[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1931]
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SA 806. Mr. CASSIDY 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 in title IV, insert the following:
SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING
FEDERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR PROCESSING
NATURALIZATION APPLICATIONS TO BE USED FOR ANY
OTHER PURPOSE.
(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 (except
measures within the jurisdiction of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate) that would permit the Secretary
of Homeland Security or any other Federal official to use
funds appropriated to process and adjudicate applications for
naturalization for any other purpose.
(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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