[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 51 (Thursday, March 26, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S2070]
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  SA 1041. Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. Brown) 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 CUTS TO VITAL PROGRAMS.

       (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 
     reduce enrollment or the assistance provided to low-income 
     individuals under--
       (1) Head Start programs, including Early Head Start 
     programs, under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.);
       (2) the Federal Pell Grant program under subpart 1 of part 
     A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1070a et seq.);
       (3) homeless assistance programs under the McKinney-Vento 
     Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 et seq.); and
       (4) tenant-based rental assistance programs under section 
     8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
     1437f(o)).
       (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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