[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6579-S6580]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1334. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Brown, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. 
Casey, and Ms. Duckworth) 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 FUNDING REDUCTION FOR THE 
                   GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE.

       (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 
     result in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative 
     being reduced below the amount authorized under section 
     118(c)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
     U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)).
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate

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     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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