[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6578-S6579]
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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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