[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S220]
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SA 110. Mr. HEINRICH (for himself, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Udall,
Mr. Tester, and Mr. Merkley) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for
fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for
fiscal years 2018 through 2026; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
At the end of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST THE SALE OF FEDERAL LAND TO
REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEFICIT.
(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
provide for the sale of any Federal land (other than as part
of a program that acquires land that is of comparable value
or contains exceptional resources or that is conducted under
the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (43 U.S.C. 2301
et seq.)) that uses the proceeds of the sale to reduce the
Federal deficit.
(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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