[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6578-S6579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1328. Mr. SCHUMER (for Mr. Menendez) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to 
the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2018 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2019 through 2027; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 41__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION FUNDING THE 
                   ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN 
                   HAVANA, CUBA UNTIL THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA 
                   CEASES PROVIDING SANCTUARY TO TERRORISTS AND 
                   AMERICAN FUGITIVES.

       (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 funding relating to establishing a United States 
     Embassy in Havana, Cuba until the Government of Cuba ceases 
     providing sanctuary to terrorists and American fugitives.
       (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

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     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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