNDING INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
UNITED NATIONS ARMS TRADE TREATY PRIOR TO
SENATE RATIFICATION AND ADOPTION OF
IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
make funds available to the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty
Secretariat or any other international organization created
to support the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty until
the Senate advises and consents to the ratification of the
Treaty and the House and Senate adopt implementing
legislation for the Treaty.
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly
chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under
subsection (a).
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