[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S294]
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  SA 186. Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Udall, Mr. Carper, Ms. Hirono, 
and Mr. Blumenthal) 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 LEGISLATION THAT SLASHES THE 
                   COMPENSATION OF INDIVIDUAL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

       (a) Point of Order.--Subject to subsection (b), 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 directly reduces the compensation 
     of 1 or more individual Federal employees.
       (b) Exclusion.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a 
     provision of a bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that 
     provides for the reduction of the compensation of a Federal 
     employee based on conduct of the Federal employee that 
     prohibits or prevents another Federal employee from, or 
     penalizes another Federal employee for, communicating with 
     Congress.
       (c) 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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