[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S284]
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  SA 121. 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 REDUCING FUNDING THAT WOULD 
                   HELP STATE OR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS BATTLE 
                   THE ZIKA VIRUS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider a bill or joint resolution reported pursuant to 
     section 2001 or section 2002, or an amendment to, motion on, 
     conference report on, or amendment between the Houses in 
     relation to such a bill or joint resolution, that would 
     reduce funding, provided by the Prevention and Public Health 
     Fund, established under section 4002 of the Patient 
     Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 300u-11), to 
     the Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Program that would 
     help State or local health departments battle the Zika virus.
       (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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